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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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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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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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Business Analyst of Banking
Outline the essential skills of a Banking Busines Anlyst?
Reggie Villanueva
- Apr 8th, 2011
Basics: 1. Deposit 2. Loans 3. Treasury 4. Trade 5. Remittances more: existing it infrastructure / solution backroom systems monetary board and other compliance requirements and re...
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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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Business Analyst Key Skills
What are the key skills required to become an BA?
caalap
- Feb 4th, 2011
Qualities of Business Analyst: (1) Interpersonal Skills (2) Good Negotiation Skills (Man, Money and Material) (3) Leadership
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Explain about requirement gathering
caalap
- Feb 4th, 2011
Requirement = a condition or capability to which a system should adhere to.Gathering requirement generally inludes discussing various conditions or capabilities with different stakeholders in that organization for which a software needs to be develope.
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Brief each and individual process from capturing the requirements to the project excution i.e.What are the stage involved What are docs created When does the data modelling takes placeAt what stage is the high level and low level design made How is the functional requirements mapped ?What kind of gap analysis is made what does the doc contains ie formatHow does the pricing take place ie the method How is resource allocation taken care How does the customer interface takes place ie formal or informal and what is the docs created from this interface.
prakash_ba
- Sep 30th, 2010
Project Phase Expected Roles for Business AnalystProjectInitiation• Investigate, formulate & agree terms of reference• Establish relationshipsAnalysis &Specification• Investiga...
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How would you handle a scenario when requirements change midway in the project?
kavisekhar
- Sep 16th, 2010
The RCA need to be known.The extent of deviation need to be analysed.Accordingly the technical requirements need to be reviwed.
snehasudhir
- Sep 1st, 2009
Yes there are all possibilities that requirements can change midway and of course we need to remember that we are always trying to customize a product to our client so this is very possible to occ...
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Use Case Flow
What would you do if someone was struggling to determine the basic flow process for a Use Case?
dmitra
- Jul 9th, 2010
The answer is in your quesion...if someone is not able to understand a BASIC workflow, then you have done the use case incorrectly...Use Case and Workflows are implimented to make someone understand w...
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What is the carreer path for a Business Analyst?
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Answered by: Lon Harvey
- Jan 25th, 2007
A Business Analyst in the IT field has many varied directions among which to choose a career path. The most direct would lead to a Lead Business Analyst position and then Project Manager whereby the incumbent manages projects through the entire lifecycle from inception to post-implementation including the management of business analysts, system analysts, quality assurance analysts and most likely development project managers or team leads. That path would then lead to Program Management, perhaps PMO management or Product Manager and on to Directorship.In addition, a good Business Analyst may find they are heading toward a Customer Relationship Manager position whereby they become the primary IT interface to a given Business Unit (BU). This role most often leads to a position within the BU as a Manager of Applications or a Process Management role. Process Management opens many jobs including process re-engineering, quality program development, and large scale or enterprise process management programs such as ITIL or Six Sigma initiatives. These roles will continue to proliferate as companies realize the benefits of having a SME in process and quality.And still many Business Analysts find their understanding of business process entirely portable into purely system related positions in the business side that are only peripherally related to IT. These of course may lead to quantitative roles, manager roles or operational roles such as supply chain, logistics et cetera.Of central importance to a successful Business Analyst is the interest in speaking to people. Face to face verbal communication is paramount to support other tools such as surveys and diagrams. Incumbents must be interested in understanding not only the pieces that comprise a system, but the people that comprise it and the realities that embrace the system. Briefly, the Business Analyst must understand and not judge the "what should be" and the "what is".
dmitra
- Jul 9th, 2010
When you have about 3+ months of BA experience, you will understand the path you should take from there..Business Lead is awarded to you based on your ability to perform as a leader..otherwise, BSA- B...
Lon Harvey
- Jan 25th, 2007
A Business Analyst in the IT field has many varied directions among which to choose a career path. The most direct would lead to a Lead Business Analyst position and then Project Manager whereby the i...
