You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing for the conduct elicitation activity. You'll need several stakeholders' roles as you prepare for this activity in your organization.
Which one of the following stakeholders may be responsible to dictate that a specific process or technique be followed during your requirements elicitation activities?
A regulator may be responsible for dictating that a specific process or technique be followed during your requirements elicitation activities. Regulators ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and standards, which may include mandating specific processes or techniques to ensure that the organization’s activities adhere to required legal and administrative guidelines.
4.1 Prepare for Elicitation 4.1.7 • Domain Subject Matter Expert: provides supporting materials as well as guidance about which other sources of business analysis information to consult. May also help to arrange research, experiments, and facilitated elicitation. • Project Manager: ensures that the appropriate people and resources are available to conduct the elicitation. • Sponsor: has the authority to approve or deny a planned elicitation event, and to authorize and require the participation of specific stakeholders.
From the options only Sponsor is mentioned under Stakeholders in the Conduct Elicitation task.
C is correct In this scenario the stakeholder is dictating a specific process or technique is followed. Definition of a Regulator (2.4.8) Regulators are responsible for the definition and enforcement of standards. Standards can be imposed on the solution by regulators through legislation, corporate governance standards, audit standards, or standards defined by organisational centers of competency. Alternate roles are government, regulatory bodies, and auditor.
key word 'dictate' BABOK V3 Pg 107 Legal/Regulatory Information: describes legislative rules or regulations that must be followed. Regulators may impose specific rules, regulations, or standards that need to be followed during the elicitation process to ensure compliance. They play a role in shaping and guiding the requirements elicitation activities based on legal and regulatory requirements 1 . Therefore, the correct answer is B. Regulator.
Regulator not even a stakeholder of this task in BABOK V3
Ans is B: Regulator literally word for word from BABOK v2 pg 59 under "Conduct Elicitation Activity"
D. pg 61. Sponsor: has the authority to approve or deny a planned elicitation