Business Analysis – Best Practices for Success
Best Practices for Success
Gebonden Engels 2011 9781118076002Samenvatting
The definitive guide on the roles and responsibilities of the business analyst
Business Analysis offers a complete description of the process of business analysis in solving business problems. Filled with tips, tricks, techniques, and guerilla tactics to help execute the process in the face of sometimes overwhelming political or social obstacles, this guide is also filled with real world stories from the author′s more than thirty years of experience working as a business analyst.
Provides techniques and tips to execute the at–times tricky job of business analyst
Written by an industry expert with over thirty years of experience
Straightforward and insightful, Business Analysis is a valuable contribution to your ability to be successful in this role in today′s business environment.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Acknowledgments xxv</p>
<p>International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL) xxvii</p>
<p>PART I THE PROBLEM SOLVER 1</p>
<p>CHAPTER 1 What Is a Business Analyst? 3</p>
<p>CHAPTER 2 The Evolution of the Business Analyst 13</p>
<p>CHAPTER 3 A Sense of Where You Are 29</p>
<p>CHAPTER 4 What Makes a Good Business Analyst? 39</p>
<p>PART II THE PLAYERS 85</p>
<p>CHAPTER 6 The Business Analyst and the Solution Team 89</p>
<p>CHAPTER 7 The Business Analyst and the Business Community 109</p>
<p>PART III THE PROBLEM 131</p>
<p>CHAPTER 8 Define the Problem 135</p>
<p>CHAPTER 9 Define the Product Scope 163</p>
<p>CHAPTER 10 Confirm Alignment and Financial Justification 179</p>
<p>PART IV THE PROCESS 197</p>
<p>CHAPTER 11 Gather the Information 199</p>
<p>CHAPTER 12 Define the Problem Domain 251</p>
<p>CHAPTER 13 Determine the Solution 267</p>
<p>CHAPTER 14 Write the Solution Document 285</p>
<p>PART V PRODUCING THE PRODUCT 309</p>
<p>CHAPTER 15 Monitor the Product 313</p>
<p>CHAPTER 16 Confirm the Business Problem Has Been Solved 325</p>
<p>CHAPTER 17 Transition and Change Management 337</p>
<p>POSTSCRIPT Where to Go from Here 351</p>
<p>APPENDIX A Business Analyst Process 361</p>
<p>APPENDIX B The Principles 365</p>
<p>APPENDIX C Why We Do Not Get Good Requirements 373</p>
<p>APPENDIX D Comparison of the Roles of Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, and Project Manager 379</p>
<p>APPENDIX E Context–Free Problem Definition Questions 383</p>
<p>APPENDIX F List of Nonfunctional Requirements Categories 385</p>
<p>Bibliography 387</p>
<p>About the Author 395</p>
<p>Index 397</p>
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan