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Establishing A Rapport
How would you go about establishing a rapport with the SME when you meet them for the first time?
Paddy64
- Apr 29th, 2010
I would do a bit of research and gain some common basic understanding of the SME industry segment prior to the meeting. The recent advancements or major issues surrounding would be the opening po...
cdnewlin
- Mar 31st, 2010
After proper introductions, I would really dig into the application itself since it would be of common interest. Find out what great things it does, also what areas are disappointing or lacking ...
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Requirement Capturing
What is your experience with writing Use Cases? What methods you have used for capturing requirements?
Sowmya Vasisht
- Mar 11th, 2011
The different methods of requirement gathering depends on the client location.Via Conf calls, emails, Prototypes or onsite one-on-one communication with client.Also there are different methodologies used according to the project and client requirement1. Waterfall2. Agile3. Iterative and incremental.
veronica1988
- Sep 14th, 2010
Used case diagrams can be created using tools such as MS Visio and Rational Rose. Also writing use case specifications is an essential part as they can be later used for preparing test cases during th...
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Use Case document
Is use case a separate document or it is part of Functional Specification ?
mithr17
- Oct 17th, 2011
It is part of the functional spec but...Use cases are detailed in a separate document and it's copy is referenced in Functional spec.
This is especially the case when its an enterprise application.Akangsha Nirmale
- Sep 20th, 2011
It is a part of functional specification.
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Who uses the output produced by business analyst?
rachel123
- May 16th, 2009
It is used by: Business: Act as a documentation repository for their business process and what they expect from the system being built. The BRD's are signed off by business. Dev team: They would r...
devineni.bhavya
- Jan 17th, 2008
The output will be used by the Both IT and Non-It People,as IT people use this document as key for the building of the application and Non - It people use those document where they can see prototype of their application.
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JAD Sessions
What should be the approach to resolve conflicts during JAD Sessions?
kaispeaks
- Jun 21st, 2011
What exactly do you "do" in a JAD session..do you have a template you follow? do you whiteboard?
zaclancer
- Oct 13th, 2008
When there is a conflict during a JAD session, i would try to narrow down the scope of the conflict, usually it would be about a specific requirement or a part of the business process flow. I would re...
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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- ...
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What analysis and modeling techniques do you use to translate business objectives into system requirements?
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srikanthpullikanti- Member Since May-2008 | May 16th, 2008
When the Business Obectives are set then BA makes a Requirements documentation in which the analysis is done by various techniques like
Stakeholder interview,Goals,JRD sessions ,prototypes,usecases,SRS,Stake holders intrest and issues and Attempted soltions.
MOdelling techniques is the next step after the requirements is done by UML used for functional or logical view, code view,or development or structural view.dody1108
- May 14th, 2010
The analysis techniques that I have used:Lay out business problemsDepicting business problems by grapical structures using MS visio, rational s/w tool, simple flowchartsWell organized JAR sessions wit...
srikanthpullikanti
- May 16th, 2008
When the Business Obectives are set then BA makes a Requirements documentation in which the analysis is done by various techniques like Stakeholder interview,Goals,JRD sessions ,prototypes,usecas...
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What are the problems solved by business analysis?
gaganrana
- Aug 12th, 2009
Primarily communications problem.As BA bridge the gap between business community and technical community. So, they work as a skilled professional who captures requirements from business (non-technical...
devineni.bhavya
- Jan 22nd, 2008
As a BA, The most critical part is in gathering requirements (we should understand them very well from a Business User /stake holder point of view!!!)Reason: There might be a chance for the whole proj...
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Mention some of the important points a business analyst must take care while preparing business plan?
besthar
- Jun 24th, 2008
1 : Define your Communication channel ... This is the most important decision one has to take before even starting the business plan.2 : Decide on the recipient's of the business plan.3 : Start yo...
srikanthpullikanti
- May 15th, 2008
There is no particular format for the Business plan,But it is the set of goals that the company has set and the plans for reaching thos goals.It may also contain background information about the organ...
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What are the professional certifications a business analyst must possess?
hiaca
- Mar 13th, 2009
The question is 'must' possess. The answer is none. Ideal would be IIBA's CBAP or for UK ISEB. But again only ideal, not must.
sdkelso
- Aug 24th, 2007
The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)? has developed the Business Analysis Body of knowledge (currently version 1.6) and a certification designation of CBAP, Certified Business Analy...
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What are the industry and professional standards followed by business analyst?
srikanthpullikanti
- May 15th, 2008
Proffessional standards for BA is set according to the company standards .
amulyaprasad
- Jan 18th, 2008
Industry standards that have been set for the BAs to follow are OOAD principles and Unified Modelling Language (UML). This is a common language used by business analysts all around the world to draft the functional requirements.
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Why is business analyst position vital in an organization?
asawhney2147
- Oct 14th, 2008
The position is important because a BA is a peoples person when it comes to the users and an IT person when it comes to the developers. He can communicate with the users in jargon that they are com...
srikanthpullikanti
- May 15th, 2008
As he is the person who acts like an liaison between stakeholders and technical team, in order to elicit ,analyze ,communicate and validate requirements for changes in business process, policies and i...
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What is the difference between data model and an entity relationship diagram?
Belirina
- Jan 11th, 2010
Actually these two terms concern to organization of a database. Entity Relation Model is rather an approach to data modeling. Data model is a graphic representation of relationships between entities in a database that actualizes with using Entity Relation Diagram as a tool.
rachel123
- Jul 16th, 2009
Data Model defines the data elements and the relationship between the data elements.The ER diagram is a kind of Data model which belongs to the Conceptual model category where in you define the entitiy classes and the relationship between the entities
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How do you use traceability matrix when using Unified process?
rachel123
- May 17th, 2009
Tracebilty matrix helps you audit the life of the requirement.This can be done using any of the Requirement MANAGEMENT Tools like DOORS,Req Pro etc
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What types of requirements should not be documented in use cases?
megrath
- Sep 30th, 2008
Any non- functional requirements[example:usuability,design,performance..] that cannot be directly realted to the usecases should not be documented in Usecases. These non-functional requirements are documented in Supplementary Specification Document.
chrisraeht
- May 19th, 2008
Use cases should be written from the user point of view. How should the system function when using it. So don't include "behind the scenes" specifics like what is stored in t...
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How do you handle a situation when clients/users have conflicting requirements for a project?
priyankam9
- Apr 27th, 2008
By conducting JRP(Joint Requirement Planning) sessionIn this session we willl invite our SMEs(Subject Matter Experts) so called Business Users/Clients pertaining to all the groups.We will go thru the ...
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Requirements Document
How do you document the requirments?
suresh vegi
- Jul 23rd, 2012
basically requirements means the needs of the client,so we have to gather all the requirements from client by conducting jad sessions,workshops,brainstorming so on,finally requirements which are gathe...
feverx4u
- Feb 1st, 2009
Here is a template. SRS-RDD format I. Summary II. System Overview III. Scope V. Implementation Options VI. Implementation Approach A. ALGORITHM AND ...
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