Business Analyst: What is a BA

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BACCM core concept: Solution

A specific way of satisfying one or more needs in a context. A ________________ satisfies a need by resolving a problem faced by stakeholders or enabling stakeholders to take advantage of an opportunity.

organization

An autonomous group of people under the management of a single individual or board that works towards common goals and objectives.

domain subject matter expert

Any individual with in-depth knowledge of a topic relevant to the business need or solution scope.

implementation subject matter expert

Any stakeholder who has specialized knowledge regarding the implementation of one or more solution components.

IT BA

Collects and documents business and stakeholder requirements for an IT base solution.

plan business analysis information management

Defines how information developed by business analysts (including requirements and designs) is captured, stored, and integrated with other information for long-term use.

plan business analysis governance

Defines the components of business analysis that are used to support the governance function of the organization. It helps ensure that decisions are made properly and consistently, and follows a process that ensures decision-makers have the information they need.

underlying competencies

Describes the competencies that are most prevalent in the perspective.

It BA

Tech experts

requirement

The _______________4 is a usable representation of a need requirements. focus on understanding what kind of value could be delivered if a requirement is fulfilled

BACCM: Context

The circumstances that influence, are influenced by, and provide understanding of the change. Changes occur within a context. The context is everything relevant to the change that is within the environment. Context may include attitudes, behaviours, beliefs, competitors, culture, demographics, goals, governments, infrastructure, languages, losses, processes, products, projects, sales, seasons, terminology, technology, weather, and any other element meeting the definition.

business analysis

The practice of enabling change in the context of an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.

functional decomposition

Used to break down complex business analysts processes or approaches and two more feasible components.

business cases

Used to understand whether elements of the problem or opportunity are especially time-sensitive, high-value, or whether there is any particular uncertainty around elements of the possible need or solution.

enterprise

_______________ is a system of one or more organizations and the solution they use to pursue a shared set of common goals.

Stakeholders

_________________ is an individual or group that a business analysis likely to interact with directly or indirectly.

plan

a ____________ is a proposal for doing my achieving something. _____________ describe a set of events, the dependencies among the events, the expected sequence, the schedule. the results were outcomes, the materials and resources needed and the stakeholders involved.

business analysis core conceptual model (BACCM)

a conceptual framework for the business analysis profession

BACCM Core concept: Stakeholder

a group of our individual with a relationship to the change the need for the solution. _____________ are often defined in terms of interest in impact on and influence over the change. ______________ are grouped based on their relationship to the needs changes in solutions.

BACCM core concept: Need

a problem or opportunity to be addressed. ______________ can cause changes by motivating stakeholders to act. changes can also cause need by eroding or enhancing the value delivered by existing solutions.

supplier

a stakeholder outside the boundary of a given organization or organizational unit. they provide products or services to the organization and may have contractual or moral rights and obligations that must be considered. alternate rules are providers, vendors and consultants

design

a usable representation of a solution. ___________ focuses on understanding how value may be realized by a solution if it is built

the five perspectives of business analytics

agile business intelligence business architecture information technology business process management

specification

assessment of an action decision plan or transaction to establish that it is correct, complete, being implemented or recorded as intended and delivering the intended outcome.

bi analysis

builds business use cases based on market trends and big data analysis results

six knowledge areas of business analysis

business analysis, planning and monitoring, Melissa station and collaboration, requirements. lifecycle management, strategy analysis, requirements analysts and design definition, solution evaluation.

insights creator

business intelligence

dominant subject matter expert

can be a source of risk when they're involvement is required and availability is lacking

sponsor

can provide needs and objectives for the approach and ensure that organizational policies are followed. the selected approach may depend on availability and involvement with the initiative.

elicitation

collecting intelligence information. gather knowledge or information

IT business analyst

collects and documents business and stakeholder requirements for an IT based solution.

proxy product owner

defiance and controls the scope and priorities of the project throughout its life cycle

business policies

define the limits within which decisions must be made. They may be described by regulations, contracts, agreements, deals, warranties, certifications, or other legal obligations. these policies can influence the business analyst's approach.

middleware analyst

defines integration and transition requirements

Stakeholders

defines roles and characteristics of groups or individuals participating in or affected by the business analysis activities within a change

solution requirements

describe the capabilities and qualities of a solution that needs to stakeholder requirements. they provide the appropriate level of detail to allow for the development and implementation of the solution. solution requirements can be divided into two subcategories. functional requirements and non-functional requirements.

functional requirements

describe the capabilities that a solution must have in terms of the behavior and information that the solution will manage.

transition requirements

describe the capabilities that the solution must have and the conditions the solution must meet to facilitate transition from the current state to the future state, but which are not needed once the change is complete

business analysis scope

describe the key stakeholders, including a profile of the likely types of sponsors, the target stakeholders, and the business analysis role within an initiative

steakholder requirements

describe the needs of stakeholders that must be met in order to achieve the business requirements. they may serve as a bridge between business and solution requirements.

impact on knowledge areas

describes how knowledge areas are applied or modified

identify business analysis performance improvements

describes managing and monitoring how business analysis work is performed to ensure that commitments are met and continuous learning and improvement opportunities are realized.

