Gap analysis compares where you are to where you need to be and produces a list of specific changes required to close the gap...
Exploration and insights from the exam world
The CBDA validates that a BA can work at the intersection of business needs and data, framing the right question, collaborating with analysts, and translating results into decisions.
A spike is a backlog item whose output is knowledge, not software. Use it when the team cannot estimate because they do not know enough and time-box it without exception.
BDD uses Gherkin scenarios to force everyone to express requirements concretely. The Three Amigos session is where the real value happens.
NFRs are invisible until they fail. Performance, availability, security, scalability define whether a technically correct system is actually usable and viable in production.
Technical debt compounds like financial debt. The longer it is ignored, the more expensive it becomes...
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a systematic process used to identify the underlying origin of a problem or event, rather than focusing solely on its immediate...
Business rules buried in code are a liability. Decision modeling makes them explicit, reviewable, and owned by the business using DMN tables.
A business case argues why this investment is worth making compared to all alternatives including doing nothing. The do-nothing option is mandatory, not a formality.
