You are the business analyst for your organization and management has asked that you identify opportunities to improve the operations of the business. You notice that some of the stakeholders use several pieces of software and several duplicate activities within each software package to generate data reports for customers. What type of recommendation can you make in regard to this observation?

Some of the requirements in the solution must be completed because of laws and regulations in your industry. Management would like you, the business analyst, to rank the requirements according to the relevant laws. What type of requirements prioritization is management having you complete?

A business analyst (BA) on a project is in the process of validating requirements and finds that there is a high degree of uncertainty related 10 one of the assumptions being true. The BA adds the assumption to the risk register and performs a fun risk analysis to handle this situation. What type of strategy is in place if the organization is risk-averse?

In a risk assessment exercise of a software implementation program, the business analyst (BA) has successfully computed the probability of occurrence (POC) and the cost of impact for each of the identified risks as follows:

Which of the following will have the highest negative impact to value?

A local manufacturer that serves about 1000 retail stores is experiencing a slow yet steady decrease of its customer base over the last couple of years. Attributing the situation to increased competition, management has hired a team of sales representatives to attract new clients and promote the manufacturer's products.
However, after four months there is still no progress. Management has engaged a business analyst (BA) to investigate this issue.
What should the BA do first?