BABoK V3 Glossary 2017

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Why this book?

BABoK® V3 is considered as Gold standard reference on business

analysis which is published by IIBA®, Canada.

BABoK® does provide a glossary.

However, it only provides a sub-set of all terms that Business

Analysts should be familiar with.

Current BABoK® V3 glossary has 250 terms explained.

This guide picks up many more terms which will be of interest to

BA community, brings up the total terms count to a whopping 600
terms.

This is 240% of current BABoK® V3 terms.

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Table of contents

Copyright notice.............................................. 1

Why this book? ............................................... 2

Adaptive workshops catalogue ....... Error! Bookmark not defined.

A ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Absolute reference............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Accept........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Acceptance criteria.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Accountable...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Accuracy......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Achievable....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Active / Noticeable observation .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Activity diagram................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Actor (business analysis) ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ad hoc review.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Adaptability..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Adaptive approach................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Affinity map..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Agile............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide .............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Agile manifesto.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Allocation....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Alternative flow................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Approach......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Architecture..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Architecture management software ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Artefact (business analysis) ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
AS IS............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Associations..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Assumption....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Asynchronous call................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Atomic........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Attribute........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Author........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Availability..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Avoid risk....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

B ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

BABoK®........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Background research.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Backlog management............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Balance score card............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Basic, primary or main success flow .............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Behavioral rules................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Behavioural business rule ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Benchmark studies................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Benchmarking..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Benefit as a basis for prioritization ............ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Body of knowledge................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Both in and out scope............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Bottom-up estimation............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
BPM ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
BPMN............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Brainstorming.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Burn-down........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business (business analysis) ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business (business world) ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business acumen.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis approach ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis communication plan ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis effort ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Business analysis information .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis package ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis performance assessment ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis perspectives ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis plan........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis planning and monitoring ........ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis roles .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analysis tools and technology ........... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business analyst................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business architecture............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business capabilities............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business case.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business constraints............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business decision................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business domain.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business goal.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business model canvas............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business need.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business non-value-add........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business objective............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business policy.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business problem................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business process................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business Process Dimension ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business process management (BPM) ................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business process re-engineering .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business requirement............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business rule.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Business rules analysis .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

C ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Capability....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Capability centric view .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Capability maps.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cardinality...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cause-and-effect diagram ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CBAP®............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CCBA®............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Certification.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change agent..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change approach.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change control................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change management................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change strategy.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Change team...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Channels......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Checklist (business analysis) .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Class............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Class diagram.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Close ended questions............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Closed questions................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CMM®............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CMMI®............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Collaboration.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Collaboration and Knowledge Management Tools ..... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Collaboration.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Collaborative games.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Communication tools and technology ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Compatibility.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Competitive analysis............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Complexity....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Compliance....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Component........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Concept model.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conceptual data model............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conceptual thinking.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Constraint (business analysis) ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Consulted........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Context.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Core capabilities................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Core concept (business analysis) ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Corrective action................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cost as a basis for prioritization ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cost of the Change............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cost structure................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Cost-benefit analysis............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
COTS............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CPRE-FL®......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Create, read, update, and delete matrix (CRUD matrix) ..... Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Creative thinking................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Crow's Foot Notation............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CRUD matrix...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Customer......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Customer Dimension............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Customer segments................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

D ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Data mining...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision analysis................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision making.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision matrix.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision modelling............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision requirements diagram .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision table................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Decision tree.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Decomposition.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Defect........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Definitional business rule ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Delegations...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Deliverable...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Delphi Estimation................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Dependencies as a basis for prioritization ....... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Depends relationship............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Deployment model................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Derive relationship.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Design........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Design options................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Desk Check....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Discount Rate.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Document analysis (business analysis) ............ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Domain........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Domain knowledge................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Domain subject matter expert (SME) ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
DSDM............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Dynamic systems development method (DSDM) ........ Error! Bookmark not defined.

E ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

ECBA®............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Elicitation...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Elicitation activity plan ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Elicitation and collaboration .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
End user......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Enterprise....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Enterprise architecture .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Enterprise culture............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Enterprise limitations........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Enterprise readiness assessment .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Entity........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Entity-relationship diagram ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Estimate......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ethics........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Evaluation....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Evaluation criteria.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Event (business analysis) ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Evolutionary or Functional prototype ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Evolutionary prototype........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Exception flow................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Existing Business analysis information ........... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Existing solutions............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Expected benefits................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Expected Costs................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Experiment....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Extend........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Extensibility.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
External interface............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

F ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Facilitation..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Feasibility study................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Feature.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Feature tree..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Financial Dimension.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Fishbone diagram................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Fish-bowl........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Five-whys........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Focus group...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Force field analysis............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Form Study Prototype:............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Formal Walkthrough (also known as Team Review) ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Function point................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Functional decomposition ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Functional Prototype............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Functional requirement........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Functionality.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Functionally oriented structure .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Future state description ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

G ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Gane-Sarson Notation............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Gap analysis..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Glossary......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Goals............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Governance approach.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Governance process (change) ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Group collaboration.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Guideline (business analysis) .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

H ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Hardware......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Heterogeneous group.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Homogeneous group................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Horizontal prototype............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

I ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Identified risks................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
IIBA®............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Impact analysis.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Implementation SME............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Implementation subject matter expert ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Improvement...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Include.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Increase......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Indicator........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Individual collaboration ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Industry knowledge............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Informal Walkthrough............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Information management approach .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Informed......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Inheritance...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Initiative....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Input (business analysis) ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
In-scope......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Inspection....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Interface........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Interface analysis............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Internal Rate of Return .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Interoperability................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Interview........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ishikawa diagram................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Item tracking.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Iteration (business analysis) .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

J ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

JAD ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

K ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Key performance indicator ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Knowledge area (business analysis) ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Knowledge Sources................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

L ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Lagging indicators............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Leadership and influencing ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Leading indicators............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Learning......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Learning and Growth Dimension .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Leasing.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Lending.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Lessons learned.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Lessons learned process .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Licensing or Subscription fees ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Life cycle....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Linear and logistic regression ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Listening........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Localization..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Logical data model............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

M ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Maintainability.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Market analysis.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Market oriented structure ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Matrix........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Matrix structure................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Measurable....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Metadata......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Methodology...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Methodology knowledge............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Metric........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Metrics and KPIs................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Mission statement................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Mitigate......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Model............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Modelling notations/ standards ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Modelling tools.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Models........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Monitoring....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Multi-phased prioritization approach ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.

N ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Need............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Negotiation and conflict resolution .............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Net Present Value................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Neural networks.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Neutrality....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Non-functional requirement ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Non-functional requirements ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Non-value-add.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Non-Verbal communication ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Noun concepts.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

O ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Objectives....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Observation (business analysis) .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Office productivity tools and technology ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
OLAP............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Onion diagram.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Online analytical processing (OLAP) .............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Open ended questions............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Operational support.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Operative rule................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Opportunities (External) ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Opportunity costs................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organization..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organization and time management ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organization knowledge........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organization modelling........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational capability ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational change management ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational culture........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational model............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational strategy .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational structure ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organizational unit.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Out-of-scope..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ownership........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

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P ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Paper Prototyping................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Parametric estimation............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Pass Around...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Passive/Unnoticeable observation ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Payback Period................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Peer review...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Penalty as a basis for prioritization ............ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Performance efficiency........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Persona.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Personal accountability .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique) ....... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Physical data model.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Plan............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Plan-driven approach............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Planning poker................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Policy........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Portability...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Post-condition................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Potential value.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Pre-condition.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Predictive approach.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Predictive scorecards............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Present Value.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Presentation Software............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Preventive....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Primary research................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Prioritization................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Priority......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Proactive analysis............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Problem solving.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Process.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Process analysis................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Process centric view............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Process model.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Process modelling................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Product (business analysis) ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Product backlog.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Product box...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Product scope.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Product vision statement ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Program process flow............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Project.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Project manager.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Project scope.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Proof of concept................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Proof of Principle or Concept .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Prototype........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

Q ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Quality.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Quality assurance................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Quality attributes............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Questionnaire.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

R ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

RACI............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
RACI matrix...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
RDBMS............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Reactive analysis................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Recommended actions.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Regulator........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Regulatory or Policy Compliance as a basis for prioritization . Error! Bookmark
not defined.
Release plan..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Relevant......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Reliability...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Renting.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Repeatability.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Reporting........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Repository....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Reproducibility.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Request for information (RFI) .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Request for proposal (RFP) ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Request for quote (RFQ) .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Request for tender (RFT) ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirement...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements (traced)............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements allocation .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements analysis and design definition ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements architecture ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements artefact............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements attribute........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements defect.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements document............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements life cycle .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements life cycle management ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements life cycle management tools ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements management .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements management plan ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements management tool ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements management tools/repository ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements model............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements package............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements traceability ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements validation .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements verification ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements Viewpoints .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Requirements Views............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Requirements workshop............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Residual risk.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Responsible...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix (RACI matrix) . Error!
Bookmark not defined.
Retrospective.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Return on investment (ROI) (business analysis) ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Revenue stream................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Revenue thorough sales........................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Reviews.......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
RFI ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
RFP ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
RFQ ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
RFT ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk (business analysis) ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk analysis.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk analysis results............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk as a basis for prioritization ............... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk assessment.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk register.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk-aversion.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risks as basis for prioritization ................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Risk-seeking..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
ROI ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Roles and permissions matrix ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Rolling Wave..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Root cause....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Root cause analysis.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Rough order of magnitude (ROM) ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Rules engine..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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S ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

Satisfy relationship............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Scalability...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Scenarios and use cases .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Scope............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Scope model...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Scope of Solution Space .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Secondary actor.................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Top-down estimation.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Traceability..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Transfer......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Adaptive workshops catalogue

Category Course Name

Business analysis Certified Business Analyst Professional

(CBAP® ) (Endorsed by IIBA® , Canada)

Business analysis Certification of Capability in Business

Analysis (CCBA) (Endorsed by IIBA® ,
Canada)

Business analysis Certified Professional in Requirements

Engineering(CPRE) (Endorsed by IREB,
Germany)

Business analysis Elicitation techniques

Business analysis Requirements modeling using UML
Business analysis Behaviorial skills for Bas
Business analysis The ACE BA program
Agile Certified Agile Practitioner
Agile Introduction to Agile and Scrum
BSC Balance Score Card
CMMI CMMI for Services
CMMI Introduction to CMMI for Development
CMMI CMM Implementation Workshop
CoBIT Introduction to COBIT
Excel Excel for Executive Managers
ISO 27001 Certified ISO 27001 Implementer
ISO 27001 Certified ISO 27001 Internal Auditor
Project Management Introduction to MS-Project
Project Management Project Management Basics
Project Management Program Management Professional
Project Management Stakeholder Management

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Six Sigma Six Sigma Green Belt

Project Management Certified Software Team Lead
Software Configuration Management
Engineering
Software Good Programming Practices
Engineering
Software Introduction to Software Quality
Engineering
Software Requirements Management
Engineering
Software Software Engineering Principles
Engineering
Software Introduction to Software QA
Engineering
Software Software Reviews
Engineering
Software Software Testing Principles
Engineering
Software Software Metrics
Engineering
Software Statistics for Project Managers
Engineering
Software Statistical Process Control
Engineering

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