CBAP · Question #85
You are the business analyst for your organization. You have identified the costs and level of effort needed for each of the solution components. Management has asked that you also assess the most eff
The correct answer is B. Dependencies between requirements. When assessing investment tradeoffs for a solution, dependencies between requirements reveal how components interrelate and whether additional investment in one area unlocks compounding value elsewhere.
Question
You are the business analyst for your organization. You have identified the costs and level of effort needed for each of the solution components. Management has asked that you also assess the most effective tradeoffs between delivery options. You consider the available resources and the constraints on the solution to determine if an additional investment is justified to realize a higher value for the solution. What other consideration could you include in your assessment of the solution?
Options
- AHistorical information
- BDependencies between requirements
- CExperience of the implementation team
- DEnterprise environmental factors
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A11% (3)
- B85% (23)
- C4% (1)
Why each option
When assessing investment tradeoffs for a solution, dependencies between requirements reveal how components interrelate and whether additional investment in one area unlocks compounding value elsewhere.
Historical information provides context from past projects but does not directly inform the structural tradeoffs between interdependent solution components.
Dependencies between requirements are critical when evaluating delivery tradeoffs because they determine whether fulfilling one requirement is contingent on another, affecting the overall value realized from additional investment. Understanding these dependencies allows the business analyst to assess whether skipping or deferring certain components would undermine the solution's intended value. This directly informs the cost-benefit analysis of each delivery option.
Implementation team experience is a resource constraint consideration, not an analytical factor for evaluating the relative value of delivery options.
Enterprise environmental factors are external conditions that constrain the project environment but are not used to assess tradeoffs between specific solution delivery choices.
Concept tested: Solution component tradeoff assessment using requirement dependencies
Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/business-analysis-practitioners-guide-9466
Topics
Community Discussion
No community discussion yet for this question.