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 Effective business analysis practices aim to minimize the amount of change to requirements in a stable business environment by ensuring that the requirements are well-understood, properly documented, and agreed upon by all stakeholders. While it is not possible to eliminate changes entirely due to the evolving nature of business and technology, good business analysis can significantly reduce the frequency and impact of these changes.

References: The BABOK® Guide emphasizes the importance of assessing requirements changes to maintain a stable baseline for the requirements. It also highlights the need for approval of requirements to ensure stakeholder support and buy-in123.

 MoSCoW is a prioritization technique used in business analysis and project management to categorize requirements into four levels of priority: Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won’t have. This method helps teams focus on the most critical requirements that need to be satisfied for a project to be successful, while also identifying which requirements can be deferred or excluded if necessary.

• Must have: These are non-negotiable requirements that are essential for the project’s success. If these are not met, the project is considered a failure.
• Should have: These are important but not critical requirements. They are high-priority items that can be scheduled for a future release without impacting the current one.
• Could have: These are desirable requirements that do not affect the overall success of the project. They can be included if time and resources permit.
• Won’t have: These are the lowest priority requirements or those that are not necessary for the current delivery cycle. They are recognized but not planned for the current project timeline.

References: The MoSCoW method is detailed in the Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) handbook and is widely used across various industries for effective project management

According to the BABOK® Guide, opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative that is forgone as a result of making a decision. In this case, the opportunity cost of choosing the second project for $565,000 is the value of the first project that is not chosen, which is $375,000. This means that the organization is giving up the potential benefit of $375,000 by selecting the second project over the first one. References: BABOK® Guide, page 32; Business Analysis Expert Certification, CCBA® | IIBA®, section “What Should I know to be CCBA Certified?”

 According to the BABOK Guide, the task of prioritizing requirements assesses the value, urgency, dependencies, and risks associated with requirements and designs to ensure that analysis and delivery work is done on the most important ones at any given time1. Prioritization is an ongoing process, with priorities changing as the context changes. The task of prioritizing requirements creates just one output, which is requirements (prioritized). This output is a list or a model of requirements and designs that have been assigned a level of importance or urgency relative to other requirements and designs2. The output of requirements (prioritized) is used as an input for other tasks, such as managing solution scope and requirements, assessing proposed solutions, allocating requirements, and validating requirements3.

The other options are not correct outputs of the task of prioritizing requirements:

• Validated requirements are an output of the task of validating requirements, which ensures that the requirements and designs support the delivery of value, fulfill the stakeholder needs, and meet the quality standards3.
• Requirements rankings are not a formal output of the task of prioritizing requirements, but rather a possible technique to assign a numerical value to each requirement or design based on a set of criteria2.
• Requirements assessment is not an output of the task of prioritizing requirements, but rather a possible technique to evaluate the impact, feasibility, and value of requirements and designs2. References:
• 2: CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide, section Task: Prioritize Requirements, page 1
• 3: BABOK Guide, section 4.5 Prioritize Requirements, page 72
• 1: Prioritize Requirements and Designs1, page 1