Chapter 1 - What is Business Analysis? Flashcards
What are the origins of Business Analysis?
IT investment fails to deliver required business benefit
How did Business Analysis develop?
Impact of outsourcing IT
Need for competitive advantage
Need for successful business change
What 3 things are key for IT systems to deliver competitive advantage?
Business needs must drive development
IT implementation must be accompanied by necessary business changes
Requirements must be defined accurately
What is the business change lifecycle?
Alignment Definition Design Implementation Realisation
What is the potential range of the business analyst role?
Strategic analysis and definition
Business analysis
IT systems analysis
How do business analysts support business strategy?
Recommend and design tactics that will deliver the business objectives and strategy
How do Business analysts support IT systems analysis?
BA may be required to use modelling techniques historically in the remit of systems analyst
What does POPIT model support?
Taking holistic approach by looking at different aspects of business to identify problems
What are the core tenants of Agile Manifesto?
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
How is a BA involved in Agile development?
Supporting business users in:
Clarifying
Elaborating
Prioritising
of requirements
How does the BA support business acceptance testing?
Test scenarios
Writing guides
Training
Defining job roles
Ongoing support
What are core responsibilities of BA?
Investigate business systems holistically
Evaluate actions to improve
Document requirements
Elaborate requirements
What is the rationale for business analysis?
Root causes not symptoms
Business improvement not IT change
Options not solutions
Feasible
Lifecycle
Negotiation not avoidance
What are the five stages of the Capability Maturity Model Integration?
Initial - Ad-hoc process
Managed - Planned process
Defined - Standard, consistent process
Qualitatively managed - performance managed process
Optimising - Continuously improving process
