PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA): key terms

Flashcards for this exam PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) guide

• A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide)IIBA's globally recognized standard for business analysis practice, currently version 3.Foundational
• Acceptance CriteriaConditions a product or backlog item must satisfy to be accepted by the product owner or customer.Foundational
• BrainstormingGroup technique for generating many ideas in a short time without initial criticism.Foundational
• Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)OMG standard graphical notation for modeling business processes.Intermediate
• Business Rules AnalysisTechnique to define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and constrain operations.Intermediate
• Change StrategyBABOK output describing the approach to move from current to future state, including solution scope, transition states, and release planning.Advanced
• Collect RequirementsProcess of determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet objectives.Foundational
• Context DiagramA scope model showing a system and the external entities that interact with it, with inputs and outputs.Foundational
• Data Flow Diagram (DFD)Model showing how information flows through processes, data stores, and external entities.Intermediate
• Decision ModelingTechnique showing how repeatable business decisions are made using decision tables, trees, or DMN.Advanced
• Document AnalysisElicitation technique of reviewing existing documentation to understand context and requirements.Foundational
• ElicitationDrawing out, exploring, and identifying information relevant to a change from stakeholders and other sources.Foundational
• Enterprise Resource PlanningIntegrated software suite managing core business processes such as finance, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and HR on a shared database.Foundational
• Functional RequirementA requirement describing a capability or behavior the solution must provide.Foundational
• Impact AnalysisAssessment of the effects a proposed change will have on stakeholders, requirements, the solution, and the project.Intermediate
• Interface AnalysisTechnique to identify where, what, why, when, how, and for whom information is exchanged between solution components or systems.Intermediate
• MoSCoW PrioritizationPrioritization technique classifying requirements as Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have (this time).Foundational
• Multicriteria Decision AnalysisTechnique using a decision matrix to evaluate options against weighted criteria.Intermediate
• Nominal Group Technique (NGT)Group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process to rank the most useful ideas.Intermediate
• Non-Functional Requirement (NFR)A requirement describing conditions or qualities the solution must have, such as performance, security, usability, or availability.Foundational
• Order-to-Cash (O2C)End-to-end business process from receiving a customer order through fulfillment, invoicing and payment collection.Foundational
• PESTLE AnalysisFramework examining Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors affecting an initiative.Foundational
• Process ModelingTechnique using standardized graphical models to show how work is carried out.Foundational
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P)End-to-end process from requisitioning goods or services through purchase orders, receipt, invoice and supplier payment.Foundational
• PrototypeAn early working model of a product used to obtain feedback before building the real thing.Foundational
• Requirements Classification SchemaBABOK classification of requirements as business, stakeholder, solution (functional and non-functional), and transition requirements.Foundational
• Requirements DocumentationDescription of how individual requirements meet the business need for the project.Foundational
• Requirements Management PlanComponent of the project management plan describing how requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed.Intermediate
• Requirements ValidationEnsuring requirements align with business requirements and deliver value to stakeholders.Intermediate
• Requirements VerificationChecking that requirements and designs are of sufficient quality: complete, consistent, unambiguous, testable, and feasible.Intermediate
• Requirements WorkshopStructured, facilitated meeting of key stakeholders to define, refine, prioritize, or reach closure on requirements.Foundational
• Solution EvaluationBABOK knowledge area assessing the performance and value delivered by a solution in use and recommending actions to increase value.Intermediate
• Stakeholder AnalysisTechnique of systematically gathering and analyzing information to determine whose interests should be considered.Foundational
• Strategy AnalysisBABOK knowledge area focused on defining the business need, current state, future state, risks, and change strategy.Intermediate
• Swimlane DiagramA process diagram that divides activities into lanes by role, department, or system.Foundational
• Three-Way MatchControl that compares purchase order, goods receipt and supplier invoice before approving payment.Intermediate
• Transition RequirementsTemporary requirements describing capabilities needed to transition from the current state to the future state.Intermediate