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Requirement Document
How will You determine a good Document? What is the most important item in a Document?
indranilpuzari
- Jan 28th, 2010
A good requirement document is defined as below:1. Describes the fucntional specs clearly without any creep2. Describes additional non functional requirements from the system3. Describes the user...
jwilliams
- Dec 9th, 2009
Concise (minimal, understandable). The requirement statement includes only one requirement stating what must be done and only what must be done, stated simply and clearly. It is easy to read and under...
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Business Analysts Tools
What are the tools used by the Business Analyst for Requirement gathering and fitment studies?
indranilpuzari
- Jan 28th, 2010
Tools used for business analysis primarily include:1. Rational requisite pro2. Microsoft Visio3. Microsoft project4. Doors5. Focal point6. Analyst pro There are numberous others in the market includin...
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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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Data Modeling
Without FSD/Proper requirement whether it is possible to layout an plan based on the provisional details as specified? If so how? Outline any method to handle it.
srikanthpullikanti
- Nov 21st, 2009
First-without the proper requirements it is not possible to identify the physical and logical relations between the entities.You asked PLAN- what plan your are specific to ?Can you add more information on your quesrion.Srikanth
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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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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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R U P Process Analysis
How is R U P used to analyse a process?
jwills
- Sep 9th, 2009
The Rational Unified Process describes how to effectively deploy commercially proven approaches to software development for software development teams. These are called best practices not so muc...
rachel123
- Jul 14th, 2009
By Using the Methodologies or strategies defined by RUP for each phase of the software life cycle rt from requirement elictation to analysis, signoff , Development and testing
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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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What step would you follow to come up with a sequence diagram for a particular scenario?
AKS_123
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Many methods can be used like scenario walkthrough with stakeholders and asking questions which will elaborate the process. Identifying system capabilities and limitations and working ways around thes...
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Assign Task to Testers
How did you assign task and/or hold testers accountable for their work?
snehasudhir
- Sep 1st, 2009
Most of the times the task assignments to the Testers is done by the Project Manager in co-ordination with the BA and also the QA Manager. There will a day-to-day co-ordination that is expected from t...
DUBYAB
- Nov 14th, 2008
Task assignment is usually given by the Project Manager. Your Business Analyst or testing group would be responsible for creating test cases in detail. There should be test environments es...
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How do you follow business rules in a project while working on a project?
AKS_123
- Sep 2nd, 2009
Always refer to the BRD as bible. Work back and forth between design, user input and requirements. Put place holders, create notes and check requirements before inittiating a JAD. Rule of thumb.. requ...
sandhya001
- Sep 3rd, 2007
Business rules are the key in defining any business process. example, credit card company wants to prepare the process and the key business rule is - check applicant's credit score and income. the...
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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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How to differentiate a Agile diagram and RUP diagram?
gaganrana
- Aug 13th, 2009
I would like to assume that Agile diagrams means Agile methodology process and RUP diagram means RUP process. So, Agile processes are primarily quick iteration based (2-4 weeks) and consists of small ...
priyankam9
- Apr 27th, 2008
RUP(Rational Unified Process) we do the process iteratively.Agile is similar to waterfall methodology.RUPThe basic difference is that in RUP each and every phase will move on iteratively(Analysis and ...
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What would you do if the client says that you and the other analysts cannot directly talk to the users?
gaganrana
- Aug 12th, 2009
If this happens then explain the purpose of your talk (e.g. capture requirements) and why its important to talk to users directly (e.g. the quality of requirements will be better if they comes directl...
prsh_patel
- Mar 27th, 2007
Check the organisational hierarchy at the clientside, it happens many times, without permission from the department head, end user doesnt entertain any analyst.What i'll advise you is, try to talk...
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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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How do you ensure that you have focused on all the necessary details of a task?
rachel123
- Jul 17th, 2009
You could do it 2 Ways one is by checklists and the other by obtaining sign off on the docmns
megrath
- Sep 25th, 2008
After every meeting with the users, i would send them a preliminary draft of the requirements for their review, so that they can let me know if there is any missing or additional details that i may ha...
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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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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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Screen Mock Up or Wirescreens
Which stage of the project does a BA prepare Screen Mock ups? What does he do with them.
jaskanwar
- Jun 11th, 2009
Agreed to both of the points mentioned above...also Wireframes are used during the 'Prototype phase'
DUBYAB
- Nov 14th, 2008
I would say that screen mockups or wirescreens are only required when someone asks for them or when you feel you need them to further elaborate on the requirements. The BA is not a designer.&nbs...
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Interface / Integration mapping
Explain What is Interface / Integration mapping?
jaskanwar
- Jun 11th, 2009
Well its a subjective jargon which is used differently at different point of times.My understanding to this is :For example you have a legacy system which needs to interact with third party system, fo...
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