Business Analysis

►Business Analysis is the practice of enabling change in an organizational context, by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. ✦

►Business analysis is a research discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a software-systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organizational change or strategic planning and policy development. The person who carries out this task is called a business analyst or BA.✦

►Job titles for business analysis practitioners include not only business analyst, but also business systems analyst, systems analyst, requirements engineer, process analyst, product manager, product owner, enterprise analyst, business architect, management consultant, business intelligence analyst, data scientist, and more. Many other jobs, such as management, project management, product management, software development, quality assurance and interaction design rely heavily on business analysis skills for success.✦

►The Business Analyst is an agent of change. Business Analysis is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.

►Business analysis is used to identify and articulate the need for change in how organizations work, and to facilitate that change. As business analysts, we identify and define the solutions that will maximize the value delivered by an organization to its stakeholders. Business analysts work across all levels of an organization and may be involved in everything from defining strategy, to creating the enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by defining the goals and requirements for programs and projects or supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.✦

►We have the specialized knowledge to act as a guide and lead the business through unknown or unmapped territory, to get it to its desired destination. The value of business analysis is in realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identification of new opportunities, understanding of required capabilities and modeling the organization. Through the effective use of business analysis, we can ensure an organization realizes these benefits, ultimately improving the way they do business.✦

【Few Topics Covered in This App are Listed Below】

➻ Business Analysis Overview
➻ Who is a Business Analyst?
➻ Why a Business Analyst?
➻ Role of an IT Business Analyst
➻ How is it different from other Professions?
➻ Software Development Life Cycle
➻ Post SDLC Process
➻ Business Analysis - Roles
➻ Major Roles of a BA
➻ Key Responsibilities of a Business Analyst
➻ What a BA is Expected to Deliver?
➻ Business Analysis - Tools and Techniques
➻ Functional and Non-Functional Requirements
➻ Business Analysis - JAD Session
➻ Use of a JAD Session
➻ Participants in a JAD Session
➻ Requirement Gathering Techniques
➻ Functional Requirements Document
➻ Functional Requirements Deliverables
➻ Software Requirements Specification
➻ Business Analysis - Use-Cases
➻ Guidance for Use-Case Template
➻ Use-Case Definition
➻ Use-Case Diagrams
➻ Drawing Use-Case Diagrams
➻ Example ─ Withdrawal Use-Case
➻ Use-Case Template
➻ Business Analysis - Requirements Mgmt.
➻ Why Projects Fail
➻ Why Successful Teams do Requirements Management
➻ Collaboration and Buy- In from Stakeholders
➻ Planning Good Requirements
➻ Requirement Gathering and Analysis
➻ Eliciting Approach
➻ Different Types of Requirements
➻ Traceability and Change Management
➻ Idea Requirements Design Test Business Objectives
➻ Business Analysis - Modelling
➻ Purpose of Business Modelling
➻ Performing GAP Analysis
➻ Requirements Planning and Management
➻ Body of Knowledge relationships
➻ Enterprise Analysis
➻ Strategic Planning
➻ The Business Analyst Strategic Role
➻ Creating and Maintaining the Business Architecture
➻ Conducting Feasibility Studies

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