Strategy analysis knowledge area

The strategic analysis knowledge area describes the business analysis work that identifies a strategic need, addresses that need and aligns the strategic of the organization with the necessary change.

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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.

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Assessing requirements changes

Requirements can change throughout the life cycle of the project. The assess requirements change is used to evaluate the impact of the proposed changes to the requirements and designs.

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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 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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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 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.

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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

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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