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You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing for the conduct elicitation activity. You'll need several stakeholders' roles as you prepare for this activity in your…

The correct answer is B. Regulator. A regulator has legal authority to mandate specific processes or techniques that a BA must follow during requirements elicitation, overriding internal preferences.

Elicitation and Collaboration

Question

You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing for the conduct elicitation activity. You'll need several stakeholders' roles as you prepare for this activity in your organization. Which one of the following stakeholders may be responsible to dictate that a specific process or technique be followed during your requirements elicitation activities?

Options

  • AProject manager
  • BRegulator
  • CFunctional management
  • DProject sponsor

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    12% (4)
  • B
    79% (26)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

A regulator has legal authority to mandate specific processes or techniques that a BA must follow during requirements elicitation, overriding internal preferences.

AProject manager

Project managers govern project execution and timelines but do not have legal or compliance authority to mandate specific BA elicitation techniques.

BRegulatorCorrect

Regulators are external bodies - such as government agencies or industry compliance authorities - that impose legally binding requirements on how organizations operate, including which methodologies, documentation standards, or elicitation techniques must be used. In regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, or aviation, non-compliance is not optional. Their authority supersedes all internal stakeholder preferences.

CFunctional management

Functional management directs day-to-day operations and staff but does not hold authority to prescribe the BA's elicitation methodology.

DProject sponsor

Project sponsors provide strategic direction and funding but do not dictate specific elicitation processes or techniques used by the BA.

Concept tested: Regulator authority over elicitation techniques and processes

Source: https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/a-business-analysis-professionals-foundation-for-success/babok/

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#regulator stakeholder#elicitation constraints#stakeholder roles#compliance requirements

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