A company is in the middle of a large-scale project. Safety concerns have been brought up by several stakeholders, and this has led to numerous proposed changes. The business analyst (BA) must now assess the impact that marking these changes will have on the project. When assessing the impact of safety concerns, which of the following should be considered?
When assessing the impact of safety concerns, the level of importance and factors driving necessity, such as regulatory requirements or immediate safety issues, are crucial. Considering urgency addresses the priority and critical nature of these safety changes, guiding the decision-making process to ensure prompt and appropriate action is taken.
• Urgency: the level of importance including the factors which drive necessity such as regulator or safety issues.
When considering changes or additions to existing requirements, business analysts assess the impact of the proposed change by considering: • Benefit: the benefit that will be gained by accepting the change. • Cost: the total cost to implement the change including the cost to make the change, the cost of associated rework, and the opportunity costs such as the number of other features that may need to be sacrificed or deferred if the change is approved. • Impact: the number of customers or business processes affected if the change is accepted. • Schedule: the impact to the existing delivery commitments if the change is approved. • Urgency: the level of importance including the factors which drive necessity such as regulator or safety issues. Page-93
B. Urgency: the level of importance including the factors which drive necessity such as regulator or safety issues
Impact Analysis
B. Urgency
BABOK v3 5.4.4.2 states Impact analysis is performed to assess or evaluate the effect of a change. When considering changes or additions to existing requirements, business analysts assess the impact of the proposed change by considering various factors including: • Urgency: the level of importance including the factors which drive necessity such as regulator or safety issues. The Urgency factor enforces level of importance for safety issues hence, Urgency is correct.
pg 93 - Urgency: the level of importance including the factors which drive necessity such as regulator or safety issues.
I'm going with C. BABOK V3 pg 329: Risk analysis and management identifies areas of uncertainty that could negatively affect value, analyzes and evaluates those uncertainties, and develops and manages ways of dealing with the risks.
changing my mind - it is B. pg 93 - it seems that urgency, specifically driven by factors such as safety issues, is considered a critical factor when assessing the impact of proposed changes, especially those related to safety concerns.