Glossary 2 Flashcards
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Evaluation
See solution evaluation
Expert Judgment
Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area, Knowledge Area, discipline, industry, etc. , as appropriate for the activity being performed . Such expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education, knowledge, skill, experience, or training.
Exploratory Testing
An unscripted, free-form validation or evaluation activity conducted by someone with in-depth business or testing knowledge to validate the product and discover product errors.
Facilitated Workshops
An elicitation technique using focused sessions that bring key cross-functional stakeholders together to define product requirements. In business analysis, facilitated workshops use a structured meeting that is led by a skilled, neutral facilitator, in which a carefully selected group of stakeholders collaborate to explore and evaluate product requirements.
Feasibility Analysis
A study that produces a potential recommendation to address business needs. It examines feasibility using one or more of the following variables: operational, technology/system, cost-effectiveness, and timeliness of the potential solution.
Feature
A set of related requirements typically described as a short phrase
Feature Model
A business analysis model that shows the first, second, and third level of features involved in a project
Fishbone Diagram
A version of a cause-and-effect diagram that depicts a problem and its root causes in a visual manner. It uses a fish image, listing the problem at the head, with causes and subcauses of the problem represented as bones of the fish. See also cause-and-effect diagram.
Five Whys
A technique for conducting root cause analysis suggesting anyone trying to understand a problem needs to ask why it is occurring up to five times to thoroughly understand its causes
Focus Groups
An elicitation technique that brings together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product, service, or result
Functional Requirements
Requirements that describe the behaviors of a product
Gap Analysis
A technique for understanding the gap between current capabilities and needed capabilities. Filling the gap is what comprises a solution recommendation
Grooming the Backlog
A process used on agile projects where the product team works with the product owner to gain more depth about the user stories in the backlog list. A groomed backlog is an input for sprint planning meetings, which are used to determine which user stories to cover in the next iteration.
Happy Path
See normal flow
High-Fidelity Prototyping
A method of prototyping that creates a functioning representation of the final finished product to the user. High-fidelity prototyping is performed using a programming language or a pseudo language of the product to be demonstrated.
Impact Analysis
A technique for evaluating a change in relation to how it will affect other requirements, the product, the program, and the project
Iterative Life Cycle
A project life cycle where iterations develop the product through a series of repeated cycles, while increments successively add to the functionality of the product
Interrelationship Diagram
A special type of cause-and-effect diagram that depicts related causes and effects for a given situation. Interrelationship diagrams help to uncover the most significant causes and effects involved in a situation. See also cause-and-effect diagram.
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
The projected annual yield of a project investment, incorporating both initial and ongoing costs into an estimated percentage growth rate a given project is expected to have
Interviews
A formal or informal approach to elicit information from a group of stakeholders by asking questions and documenting the responses provided by the interviewees
Ishikawa Diagrams
See fishbone diagram and cause-and-effect diagram
Issue
A point or matter in question or in dispute, or a point or matter that is not settled and is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
Iterative Life Cycle
A project life cycle where the project scope is generally determined early in the project life cycle, but time and cost estimates are routinely modified as the project team’s understanding of the product increases. Iterations develop the product through a series of repeated cycles, while increments successively add to the functionality of the product.
Job Analysis
A technique used to identify job requirements and the competencies needed to perform effectively in a specific job