CBAP Business Analyst Exam Prep

Answer: B - Melinda is a Business Analyst who works with a national clothing manufacturer. She stresses to managers that the requirements elicitation component of her project faces scope creep, which is an expansion beyond time and resources limits.

Key Takeaway: During requirements elicitation, a Business Analyst has to make sure that requirements elicited from stakeholders are traced back to the original business goals/objectives. For example, Melinda may notice that eliciting or gathering requirements is now becoming so wide and unfocused that it does not serve the original business goal of the clothing manufacturer. An unfocused requirements elicitation risks scope creep which means that it takes longer and costs more than budgeted.