CBAP · Question #298
What requirements elicitation involves carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts for a short, intensive period (usually for one to a few days) to define and document the requirements
The correct answer is B. Requirements workshop. A requirements workshop brings together carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts in a short, intensive session to collaboratively define and document solution requirements.
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What requirements elicitation involves carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts for a short, intensive period (usually for one to a few days) to define and document the requirements for a solution?
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- AMany-to-many interviews
- BRequirements workshop
- CFocus group
- DPrototyping
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A15% (5)
- B73% (24)
- C9% (3)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
A requirements workshop brings together carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts in a short, intensive session to collaboratively define and document solution requirements.
Many-to-many interviews are not a standard elicitation technique; interviews in business analysis are typically conducted one-on-one or in small groups, not as a mass-participation format.
Requirements workshops are a structured elicitation technique defined in the BABOK Guide in which a facilitator leads a time-boxed session - typically one to a few days - with a targeted group of stakeholders and SMEs. This intensive format accelerates consensus-building and produces documented requirements more efficiently than individual interviews spread over time.
A focus group gathers opinions and attitudes from a selected set of participants, and is more commonly used in marketing or user research rather than for formally defining and documenting solution requirements.
Prototyping involves building a working model or mock-up of the solution to solicit feedback, not a discussion-based session aimed at defining requirements from scratch.
Concept tested: Requirements workshop elicitation technique
Source: https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/a-business-analysis-body-of-knowledge/
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