CBAP Exam - Question 104

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Mark is the business analyst for his organization. He is working with the solution development team and he believes that the team does not want to implement a certain portion of the requirements. The team is expressing the difficulty of the requirements and how it will be extremely challenging to complete. When Mark asks about a similar project that the team completed, they insist that this is a different type of requirements though Mark believes that it is not.

What is the solution development team appearing to do to the requirements?

Examice · Accepted Answer

The solution development team appears to be changing the prioritization of the requirements based on the overstated complexity of the project work. This is evidenced by their insistence that this project has different types of requirements and their focus on the difficulty and challenging nature of these requirements. They are not requesting the removal of the requirements but are instead attempting to adjust their priority due to the perceived complexity.

Wlkkkk · Answer

I would go with C. 2nd sentence said that team doesn't want to implement the requirements.

SamiAbuQurs · Answer

Can any one explain why B not C?

MFZZ · Answer

Prioritisation of requirements is used to minimise risk during development so that the most important or high risk requirements are implemented first

basmus12 · Answer

The correct answer is B. 
In this scenario, the development team is likely exaggerating the complexity of the requirements in an attempt to influence the prioritization. By overstating the difficulty, the team may aim to deprioritize or delay working on those requirements, possibly to avoid or reduce the effort involved. This tactic could result in changes to how the requirements are handled, even if the actual complexity is manageable, as Mark suspects.

Option C (getting the requirements removed) could be a potential long-term goal, but in this context, the immediate action seems to be altering the prioritization rather than outright removal.

BA1002 · Answer

For me it s C option because the dev team express that it is complex to implement and they didn't mention that it will be better to postpone the implementation to another time

CBAPCohort6 · Answer

B. Change the prioritization of the requirements based on overstated complexity of the project work.

In this scenario, the solution development team appears to be emphasizing the difficulty and complexity of the current requirements, which may be a way to change the prioritization of those requirements based on their perceived challenges​.

Nobita135 · Answer

The solution development team appears to be overstating the complexity of the requirements to influence their prioritization or possibly to reduce their workload. By emphasizing difficulty, they may be attempting to delay, lower the priority of, or even avoid implementing those requirements. This behavior can be a tactic to manage workload, avoid challenging tasks, or shift focus to easier requirements.

488cdd7 · Answer

It says Implementation team DOES NOT WANT to implement. Which means they want the requirements removed. It doesnt say implementation is postponing/ delaying implementation
So answer is C

Demo311 · Answer

BABOK v2 pg 101

Challenges in facilitating a requirements prioritization session include:
Unrealistic Tradeoffs: The solution development team may intentionally or
unintentionally try to influence the result of the prioritization process by overestimating
the difficulty or complexity of implementing certain requirements.

CBAP Exam - Question 104

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