Salesforce Updated Certified-Business-Analyst Exam Questions and Answers by safiyah

This answer states that violating the definition of done is the principle of Agile methodology that this situation violates for completing UAT of a solution at Universal Containers. Agile methodology is an approach to software development that emphasizes delivering value to customers in short iterations or sprints, and responding to changing requirements with flexibility and collaboration. Definition of done is a criterion or a checklist that specifies when a user story or a task is considered complete and ready for deployment or delivery. Violating the definition of done means that the BA accepts a user story or a task as done without ensuring that it meets all the quality standards or acceptance criteria agreed upon by the project team. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/agile-basics/agile-basics-done

The initial steps that the business analyst should take to help determine why the order management and fulfillment process is slow are:

• Work with stakeholders to identify relevant processes, such as order placement, order confirmation, order processing, order shipping, order tracking, etc.
• Select a key process with defined start and end points, such as order processing, which involves verifying customer information, checking inventory availability, allocating products, generating invoices, etc.
• Collaborate with process owners and users to create a current state process map, which shows how the order processing process is currently performed in Salesforce, what steps or activities are involved, what inputs or outputs are used or produced, what decisions are made, what roles or systems are interacted with, etc.

These steps help to establish a baseline for measuring the current state of performance, identify pain points and opportunities for improvement, and align with the desired business outcomes. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/salesforce-business-analyst-certification-prep/business-process-mapping

The step of the application lifecycle management (ALM) cycle that requires the business analyst to study current business processes, gather requirements, and analyze them is plan. ALM is a process that helps manage changes to an application from planning to deployment and beyond. ALM has six steps: plan, develop, test, build release, test release, and release. The plan step is where the business analyst studies current business processes, gathers requirements, and analyzes them to understand what needs to be changed or improved in an application. The plan step also involves defining objectives, scope, budget, timeline, deliverables, roles and responsibilities for a project. The develop step is where developers create or modify code or declarative components based on the requirements gathered in the plan step. The test step is where testers verify that the code or declarative components work as expected and meet quality standards using various testing techniques and tools. The build release step is where developers package all code or declarative components into a release that can be deployed to other environments using various deployment techniques and tools. The test release step is where end users test the release in a sandbox or test environment to verify that it works as intended, and what was originally requested is actually being delivered. The release step is where the release is deployed to production and made available to end users. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/application-lifecycle-and-development-models/understand-what-application-lifecycle-management-is

 The user story should include a quantifiable reason why the feature is needed. This helps to define the value or benefit that the user expects from the feature, and provides a basis for prioritizing, testing, and accepting the user story. A quantifiable reason should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. For example, “As a service agent I want Salesforce Macros to complete repetitive tasks faster so that I can reduce my average case resolution time by 10%.” The other options are either irrelevant or incorrect. Option A does not improve the user story, but rather makes it vaguer and ambiguous. Option B does not improve the user story, but rather changes the user role and perspective. References: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/business-analysis-user-stories/write-user-stories