Question 371

A utility company found mat its current billing system charges customers 'or tie r usage, but does so incorrectly when the system estimates reads on meters rather than performs actual reads. Company stakeholders would i*e to improve this aspect of the system but are hesitant to make changes because they are otherwise pleased with the system A business analyst (BA) has completed a current state diagram and would like to start discussions on what the future state may look like. What information can the BA determine by having a current slate diagram?
  • Question 372

    Which one of the following business analysis planning and monitoring techniques can be used to define and document the business analysis approach?
  • Question 373

    Company A is a nation-wide leader in commercial demolition. Having just celebrated its 100th year of operations, the company decided to begin doing work internationally. The current system used for reporting company finances is unable to keep pace with the potential demands of doing work in geographically dispersed locations. Therefore, the company decided to replace its client-based Profit & Loss (P&L) reporting system with a more robust, web-based system. This will ensure transparency across the organization and enable better decision making.
    The business analyst (BA) at Company A has recently completed several rounds of elicitation to determine the requirements for the new, web-based system. Over 1250 requirements were elicited. An initial Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) has been drafted, and a subset of the RTM can be seen below:

    While verifying the requirements, the BA notices that Requirement ID NFO0003 does not meet the
    "unambiguous" or the "testable" characteristics of requirements quality. The BA plans to re-write the requirement.
    Which of the following requirements is both unambiguous and testable?
  • Question 374

    A financial institution engaged in mortgage lending has embarked on a business process improvement initiative to eliminate the activities that hinder growth to ultimately improve the success rate of its mortgage business. As a benchmark for identification, the institution is keen on improving any business process that has less than a 75% success rate. The institution has appointed a business analyst (BA) to review the business transactions for the processes of origination, payments, and closures, as well as identify opportunities for improvements and recommend solutions.
    The BA has collected the following information over the last three months pertaining to these business processes:
    *All the business processes are at their maximum capacity in terms of the current number of transactions.
    *Each business process has a certain number of rejects and the reasons for rejection include documentation, verification, collateral, and funding. Funding rejects occur when the bank's customers have failed to make payment of their mortgage processing fee or mortgage closure payment.
    The BA has also recommended the use of documentation checklists as a solution to eliminate the documentation rejects.

    Assuming the BA's recommendation to be true, what will be the new success rate of the mortgage closure process?
  • Question 375

    Which of the following processes is used to make certain that the project team members are completing the project work according to the project plan?