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What are the list of documents that a Business Analyst needs to maintain?
dmitra
- Jul 9th, 2010
As a Business Analyst, your BA life depends and revolves on the following documents (better known as Deliverables in the BA world):BRD-Business Requirement DocumentURD-User Requirement DocumentFRD- Fu...
deepankar_joshi
- Sep 26th, 2007
Depends on what methodology you follow.For a SDLC cycle : you would idealy prepare :BAD/BRD, then SRA then SDS and TSD.You might need to maintain the Change Request Forms as project progressesFor a DS...
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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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Push Back from Business Users
What type of push back have your received from the business users in relation to QA?
dody1108
- May 16th, 2010
As a BA major pushbacks I have seen -Users availability to state their requirement, clarification of issuesSometimes, user get a threat which is actually not true that the TO BE automated system might...
DUBYAB
- Nov 14th, 2008
At many times the biggest issue with business users is their time availability. But, if you have a good Project Manager and Leadership, there should be collaboration between them and your busine...
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How do you resolve issues?
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Ravindra_munaganti- Member Since May-2008 | May 31st, 2008
Dear Friends
I have read most of the answers and I am impressed the way people resolve the Issues...But I am sorry to say most of the people forgot that they are attending this question in a Business Analyst interview.
The meaning for this question is as a business analyst how do you resolve issues?
not only in your team but the problems faced while you were at clients place( while gathering requirements)
Lets take an example of improper requirements: If two department people are giving the requirements and if they have some common resources to use...so one department people wants the application in some way and the other department wants in otherway...If they are adament on their statements and wants the application to be developed in their way....which is not feasible ...then we have to follow these steps
1. Explain them clearly what we can not build an application until and unless they agree and stick to single opinion.
2. If they still do not understand tell them about the time constraint. man hours wastage and money loss for their own company if they try to prolong the issue.
3. Even if they donot agree then report this issue to the your higher authority which is project manager or Principle BA to look in to this matter which he inturn speaks to the client regarding this issue.
similarly if you have any issues regarding communication and it is better you convince your client if you can use any recorder to record the requirements which you can later analyse or ask for the help of interpreter.
so these are all the steps usually a BA should follow to resolve any issue.
please do correct me if anybody disputes with my opinion.
Best Regards
Ravindra Munagantidody1108
- May 14th, 2010
As Business Analyst what we may face (or, what I have faced), issues could be different types e.g. Requirement/ technical issues Communications issues Difference of opinion amongst team membe...
rrouniyar
- Dec 20th, 2008
When ever we have issues First what is the cause fo the issuesSecond what is the soulations 3rd what is the best soulations
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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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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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Artifacts
What are the artifacts that you create?
Deepan1980
- Apr 9th, 2010
Any Valid Document in support of execution continuation or completion of an activity of the project is called an Artifact.
Deepan1980
- Apr 8th, 2010
Any Valid Document in support of execution continuation or completion of an activity of the project is called an Artifact
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Handle Requirement
How do you handle a requirement that is not feasible?
cdnewlin
- Mar 31st, 2010
Depending on the situation and the level of the person requesting, I wouldn't be necessarily negative on it, but perhaps would see if some other requirement might suffice that is already in the li...
saurabh243
- Feb 25th, 2010
Approach towards handling handling requirements that are not feasible is to first categorise either as possible with some workaround subject to client agreeing on extending timelines to meet that requ...
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Front Office Middle Office and Back Office Functions
Please give me live live example
aidiwhyte
- Mar 28th, 2010
Trades or deals are booked and executed on the front office by traders.The operators in the middle office enrich the deal by including the static data to the deal e.g. settlement instructions, currenc...
Roger_Fin
- Jan 31st, 2008
Front Office: Trades a security instrument(Stock, derivatives etc etc)Middle Office: ensures The trade data is accurate in the systemBack office: Accounting, Profit and loss report generation, reconciliation of the trades done.
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