CBAP · Question #26
Henry is the business analyst for his organization. Management has created a pre-determined budget of $450,000 for his solution. Henry has identified the project requirements but now wants to…
The correct answer is B. All in. Henry is using the 'All in' approach, which starts with all requirements included and removes lower-priority ones until the budget constraint is met.
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Henry is the business analyst for his organization. Management has created a pre-determined budget of $450,000 for his solution. Henry has identified the project requirements but now wants to prioritize them based on timeboxing and budgeting. Henry examines the cost of the requirements and begins removing the requirements from the allowed list in order to meet the $450,000 budget. What timeboxing or budgeting approach is Henry using?
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- AParametric
- BAll in
- CSelective
- DAll out
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(27 responses)- A7% (2)
- B78% (21)
- C11% (3)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
Henry is using the 'All in' approach, which starts with all requirements included and removes lower-priority ones until the budget constraint is met.
Parametric estimating uses statistical relationships between historical data and project variables to calculate cost estimates, and does not involve including or excluding requirements from a prioritized list.
The 'All in' timeboxing and budgeting approach begins with the complete set of requirements on the allowed list and systematically removes lower-priority items until the solution fits within the defined budget or timebox. Henry starts with all requirements and removes them to reach the $450,000 ceiling, which is the defining characteristic of All in. This is the opposite of the 'All out' approach, which starts with no requirements and adds them in priority order until the budget is consumed.
'Selective' is not a recognized timeboxing or budgeting approach in the BABOK Guide framework.
The 'All out' approach is the inverse of what Henry is doing - it begins with no requirements and adds them by priority until the budget is exhausted, rather than starting with all requirements and removing them.
Concept tested: All in timeboxing and budgeting prioritization approach
Source: https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/a-business-analysis-body-of-knowledge/
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