requirements and designs

describes the distinction between and the importance of requirements and designs to say relate to business analysis

plan business analysis approach

describes the planning of business analysis work from creation or selection of a methodology to planning the individual activities, tasks, and deliverables.

plans stakeholder engagement

describes understanding which stakeholders are relevant to the change? what business analyst needs from them? what they need from a business analyst and the best way to collaborate.

change scope

describes what parts of the enterprise the change encompasses when viewed from this perspective and to what extended impacts both the objectives and operations of the enterprise.

analysis

detailed explanation of anything complex in order to understand its nature or to determine its features

project manager

determines the approach is realistic for the overall schedule and time lanes. the business analysis approach must be compatible with other activities

non-functional requirements or quality of service requirements

do not really directly to the behavior of functionality of a solution, but rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain effective or qualities that a solution must have.

the four steps to business analysis

elicitation analysis specification validation

validation

exact statements of the need to be satisfied or characteristics that a customer requires

Financial Analysis

he used to assess how different approaches and the supported delivery options affect the value delivered.

estimation

he used to determine how long it may take to perform business analysts activities

survey or questionnaire?

he used to identify possible business analysts activities, techniques, risks, and other relevant items to help build the business analyst approach

Document Analysis

he used to review existing organizational assets that might assist in planning the approach

medical efficiency

healthcare BA

requirements classification schema

identifies levels our types of requirements that assist the business analysis and other stakeholders and categorizing requirements

business analysis approach

identifies the business analyst approach and activities that will be performed across an initiative, including who will perform the activities. the timing and sequencing of the work, the deliverables that will be produced and the business analyst techniques that maybe utilized.

business analysis

investigates business models, improved business processes.

business analyst

is inherently a stakeholder and all business analysis activities. They are responsible and accountable for the execution of these activities.

risk

is the effect of uncertainty on a value of a change, a solution or the enterprise.

requirements engineer

manages and details requirements during development process works with DEV and QA teams.

customer behavior

marketing analysis

regulator

maybe needed to provide approval for aspects of the business analysis approach or decisions made in tayloring the process, especially in organizations where the business analyst's approaches audited

financial BA

money strategists

Data Analysis

numbers insight

process streamliners

operations analysis

agile architect

project facilitators

business analysis is performance assessment

provides results of previous assessments that should be reviewed and incorporated into all planning approaches

tester

responsible for determining how to verify that the solution meets the requirements to find by the business analyst as well as conducting the verification process.

sponsor

responsible for initiating the effort to define a business need and develop a solution that means the need. they authorize the work to be performed and control, the budget and scope for the initiative.

project manager

responsible for managing the work required to deliver a solution that means a business need and for ensuring that the project stop applications are met while balancing the project factors including scope, budget, schedule, resources, quality and risk.

operational support

responsible for the day-to-day management and maintenance of a system or product.

regulator

responsible for the definition and enforcement of standards. Standards can be imposed on a solution by regulators through legislation, corporate governance standards, audit standards or standards to find by an organization centers of competency.

methodologies and framework

shape the approach that will be used by the providing methods, techniques, procedures, working concepts, and rules. they may need to be tailored to meet the need of the specific business challenge.

end user

stakeholders who directly interact with the solution.

business requirements

statements of goals, objectives, and outcomes that describe why a change has been initiated.

software engancer

system analyst

sales/ discovery analyst

takes part in pre-sells, collects initial project requirements

system/solution analyst

takes part in solution design, forms system requirements.

BACCM core concept: Change

the act of transformation and response to a need

BACCM core concept: Change

the act of transformation and response to a need _______________ works to improve the performance of an enterprise. these improvements are deliberate and controlled through business analysis activities.

BACCM Core concept: value

the worst importance or usefulness of something to a stakeholder within a concept. ______________ can be seen as potential or realized returns, gains and improvements. it is also possible to have a decrease in value in the form of losses, risks and costs.

stakeholder engagement approach

understanding the stakeholders and their concerns and interests may influence decisions made when determining the business analysis approach.

risk analysis and management

used to assess risks in order to select the proper business analysis approach

process modeling

used to define and document the business analyst approach

scope modeling

used to determine the boundaries of the solution as an input to planning and to estimating

Expert Judgment

used to determine the optimal business analysis approach

workshops

used to help build the plan in a team setting

interviews

used to help build the plan with an individual or small group

Lessons Learned

used to identify an enterprises previous experience both success and challenges with planning business analysts approach.

Brainstorming

used to identify possible business analysis activity is techniques, risks and other relevant items to help build the business analyst approach

Item Tracking

used to track any issues raised during planning activities with stakeholders. can also track risk related items raised during discussions when building the approach.

reviews

used to validate the selected business analyst approach with stakeholders

customer

uses or may use products or services produced by the enterprise and may have contractual or moral rights that the enterprise is obliged to meet.

process analyst

workflow optimizers

business analysis information

• Broad and diverse sets of information that business analysts analyze, transform, and report • Information of any kind, at any level of detail, that is used as an input to, or an output of, business analysis work


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