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Business Requirements Modeling
How would you use Requirements Modeling and when?
srik_ba
- Aug 16th, 2009
Each changes need mention in the modeling which is already developed. Thus covering the change, no matter what level of change it is. This will especially help in requirement tracibility matrix
anujgoenka78
- Jul 2nd, 2009
BA should use modelling only when the underlying business problem is very complex and cannot be explained in plain natural language.
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Documents Prepared by Business Analyst
What all documents does Business Analyst prepare?
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Basic Flow Identification
How do you identify the basic flow? What would you do if someone was struggling to determine the basic flow for a use case?
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Hello,I would like to know about where to start get familiar with this field as i would like to start my career as Business Analyst and i hold M.B.A in information Technology but still some new concepts are there i am absolutely not familiar with.Can some suggest me any case study or project i should start from and get familiar with each and every steps involved in this with the help of developing that project/case study by myself. One more thing i would like to know that all the use cases/activity diagram/requirement document gathering are done in MS office package.Please suggest me any project name/case study with a little synopsis which i can develop by myself and can link all required phases involved in SDLC steps by steps and what about those phases where testing is involved as i do not have any testing software installed in my PC.Please help me.Thanks
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jaysan- Member Since Sep-2006 | Mar 18th, 2007
Hi,
After reading your mail I could guess that you are completly new in this field. I could advice some tips to you to get into BA Role.
i) Equipped yourself with some business domain like banking,insurance etc.
ii) Learn any technolgoy which we use to prepare case studies like Rational suit etc. it's not mandatory but it will help you in launching yourself.
iii) Expertise yourself in Word,Excel,Power point, Visio, MS-Project as these are the tools used in day to day activities.
iv) Find any case study on internet and go through some Business Requirement documents(BRD) as you need to prepare the same.
v) Equipped yourself with some technologies falvour as well it will help you in coordinating with development teams and conveying your requirements clearly and understanding their difficulties as well.
vi) Study some effort estimation techniques like FPA etc. as you need to know to prepare effort estimation as part of your job.
Last but not the least also go through testing terminologies as you need to do testing yourself and involed with users, also communication is Big factor as you will be communicated with Business users and markets and senior management.
I hope this will help you and you can get case studies on internet.
regards,
SanjaySANJAY AHUJA
- Jun 12th, 2013
Hi Sanjay
Please advice me how i can find project stories for an upcoming interview in the Pharma field.They need somebody with Blueprint Requirement center exp and working with GxP implementationLuan Nguyen
- Mar 10th, 2011
If you are new to SDLC in general I strongly recommend Software Engineering a Practical Approach by Pressman. It has 2-3 chapters on reuirements and covers all the bases for a BA. It has good contents...
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Why excellent communication skill is essential for a business analyst?
bfknapp
- Jun 28th, 2010
The BA is the vital link between the development team and the business users. The BA must clearly and precisely determine a black and white requirement from the business that defines the requirem...
srikanthpullikanti
- May 15th, 2008
In order to comunicate well with the stakeholders,clients,technical staff to perform the businesss operations effectively.
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How important is software knowledge for a business analyst and why?
MeghnaS
- May 26th, 2008
As the Role suggests a Ba is a bridge between the customer/end user and the technical teams, implies that a Ba should definitely have basic clarity on softwares/technologies used so that he is able to...
Chits
- Feb 27th, 2007
I believe, while framing our functional requirements one must be functionally & technically equipped to understand the feasibility - if that approach suggested can be feasible to be developed with...
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What is the educational qualification required for a business analyst?
Satyajit
- Jul 15th, 2016
I am a MBA Marketing having 6.5 yrs exp in Sales and Maketting. Can I go for BA Course..
Please suggestamulyaprasad
- Jan 18th, 2008
There is no specific qualification for a business analyst. Well, if you are a management graduate it is an added advantage since you have they have better communication skills. One important thing a B...
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What are the problems Business Analyst could face during gathering Business requirements
mhbhat
- Jun 22nd, 2009
Problems BA can face while requirement gathering Conflicting requirements/Controdictory StatementsUndocumented ProcessLack of access to the end-usersBad requirementsStakeholder's d...
nehasahu
- Jan 4th, 2009
I feel the main problem which a BA faces is changing requirements. In some project the requirements keep on changing.The BA has to keep a track of all those requirements.
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Use Case Problem
If a stakeholder does not want to read your entire use case, what could you do convey the message across?
priyankam9
- Apr 27th, 2008
Simple thing is to have a Use Case Daigram adjacent to the Use Case, the daigram should tell the user what the use case will do, so that by looking into that satkeholder will get to knoe the functionality of the usecase instead of going through the whole shit.
triptigupta
- Apr 10th, 2008
BA should always have supplementary artifacts such as - flowcharts, wireframes of the screens and so on which explains the entire use case. So even if the stakeholder does not want to read the entire ...
