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Business analysis in IT
The document discusses the importance and role of a business analyst in IT projects. It states that a business analyst acts as a liaison between business stakeholders, development teams, and quality assurance teams. They help define project scope, elicit and document requirements, and manage expectations. The document also notes that having a business analyst can help the customer provide complete requirements, give the project manager oversight during implementation, and provide a technical liaison for the development team. Overall, using a business analyst can help ensure a project is finished on time and on budget and delivers what the business needs.
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- 1. WHY EVERYONE NEEDS ABUSINESS ANALYST ON THE PROJECT Business Analysis in IT
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- 3. They also helpto streamline requirements and manage project expectations. They BRIDGE THE COMMUNICATION between development teams, business stakeholders, and quality assurance teams. The communication liaison from project inception through final delivery.
- 4. Define aproject scope Elicitate and translate business needs Translate technical issues Analyze requirements Model and document requirements Manage requirements BUSINESS ANALYST RESPONSIBILITIES
- 5. A REQUIREMENT ISDEFINED TO BE: A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an objective A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract Sound documented representation of a condition or capability
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- 7. Subject matter Experts/Users Solution Developers BUSINESS ANALYST Project Manager Customer (ProductManager/ Product Owner) Sales Manager
- 9. REQUIREMENT ELICITATION AND ANALYSIS • UserCases • User Stories • Vision and Scope Document SYSTEM DESIGN • Logical Design(Modeling) • Prototypes, sketches • mockups IMPLEMENTATION • Software Requirement Specification • Backlog TESTING DEPLOYMENT MAINTENANCE • User Scenarios • Acceptance Criteria • Acceptance Tests • Post-delivery requirements • Management support BA ROLE IN ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
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- 12. Т H E CU S T O M E R needs a technical interface to create complete, detailed requirements Customers rarely come to the project table with detailed requirements and if they think that's what they have then those requirements need to be questioned heavily.
- 13. BUS IN ESS AN ALYS T provide critical oversight during project implementation When the time does come for go-live, the Business Analyst can likely be the best interface with the project client – working closely with the Project Manager and the tech team to ensure: the solution is rolled out smoothly to the customer and end users, training needs have been identified and addressed, and the proper handoff to support has been achieved.
- 14. T H EP R O J E C T M A N A G E R needs to focus on project management tasks There are enough administrative tasks on most projects to justify a full-time Project Manager
- 15. T H ET E C H L E A D needs a good liaison heading into design work on the project Having the BA in place to help translate those business requirements into functional requirements with and for the Tech Lead on the project. If you decide to save on BA position for technical projects, then you are likely to spend MUCH MORE on a longer planning and design portion of the project.
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- 17. 1.Get Oriented 2.Discover the Primary Business Objectives Have Backgrou ndon All Areas? 3.Define Scope 4. Formulate BA Plan Scope Statement BA Plan 5. Define Detailed Requirements 6. Support Technical Implementation 7. Help the Business Implement the Solution 8. Assess Value Created by the Solution Discover New Project? End BA Deliverables Performance Report Yes No Yes No
- 18. The main artifacts of business analyst List of stakeholders Plan of BA activities Plan of communications V&S(Vision and Scope Document) Backlog Analysis models SRS(Software requirement Specification), Function Specification Correlating models(accompanying) models: Use Case diagrams, User Scenarios, State Diagrams and Transitions Diagram, Logical Data Diagram and etc. Prototypes/Sketches/Mockups
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- 20. B U SI N E S S A N A L Y S T provide critical oversight during project implementation Т H E C U S T O M E R needs a technical interface to create complete, detailed requirements P R O J E C T M A N A G E R needs to focus on project management tasks T E C H L E A D needs a good liaison heading into design work on the project Conclusion
- 21. professional ideasfor product implementation usable, detailed, complete requirements sound project organization product finished within the budget and project schedule the end product will be relevant to the business needs saved time saved money
- 22. Do you HAVEa business analyst for full customer experience?