Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA) — Question 496

You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project. How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

Answer options

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The formula to calculate the number of communication channels is n(n-1)/2, where n is the number of stakeholders. For 65 stakeholders, the calculation yields 4225 channels. The other options are incorrect as they do not accurately reflect the application of this formula.