When selecting an elicitation technique, the business analyst (BA) should consider techniques that are:

Question

Options

• Acommonly used in similar initiatives.
• Beasy to use.
• Calready known by stakeholders.
• Dpopular in the industry.

• A
  93% (51)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

Selecting techniques that are commonly used in similar initiatives ensures the BA leverages proven approaches appropriate to the project context, stakeholder environment, and type of requirements being elicited - maximizing effectiveness based on real-world precedent. Option B (easy to use) is wrong because ease shouldn't drive technique selection; the right technique for the situation matters more than convenience. Option C (known by stakeholders) is a distractor because stakeholders don't perform elicitation - the BA does, so stakeholder familiarity is irrelevant to technique selection. Option D (popular in the industry) is too broad and doesn't account for the specific nature of the initiative, since what's trendy industrywide may be inappropriate for a given context.

Memory tip: Think "fit for purpose" - a BA picks techniques that fit the initiative, not techniques that are fast, familiar to others, or fashionable. "Similar initiatives" = proven fit.

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