A business analyst (BA) is assessing tie different solution proposals. What type of financial calculation would the BA use to determine which solution is worth investing in based on its breakeven point?
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?
An insurance company wants to implement a business intelligence solution to consolidate data from various different internal system to provide a better understanding of their customer base.
A business analysis (BA) is engaged to put together a tender (bid) to be sent to various business intelligence providers and implementation partners. Among other information the business analysis requests the following:
* Licensing costs for year 0 based on needing 1 Central processing Unit (CPU) license
* Licensing costs for specific user types such as Report Creators Online Analytical Process (OLAO) user and Power users
* Predicted licensing costs for renewing in Years 1 and 2
* Full implementation costs
After reviewing the received vendor responses the project team shortlists the candidates to 3 and the BA structures the received information as follows:
The Insurance company has a maximum bucket of $310,000 for the entire to implementation and operation over the first three years. Which vendor or vendors meet that criterion?
An automobile manufacturer is undertaking a project intended to modify or replace the company's current timekeeping system. Negative employee reaction to change follows as word of the proposed solution spreads throughout the company. What could a business analyst (BA) do to prevent or reduce employee discontent?
A large insurance company wants to buy a new claims processing system or upgrade one of its two existing system. Each year the claims department is given a $3.5 million budget to spend. Time is of the essence since there are tome regulatory charges that will be coming the following year that will require several features that currently neither one of the two claims System currently support.
There are eight stakeholders involved in this initiative. There are local to where the claim system is managed, while five are located across the country. The business analyst (BA) struggled to get all stakeholders to agree on the desired features but ultimately got agreement on ten identified key features for the new claims system. The BA was able to build a current state and future state process model which included all ten key features.
System a process 75% of the company's claims. It is 5 years old and the claim processors love it because it is easy to use. However, it must go offline for two hours each day. The code is very module so it does have flexibility to be modified. To upgrade system A to have all ten features it would cost $5 million. System A would be at capacity if it were to process all of the company's claims.
System B process 25% of the company's claims. It is an older mainframe system, but rarely goes offline. It could easily handle double the number of claims that system A processes. However, it has a lot of legacy code and would cost $6 million to upgrade.
Both systems have some of the desired key features. But neither system has all ten. The cost to buy a new system would be $7 million.
Below is the estimated cost for each feature in priority order.
If the budget for the initiative was firm, what is a feasible solution to make sure the project stays within budget?
A business analyst (BA) assigned to a project has been asked to implement regulatory requirements based on priority. What type of traceability relationship can the BA use to find an the solution components that need to be implemented?
What is the time difference in days between the shortest and longest implementation?
A business analyst (BA) has defined a business analysis approach and presented the documents to the sponsors, the senior executives, the domain experts, the project manager and the head of technology, to obtain agreement from all. At this juncture, the prefect manager objected to some of the estimates determined m the budget and refused to agree with the estimates. Which guideline or tool, if followed by the BA. would have helped in avoiding such disagreements?
A business analyst (BA) was developing an outline of the timing of business analysis activities with the project manager. What factors may impact the Timing of the activities the BA is performing?
TESTED 23 Feb 2025
