The Agile perspective : change scope

The Agile Perspective describes the distinct aspects of business analysis when it is practiced in the agile environments context.

An Agile environment is an adaptable environment which incorporates the principles of constant change.

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Business analysis perspectives

Business analysis is a profession with many tasks and techniques. Within these tasks and techniques there are some which are specific to certain methodologies and technologies.

These specific tasks and techniques are known as perspectives.

These perspectives include:

  1. Agile.
  2. Business
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What is business analysis ?

Business analysis is the act of enabling change in an organization by defining the business needs and recommending solutions that would deliver value to the stakeholders.

Business analysis enables an enterprise to express their needs, the reasons for the change, … Read the rest

What are business needs ?

All businesses have needs.

These needs can be based on what they need to fulfill their objectives or triggered by some unforeseen event, either way all businesses have needs which have to be fulfilled.

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How to draw a process flowchart

Congratulations, you have just started your new business analyst job and your supervisor has asked you to analyze a new initiative

You are excited at the prospect of starting the work and happily gather the requirements from the stakeholders.

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CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – Solution Evaluation

The solution analysis knowledge area is used by the business analyst to evaluate the value delivered by a solution and to recommend the removal of constraints for full value realization.

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CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – Strategy Analysis

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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CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – 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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CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – Elicitation

As a business analyst, you have to be able to understand the needs of the business. In order to do this you have to obtain information, we use elicitation and collaborative techniques to do this.

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CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – BA planning and monitoring

The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area is made up of tasks which are used to organize and coordinate the efforts of both the business analysts and the stakeholders in the organization.

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