CBAP · Question #299
Mark is the business analyst for his organization. Mark and his business analysis team have used the whiteboard to record the documentation as the result of requirements elicitation. What must be done
The correct answer is B. The business analyst must transfer the information to another medium before the whiteboard. Whiteboards are temporary surfaces whose content will be lost if not transferred, so the business analyst must move all recorded information to a permanent medium immediately after the elicitation session.
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Mark is the business analyst for his organization. Mark and his business analysis team have used the whiteboard to record the documentation as the result of requirements elicitation. What must be done with this information if Mark uses a whiteboard?
Options
- AThe scribe must include the white board information as part of the minutes.
- BThe business analyst must transfer the information to another medium before the whiteboard
- CThe business analyst must document the white board information and get all participants'
- DThe regulator must approve the writings on the whiteboard.
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A7% (2)
- B76% (22)
- C14% (4)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Whiteboards are temporary surfaces whose content will be lost if not transferred, so the business analyst must move all recorded information to a permanent medium immediately after the elicitation session.
Relying on the scribe's minutes alone is insufficient; minutes may not capture all whiteboard diagrams, models, or details, and the primary obligation to preserve elicitation outputs rests with the business analyst.
Whiteboards are ephemeral - their content can be erased or lost the moment the room is reused. The business analyst is responsible for ensuring that all elicited information is captured in a durable, accessible medium such as a requirements document, meeting notes, or a requirements management tool before the session ends or the whiteboard is cleared.
Obtaining participant signatures addresses approval or sign-off, not the immediate risk of losing the whiteboard content; the transfer to a permanent medium must happen first.
Regulatory approval of whiteboard writings is not a standard or recognized step in business analysis elicitation documentation practices.
Concept tested: Preserving elicitation results from temporary media
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