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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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