A business analyst (BA) spent three months eliciting, specifying, and modelling the detailed stakeholder and solution requirements. Right before…

The BA missed the element of understanding stakeholder roles, which is part of the task of

identifying stakeholders in the business analysis planning and monitoring knowledge area. The BA

should have identified the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders, including who has the

authority to approve the requirements, before eliciting, specifying, and modelling them. This would

have avoided the delay and confusion caused by the wrong sign-off authority. The other options are

not relevant to the question, as they are related to different tasks or knowledge areas. Reference: [A

Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)], Chapter 3: BusinessAnalysis

Planning and Monitoring, Section 3.1: Plan Stakeholder Engagement, Task 3.1.1: Identify

Stakeholders, Page 36. [Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide], Chapter 2: Needs

Assessment, Section 2.2: Identify Stakeholders, Page 23.