You are the business analyst for your organization. Your current project is using a plan-driven approach for the requirements, business analysis, and monitoring. Which one of the following statements best describes the plan-driven approach to business analysis planning and monitoring?
A) Plan-driven approaches encourage changes that prevent errors and omissions.
B) Plan-driven approaches typically call for a significant amount of formality and detail.
C) Plan-driven approaches determine how priorities will be diagnosed for the project solution.
D) Plan-driven approaches typically have meetings daily to discuss the business analysis requirements process.

Question

You are the business analyst for your organization. Your current project is using a plan-driven approach for the requirements, business analysis, and monitoring. Which one of the following statements best describes the plan-driven approach to business analysis planning and monitoring?
A) Plan-driven approaches encourage changes that prevent errors and omissions.  
B) Plan-driven approaches typically call for a significant amount of formality and detail.
C) Plan-driven approaches determine how priorities will be diagnosed for the project solution.
D) Plan-driven approaches typically have meetings daily to discuss the business analysis requirements process.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The plan-driven approach has the most business analysis work at the beginning of the project or during the start of a project phase. This approach has a high amount of formality and detail for all areas of the business analysis duties, requirements gathering, and monitoring.   Answer: D is incorrect. This statement is not true about the plan-driven approach. Answer: C is incorrect. This statement describes requirements prioritization. Answer: A is incorrect. Plan-driven approaches typically discourage change and they work to refine the requirements over time to prevent errors and omissions.

You Are the Business Analyst for Your Organization