Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Practice Test

Overlooking stakeholders can significantly impact project requirements, primarily by leading to unexpected changes in existing requirements. Stakeholders often hold crucial insights, perspectives, and needs that are foundational to the project's success. If specific stakeholders are not engaged, their expectations and requirements may go unaddressed, which can result in gaps in the understanding of the project scope.

When these unrecognized needs come to light later in the project, they can force changes to the established requirements, disrupting the project workflow and potentially leading to increased costs and delays. The absence of stakeholder input can also lead to misalignment between what the project delivers and what stakeholders find necessary, increasing the likelihood of dissatisfaction with the final outcome.

Therefore, actively involving all relevant stakeholders from the outset is essential to ensure that their needs are captured accurately and to minimize the risk of late-stage alterations to the approved requirements.