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You are working with Terry on the conduct stakeholder analysis task as part of the business analysis duties in your company. Terry wants to know why it's so important to identify stakeholders so early

The correct answer is C. It's important to identify the stakeholder so the business analyst can help ensure the timely. Stakeholders must be identified early so their requirements and input are captured before critical decisions are made, preventing costly rework.

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Question

You are working with Terry on the conduct stakeholder analysis task as part of the business analysis duties in your company. Terry wants to know why it's so important to identify stakeholders so early in the business analysis duties. Which one of the following statements best addresses the need to identify the stakeholders early on in the business analysis duties?

Options

  • AIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the business analyst knows who to report to.
  • BIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the business analyst knows who to bill for the
  • CIt's important to identify the stakeholder so the business analyst can help ensure the timely
  • DIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the stakeholders know who the business analyst

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    13% (4)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    81% (25)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

Stakeholders must be identified early so their requirements and input are captured before critical decisions are made, preventing costly rework.

AIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the business analyst knows who to report to.

Determining the reporting structure is an organizational or project management concern, not the primary driver for early stakeholder identification in business analysis.

BIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the business analyst knows who to bill for the

Billing is entirely unrelated to the purpose of stakeholder identification within business analysis practice.

CIt's important to identify the stakeholder so the business analyst can help ensure the timelyCorrect

Identifying stakeholders early ensures their timely involvement in requirements elicitation, so their needs and expectations are captured before decisions are finalized. Missing a stakeholder until later in the process often results in incomplete requirements, scope changes, and expensive rework after work has already begun.

DIt's important to identify the stakeholders so the stakeholders know who the business analyst

Ensuring stakeholders know who the business analyst is, while helpful for communication, is a secondary benefit and not the primary reason for early identification.

Concept tested: Importance of early stakeholder identification in business analysis

Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/

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