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CBAP Question #67: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is D. A methodology is a formalized and repeatable business analysis approach.. A methodology in business analysis is a formalized and repeatable set of practices and approaches used consistently across business analysis work.
Question
You are the business analyst for your organization and are coaching Roberta on how business analysis works. Roberta is confused about what a business analysis methodology is during the business analysis planning and monitoring phase of the business analysis duties. What is a methodology?
Options
- AA methodology is an approach that the business analyst believes will work but it has not
- BA methodology is a short term endeavor to create a unique product or service.
- CA methodology is a formalized plan that describes how the business analyst will complete the
- DA methodology is a formalized and repeatable business analysis approach.
Explanation
A methodology in business analysis is a formalized and repeatable set of practices and approaches used consistently across business analysis work.
Common mistakes.
- A. An unproven approach that the analyst believes might work describes a hypothesis or informal technique, not a formalized methodology.
- B. A short-term endeavor to create a unique product or service is the definition of a project, not a methodology.
- C. While a formalized plan describes how work will be completed, this is closer to a work plan or business analysis plan, not a methodology itself.
Concept tested. Business analysis methodology definition and planning
Reference. https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/
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