Absolute reference ANS✔✔ Unique numeric (preferred) or textual identifier - Not to be altered or re-used even if the
requirement is moved, changed or deleted
Accept ANS✔✔ Decide not to do anything about the risk If the risk does occur, a workaround will be developed at that
time
Acceptance criteria ANS✔✔ Criteria associated with requirements, products, or the delivery cycle that must be met in
order to achieve stakeholder acceptance.
Accountable ANS✔✔ Person who is the decision maker and who is held accountable for successful completion of the
task
Accuracy ANS✔✔ Closeness between measured value against true value
Achievable ANS✔✔ Feasible. Part of SMART criteria.
Active / Noticeable observation ANS✔✔ Observer asks questions during the process May interrupt the work flow but
helps in gaining a quick understanding
Activity diagram ANS✔✔ Activity diagram uses swim-lanes to show responsibilities, synchronization bars to show
parallel processing and multiple exit decision points
Actor (business analysis) ANS✔✔ A human, device, or system that plays some specified role in interacting with a
solution.
Ad hoc review ANS✔✔ Informal review or assistance from a peer
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Adaptability ANS✔✔ Ability to adjust techniques, styles, methods and approaches to suit the needs of the rapidly
changing environment and also deal with a variety of stakeholders
Adaptive approach ANS✔✔ An approach where the solution evolves based on a cycle of learning and discovery, with
feedback loops which encourage making decisions as late as possible.
Affinity map ANS✔✔ A technique to put related concepts together
Agile ANS✔✔ An iterative approach to software development
Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide ANS✔✔ A standard on the practice of business analysis in an agile context. The
Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide version 1 was published in 2013 by IIBA®, in partnership with the Agile Alliance.
Agile manifesto ANS✔✔ A set of principles prescribed by Agile practitioners
Allocation ANS✔✔ See requirements allocation.
Alternative flow ANS✔✔ Other paths that may be followed to achieve an actor's goal
Approach ANS✔✔ High level plan to achieve something
Architecture ANS✔✔ The design, structure, and behaviour of the current and future states of a structure in terms of its
components, and the interaction between those components. See also business architecture, enterprise architecture,
and requirements architecture.
Architecture management software ANS✔✔ Modelling softwares help in managing volume, complexity and versions of
the relationships within the Requirements architecture
Artifact (business analysis) ANS✔✔ Any solution-relevant object that is created as part of business analysis efforts.
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AS IS ANS✔✔ The current state
Associations ANS✔✔ Relationships
Assumption ANS✔✔ An influencing factor that is believed to be true but has not been confirmed to be accurate, or that
could be true now but may not be in the future.
Asynchronous call ANS✔✔ Asynchronous call (also known as a signal) allows the object to continue with its own
processing after sending the signal The object may send many signals simultaneously, but may ONLY accept one signal at
a time
Atomic ANS✔✔ At lowest level
Attribute ANS✔✔ Attributes define particular piece of information associated with an entity, including how much
information can be captured in it (size), its allowable values and the type of information it represents
Author ANS✔✔ Creator of requirements
Availability ANS✔✔ Extent to which solution is operable and accessible when required
Avoid risk ANS✔✔ Remove source of the risk so that the risk does not occur
BABoK® ANS✔✔ Business analysis body of knowledge
Background research ANS✔✔ Research gathered through document analysis comprises of reviewing materials like
marketing studies, industry standards, guidelines etc
Backlog management ANS✔✔ Refers to the planned approach manage remaining work for the project
" ANS✔✔ A strategic planning and management tool to measure organizational performance beyond traditional
financial measures
Basic, primary or main success flow ANS✔✔ Shortest or simplest successful path to achieve an actor's goal
Behavioral rules ANS✔✔ Behavioral rules intend to guide the actions of people working within the organization, or
people who interact with it
Behavioural business rule ANS✔✔ A business rule that places an obligation (or prohibition) on conduct, action, practice,
or procedure; a business rule whose purpose is to shape (govern) day-to-day business activity. Also known as operative
rule.
Benchmark studies ANS✔✔ Benchmark studies are conducted to compare organizational practices against the best-in-
class practices from competitor enterprises, in government, or from industry associations or standards
Benchmarking ANS✔✔ A comparison of a decision, process, service, or system's cost, time, quality, or other metrics to
those of leading peers to identify opportunities for improvement.
Benefit as a basis for prioritization ANS✔✔ Benefit attained on implementing requirements in terms of functionality,
desired quality, Business objectives etc Requirements that provide highest benefit are prioritized first
Body of knowledge ANS✔✔ The aggregated knowledge and generally accepted practices on a topic.
Both in and out scope ANS✔✔ Elements on both sides of the boundary (as seen from both sides)
Bottom-up estimation ANS✔✔ Bottom-up estimation uses WBS technique to estimate deliverables, activities, tasks and
estimates from all the involved stakeholders and rolls them up to get a total for all the activities and tasks
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