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Business Analyst
What are the tools used by Business Analyst to gather requirements. Do they do it using, MS Word, Visio, MS Project or are there any specific tools?
fattyreflyer
- Sep 8th, 2009
Another good tool that is not tied to any particular (read: proprietary) process or method is Enterprise Architect.
feverx4u
- Feb 1st, 2009
Few more 1 Test Director: Requirements traceability tool. 2 IRise Manager (This is an excellent requirement Gathering tool, go to irise.com to get more info about this) 3 Rational Suite (used to...
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BA - Challenges
What real challenges does a BA face in different phases of the project.
jaskanwar
- Jun 11th, 2009
Well another challenge that a BA faces is that "Requirements are not very clear" alwaysGenerally during eliciting requirements the business users are not too clear on what exactly they ...
DUBYAB
- Nov 14th, 2008
Some of the challenges a BA faces during the lifecycle:1. a PM who does not trust their resources to complete the job or the tasks they are paid to do...instead making them a 'glorified secretary&...
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BA - Role in End User Support
What role does a BA play in the End User Support? Explain in steps the process in detail.
panchi
- Oct 13th, 2009
IBA provides support to the end user in performing user acceptance testing (UAT) and also BA gives training to the end users after the product is moved to the production phase.
panchi
- Oct 13th, 2009
BA guides the End User in 1. Performing UAT (User Acceptance Testing)2. Provides Training to the End Users after the product is moved into the production phase.
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Reporting Tool
What are the reporting tools used by BA. How do you decide that which reports you have to extract or on what basis you extract the report? What are the fields or the data when you extract in a report? How often you extract report.
Inclus12
- Oct 26th, 2009
Guess your question needs to be more specific. but the general idea is it depends on what sort of report is expected and who the user is. For example if you are using Business Objects to create a repo...
dpkhca
- Oct 6th, 2009
For best solution a BA should pref use Business Intelligence tools as Cognos, Discoverer, Crystal reports etc. These BI tools can provide you with a high level as well as detailed reporting. Number ...
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Difference between PM and BA
What is the difference between a project manager and a Business analyst ?
IT_Engineer
- Feb 23rd, 2013
When the project originates within the business unit, the Business Analyst writes the Business Case which funds the project. The Project Manager is brought in later to lead the implementation of the ...
Deepthi
- Sep 18th, 2012
Project Manager: The PMO (The Project Management) office assigns the Project Manager in the initial phase of the product development. The PM does all the Enterprise analysis which include the Feasibil...
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High Level Use Case?
What is high level use case? What are the list of documents a business analyst should maintain?
Vishal Dholariya
- Jun 20th, 2011
I would consider high level use case as a detailed use cases.It contains, Name of use case Unique ID &nbs...
rachel123
- Jun 18th, 2008
A high level use case tends to be more narrative.It would be description in a paragraph or two depicting the high level requirements relative to the application
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What are the contents that go into the object model and domain model during GAP analysis. how are the AS-IS and To-BE system documentation prepared
sandhya001
- Sep 3rd, 2007
The GAP Analysis can be done using following criterias for AS-IS and TO-BE systems:1.Technical -what kind of technologies and tools been used in the systems.(ex language and database and check if...
sandhya
- Sep 3rd, 2007
When I did GAP analysis I have considered some of the following criteria to show the gap between AS-IS and TO-BE:1. Technical (technology ex. language and database etc)2. Functional (all major functio...
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How do you come up with non-functional requirement?
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amarchis- Member Since Jun-2007 | Jun 9th, 2007
There are a variety of methods to elicit non-functional requirements. One method that I use is to identify upfront (before the project even starts) the main categories of non-functional requirements as well as a standard set of questions to ask for each type of non-functional requirements.
Here are some key categories of non-functional requirements:
1. GUI look and feel requirements
2. Performance requirements
3. Availability requirements
4. Security requirements
5. Capacity requirements
6. Exception Handling requirements
7. Logging requirements
8. Extensibility requirements
9. Data Retention requirements
etc.
Then for each type of non-functional requirement you could develop standard questions or just as more general questions such as: "Data Retention: do you have any requirements related to how long data (or certain types of data) should be retained by the system?"
Hope this helps!
- Adriansandhya001
- Sep 3rd, 2007
Functional Requirements are MUST-TO-HAVE (without these requirement the system or part of the system will not function)Non-Functional Requirement are NICE-TO-HAVE (without these requirement the system...
sandhya001
- Sep 3rd, 2007
The simple method is:Functional Requirements are MUST TO HAVE (The system will not function without these requirements)Non-Functional Requirements are NICE TO HAVE (The system will work however, NFR will increase the usability or performance related issues.)
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What can a Business Analyst do differently than project or program manager (Design Architect) with respect to successfully getting the project implementation done.
MeghnaS
- May 26th, 2008
Most of the development projects get delayed or fail because of incomplete, changing, unclear etc etc requirements.This is where the BA role comes where in he works within the scope of the project but...
jaysan
- Mar 18th, 2007
Business Analyst role is not entierly different than Project manager role but Project Mangaer is more bigger role than business Analsyst.Project manager is responsible for all the deliveriables like- ...
Business Analyst Interview Questions
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