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An organization's board of directors has funded a new mobile application to support external customers. The business case was developed with an emphasis on objectives to broaden the organization's…

The correct answer is B. Review business objectives and determine potential value. The BA mustassess whether the new functionality aligns with the project's original business objectivesbefore adding it to the requirements list. According to the BABOK® Guide(Chapter 5.4 - Verify and Validate Requirements),all requirements should be validated against business…

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An organization's board of directors has funded a new mobile application to support external customers. The business case was developed with an emphasis on objectives to broaden the organization's brand and increase customer engagement. The business analyst (BA) is reviewing a group of user stories with the product owner. One of these user stories is:

"As a customer service representative, I need to enter my time on the mobile application so that I can leave work to pick up my sick daughter from school." The product owner wants to take advantage of this opportunity to provide the staff with a way to enter their time away from the office and create an interface to the Payroll application. How must the BA evaluate alignment with the existing objectives?

Options

  • AAdd the functionality to the list of requirements.
  • BReview business objectives and determine potential value.
  • CAsk the product owner to rank this user story against the existing product backlog.
  • DSuggest that the story be included with a change to the solution scope or be removed.

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    11% (5)
  • B
    61% (27)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    20% (9)

Explanation

The BA mustassess whether the new functionality aligns with the project's original business objectivesbefore adding it to the requirements list. According to the BABOK® Guide(Chapter 5.4 - Verify and Validate Requirements),all requirements should be validated against business goalsto ensure that they contribute to the intended outcomes.

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#business objectives#scope management#user story evaluation#value alignment

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