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The business analyst (BA) is preparing to determine the impact of various risks associated with the business analysis effort currently underway. Which of the following would the BA use as an input int

The correct answer is D. Unconfirmed results of elicitation activities. Risk assessment in business analysis uses unconfirmed elicitation results as input because raw, unverified data represents areas of uncertainty that the BA must evaluate for potential risk to the analysis effort.

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Question

The business analyst (BA) is preparing to determine the impact of various risks associated with the business analysis effort currently underway. Which of the following would the BA use as an input into the assessment of risk?

Options

  • ADefined change strategy
  • BAnalysis of potential value of the recommended solution
  • CList of prioritized requirements
  • DUnconfirmed results of elicitation activities

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    86% (24)

Why each option

Risk assessment in business analysis uses unconfirmed elicitation results as input because raw, unverified data represents areas of uncertainty that the BA must evaluate for potential risk to the analysis effort.

ADefined change strategy

A defined change strategy is a planning output that guides how changes are managed, not a source of uncertainty that feeds into risk identification.

BAnalysis of potential value of the recommended solution

Analysis of potential value is used for solution evaluation and prioritization decisions, not as an input for identifying business analysis risks.

CList of prioritized requirements

A list of prioritized requirements is a downstream deliverable produced after elicitation and analysis are complete, placing it too late in the process to serve as an input to risk assessment.

DUnconfirmed results of elicitation activitiesCorrect

Unconfirmed results of elicitation activities are preliminary, unverified findings that inherently contain uncertainty, making them a direct input to risk assessment per the BABOK; the BA must examine these uncertain findings to determine which risks they introduce before conclusions can be drawn from them.

Concept tested: Business analysis risk assessment inputs per BABOK

Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/

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#risk assessment#elicitation results#risk identification#BA planning inputs

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