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 According to the BABOK® Guide, one of the tasks of defining the business need is to review the requirements stated documentation and ensure that it reflects the actual business requirements, not a description of the solutions. This is important because the business need should be based on the underlying problem or opportunity, not on a predetermined solution. The other options are not relevant to this task. References: BABOK® Guide, v3, p. 30; CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, p. 36.

 Business rules analysis is a technique used to identify, express, validate, refine, and organize the rules that shape day-to-day business behavior and guide operational business decision making. Business rules are specific, actionable, testable directives that support a business policy. Business rules can relate to access control, policy, calculation, or inference. Business rules should be atomic, explicit, and separated from the process that implements them. References:

IIBA®, 10.9 Business Rules Analysis

Business Rules Analysis — Business Analyst Learnings

Using Business Rules Analysis to Model and Analyze BI Requirements

Business rules analysis – The Functional BA

 A business analysis communications plan is a document that describes how the business analysis information will be communicated to the stakeholders, including the format, frequency, content, and recipients of the communication. A business analysis communications plan can help to ensure that the stakeholders are informed, engaged, and satisfied with the business analysis work, and that the business analysis deliverables are validated and approved. A business analysis communications plan is part of the business analysis plan, which is a comprehensive document that covers all aspects of the business analysis approach, activities, and deliverables. References: BABOK Guide v3, page 37; CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, page 75.

 Enterprise architecture is not an input for the conduct stakeholder analysis task. Enterprise architecture is a description of the structure, behavior, and governance of an organization and its information systems. Enterprise architecture may be an output of the business analysis process, but it is not an input for identifying and analyzing the stakeholders. The inputs for the conduct stakeholder analysis task are enterprise environmental factors, organizational process assets, and business need. Enterprise environmental factors are the internal and external factors that may influence the business analysis activities, such as the organizational culture, structure, policies, processes, and systems. Organizational process assets are the existing resources, standards, and guidelines that can be used to perform the business analysis activities, such as templates, tools, methodologies, and best practices. Business need is the problem or opportunity that the organization is facing and that requires a solution. References:

BABOK® Guide, p. 29, 104

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, p. 45, 49

Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) | Coursera, Course 1, Week 3, Video: “Stakeholder Analysis”