Business Analysts in the insurance industry

There are numerous types of Business Analysts out there and one of those specialist Business Analysts is the Insurance Business Analyst.

So who is an Insurance Business Analyst ?

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Communicating business analysis information

Once the requirements have been confirmed the business analyst would have to communicate the confirmed requirements. These confirmed requirements are known as the business analysis information packages.

The information packages are created to ensure that the stakeholders have a shared … Read the rest

Confirming elicitation results

Once requirements have been elicited they have to be confirmed.

Though stakeholders might seem sure of they want, confirming the requirements with these stakeholders might yield additional insight, expose assumptions and possibly create additional requirements.

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Change strategy definition

The define change strategy task is used to develop and estimate alternative ways to fulfill the change and select the right approach.

It is easier to define a change when the present and future states are already defined because then … Read the rest

Managing stakeholder collaboration

People skills is a must for every business analyst.

As a business analyst, you would have to work with numerous stakeholders, these stakeholders would have various levels of importance.

Identifying these levels is importance because it influences the change. Identifying … Read the rest

Requirements lifecycle management

The requirements life cycle management knowledge area describes the tasks that are used to manage and maintain requirements and design information throughout the life cycle of the solution.

These tasks in the requirement life cycle management knowledge area are used … Read the rest

Tracing requirements

Requirements tracing is used to ensure that the requirements and designs which might be at different levels are aligned to each other.

It is also used to manage the effects of the changes of one requirement in relation to other … Read the rest

Requirements maintenance

Requirements are maintained to ensure that requirement accuracy is retained and there is consistency throughout the requirements life cycle. It also supports the reuse of the requirements in other solutions.

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Requirements prioritization

The prioritize requirements task is used to rank requirements in the order of their importance.

The requirements have to be ranked to determine their importance to the stakeholders. Ranking can be based on the relative value of the requirement or … Read the rest

Requirements approvals

Stakeholders have to approve the requirements and design for work to continue on the solution, in order for this to occur the stakeholders have to have an understanding of the requirements and design.

To ensure understanding the business analyst has … Read the rest