CBAP · Question #32
You are the business analyst for your organization. Management realizes that a proposed solution has risks that may cause the entire project to fail. They would like you to prioritize the…
The correct answer is B. Business or technical risk. Business or technical risk prioritization ranks requirements by their risk level, placing the highest-risk items first to limit capital loss if the project is abandoned early.
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You are the business analyst for your organization. Management realizes that a proposed solution has risks that may cause the entire project to fail. They would like you to prioritize the requirements with maximum risks first so that if the project fails, there is little loss of capital in the project implementation. What requirements prioritization approach is management asking you to create in this instance?
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- AImplementation difficulty
- BBusiness or technical risk
- CLikelihood of success
- DRelationship to other requirements
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(48 responses)- A17% (8)
- B71% (34)
- C4% (2)
- D8% (4)
Why each option
Business or technical risk prioritization ranks requirements by their risk level, placing the highest-risk items first to limit capital loss if the project is abandoned early.
Implementation difficulty prioritization orders requirements by how complex or resource-intensive they are to build, which does not directly address the goal of minimizing financial loss from project failure.
The business or technical risk prioritization approach orders requirements so that those carrying the greatest uncertainty or potential for failure are addressed first in the implementation. This strategy directly serves management's goal of limiting sunk costs - if the project is cancelled due to an early failure, the team has already resolved or surfaced the highest-risk elements rather than investing heavily in low-risk work while leaving critical risks unresolved.
Likelihood of success prioritization focuses on sequencing requirements that are most likely to be delivered, which is conceptually related but does not specifically target maximum-risk items first to protect capital.
Relationship to other requirements prioritization sequences work based on technical or logical dependencies between requirements, not based on the risk exposure or potential capital loss associated with each requirement.
Concept tested: Risk-based requirements prioritization to minimize capital loss
Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/
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