CBAP · Question #274
You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements are
The correct answer is A. Relationships among the requirements. Even when individual requirements are simple, the relationships and interdependencies among them are what introduce complexity to the overall solution.
Question
You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex. What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?
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- ARelationships among the requirements
- BManagement in the project
- CStakeholders in the project
- DCost and schedule constraints
How the community answered
(48 responses)- A79% (38)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (3)
- D13% (6)
Why each option
Even when individual requirements are simple, the relationships and interdependencies among them are what introduce complexity to the overall solution.
In business analysis, the complexity of a solution is not determined solely by how complex each individual requirement is, but by how requirements interrelate and depend on one another. A large set of simple requirements with many interdependencies creates a complex solution because a change to one requirement can ripple through many others. This interconnectedness is a recognized source of solution complexity in the IIBA BABOK framework.
Project management is an oversight and organizational function that affects how a project is executed, not the structural complexity that arises from relationships within the requirements themselves.
Stakeholders influence and shape requirements, but they are not the factor that directly adds complexity among requirements once those requirements have been identified.
Cost and schedule constraints are project delivery constraints that affect scope and timeline decisions, not the inherent complexity arising from how requirements interconnect.
Concept tested: Complexity arising from requirement interdependencies
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