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The BABOK?Guide is a common framework for all perspectives, describing business analysis tasks that

The correct answer is C. are performed to properly analyze a change or evaluate the necessity for a change. The BABOK Guide defines business analysis tasks as those performed to properly analyze a change or evaluate whether a change is necessary.

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Question

The BABOK?Guide is a common framework for all perspectives, describing business analysis tasks that

Options

  • Aare performed to properly implement a change or question the necessity for a change.
  • Bare performed to properly decrease a change or evaluate the necessity for a change.
  • Care performed to properly analyze a change or evaluate the necessity for a change.
  • Dare performed to properly appreciate a change or analyze the necessity for a change.

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    15% (4)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    74% (20)
  • D
    7% (2)

Why each option

The BABOK Guide defines business analysis tasks as those performed to properly analyze a change or evaluate whether a change is necessary.

Aare performed to properly implement a change or question the necessity for a change.

The BABOK Guide does not describe tasks as 'implementing' a change or 'questioning' its necessity - these terms do not reflect the analytical and evaluative nature of business analysis.

Bare performed to properly decrease a change or evaluate the necessity for a change.

'Decreasing' a change is not a recognized business analysis activity and misrepresents the BABOK's intent, which is to analyze and evaluate rather than reduce.

Care performed to properly analyze a change or evaluate the necessity for a change.Correct

The BABOK Guide specifically states that business analysis involves tasks performed to analyze a change or evaluate the necessity for a change, capturing both the work done when a change is already proposed and the evaluative work to determine if a change is warranted in the first place. This dual scope - analysis and evaluation - distinguishes business analysis from adjacent disciplines like project management. Option C matches the official BABOK language precisely.

Dare performed to properly appreciate a change or analyze the necessity for a change.

'Appreciating' a change is not a business analysis concept in the BABOK Guide and does not represent an analytical or evaluative activity.

Concept tested: BABOK Guide definition of business analysis tasks

Source: https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/a-business-analysis-body-of-knowledge/

Topics

#BABOK guide#framework purpose#change analysis#necessity evaluation

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