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AshishJuwa  

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• Member Since Feb-2009 | Mar 5th, 2009

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There might be various tools that you as a business analyst would be using depending upon the work environment.
The primary tools are:
MS-Office (Especially Word)
MS-Visio (for visualizing the concepts, creating diagrams)

But a lot of bigger organizations have been using Rational Software. Rational software licensing is expensive so you might not find it being used everywhere.
Rational Requisite Pro (for Requirement Management)
Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest (For change management)

I have also found that some places like using MS-Sharepoint, telelogic DOORS and other tools for document collaboration. I would say, keep a working knowledge of MS Sharepoint, at least.

Sometimes you might end up being a BA com QA. As such, it is nice to have a working knowledge of creating Test cases, using Load Runner, QTP etc.

Except for these tools if you have knowledge of RDBMS, Oracle, SQL, different operating systems, some OOP, it is always a plus.

PCK Krishna

• Mar 13th, 2012

Most of the business analysts use following Tools:

- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Visio
- IBM Requisite Pro
- BPMN 2.0
- SharePoint

Offcourse most important tools are communication skill and interpretation power.

rajajeevankumar

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• Jun 6th, 2011

As mentioned out by some of the incumbents here, Business Analysis is more to do with documentation of the requirements and how efficiently the expert communicates information across to the team devel...

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AV

• Mar 29th, 2012

Gap analysis involves determining, documenting, and approving the variance between business requirements and current capabilities. Once the general expectation of performance in the industry is understood, it is possible to compare that expectation with the company's current level of performance.

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Explain how the claim adjustment process works in USA with any specific terminology used.

Misst

• May 22nd, 2012

4 Main components
1.Whether or not patient is eligible for benefits
2.Whether the particular plan of benefits covers the patients treatment
3.The status of the provider
4.Finally determine the payment obligations of health plan

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praveen

• Jun 5th, 2012

Fish model is followable when customer requirements are Clear and Huge. But it is very Costly and Time consuming.
V model decreases time and cost of the organization so most of the organizations are following this model.

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sureshvegi

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• Jul 23rd, 2012

Requirement analysis can be done by different techniques such as questioning and interviewing,requirements workshop,brainstorming and idea reduction,storyboards,role play so on ..........

kacharola

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• Jul 31st, 2010

Business analyst can do requirement analysis through various techniques such as interview, brain storming, JAD session. JAD session is excellent way to collect high quality requirements under one roof using facilitated workshop.

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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

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• 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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Telephonic interview question. please put the words as it is like you are in telephonic interview. How do you write a Positive and negative test case?

Devi

• Aug 8th, 2012

Positive Test Case: To check if the application or system behaves as expected or as designed, when any operation is performed.
Negative Test Case: Perform an unusual activity that is not defined nor that lets the system behave in a regular manner, and check what happens with the application.

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Test script, test data, test scenario, use case. So confusing, what comes after what to write a test case?

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• Aug 8th, 2012

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Test script, test data, test scenario, use case. - given sequence From the Use Case, you derive a Test Scenario, Design it in a functional flow, author test matrix if necessary, then write a test script, and supporting information is the Test Design. - the sequence to be followed

Devi

• Aug 8th, 2012

Test script, test data, test scenario, use case. - given sequence

From the Use Case, you derive a Test Scenario, Design it in a functional flow, author test matrix if necessary, then write a test script, and supporting information is the Test Design. - the sequence to be followed

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How do you document business rules?

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• Sep 23rd, 2012

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The Business Rule the Functional Requirement satisfies as the IT solution to the need identified in the BRD is documented and mapped in the Functional Requirements document.

mcdw

• Sep 23rd, 2012

The Business Rule the Functional Requirement satisfies as the IT solution to the need identified in the BRD is documented and mapped in the Functional Requirements document.

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What is the difference between a project manager and a Business analyst ?

IT_Engineer

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• 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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Anirban

• Mar 14th, 2013

1. Brain Stromming
2. Prototype
3. Document Analysis
4. Observation
5. Interviewing
6. Interface System Analysis

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Tell about a time you led a project. Describe your role, the objectives of the project, what type of employees/resources you worked with, challenges, and the outcome

abhishek

• May 10th, 2013

Leading to group for Project completion is a great challenge. Organize the team work. First explore what to do and what path should traverse to accomplish the task. find out the modules and sub module...

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Steps carried out during initial project kick off till the requirement Document sign off for a new project

itsSumitra

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• May 19th, 2013

Once the project is initiated, its Scope is defined. Analyze the project scope and its dependent applications within the system and find out the impact analysis. Do some homework on gathering the requ...

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jaysan  

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• Member Since Sep-2006 | Mar 18th, 2007

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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,
Sanjay

SANJAY 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 implementation

Luan Nguyen

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• 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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How would you track changes and defects using tracibility matrix

piyush

• Jul 18th, 2013

Traceability matrix explains how a requirement is mapped to piece of code and how that code is mapped with test case.

Ruthrapathy.D

• Mar 5th, 2013

Traceability Matrix is a document, usually its a form of a table, that correlates any two baselined documents that require a many-to-many relationship to determine the completeness of the relationship...

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Can some please explain in detail regarding the pre sales and post sales business analyst and what one has to keep in mind while doing these, also can it be done by same person?

Noor mohammed khan.S

• Jul 17th, 2014

The work nature:

Pre Sales has to gather requirements, create proposal, make Feature List and creation of Flow Chart
Post Sales has to create SRS (Software Requirement Specification), FSD (Functional Specification Document), Use Case Diagram, ER diagram etc..,

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patelmitesh07

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• Sep 20th, 2014

Use case : A use case is a methodology used to identify, clarify, and organize system requirements. The use case is made up of a set of possible sequences of interactions between systems and users in ...

Moeen khan

• Jun 21st, 2014

BRD : It documents all the high level requirement , business users needs .i . e. , what all the application has to perform to satisfy user needs . SRS : It documents all the features of the system th...

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Does a Business Analyst need domain expertise? Justify.

ola

• Dec 11th, 2014

Domain expertise? is the one who specialise in the area in which project undergo

SEMU TIMT

• Jun 18th, 2014

Project managers have the responsibility for the initiation, planning, execution, and closure of a project. They must also define the project, reduce it to a set of manageable tasks, obtain appropriat...

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What is the difference b/w Business Rule & Business Validation ?

Mamta

• Dec 14th, 2014

The business rules are the core rules and regulations of a business which have to be considered wherever the business is impacted . Be it a change or an enhancement or deletion .Business validation is...

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project of converting legacy systems in banks- What to answer on such projects

Saurabh Mehra

• Dec 23rd, 2014

Legacy systems to Web based/Desktop applications is one thing which almost all of the banks do to upgrade their systems and IT infrastructure. There are certain things to keep in mind - 1. What ar...

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