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Prioritization techniques are used to decide on the comparative significance of business analysis information. This significance can be based on value, risk or ease of implementation.
These priorities are used to decide which business analysis information should be chosen for … Read the rest
Business analysts use process analysis to evaluate a process for its efficiency and effectiveness, as well as the potential for opportunities for change.
Process analysis is used for numerous purposes including:
A process model is a methodic graphical model used to show the sequential flow of a process. It describes the flow of work across certain tasks in an organization, system or program.
A process model can be as simple or … Read the rest
One question I keep getting asked from my friends and fellow business analysts is:
Which Business Analysis certification should I get ?
This is a very important question because as many people soon realize, getting a Business Analysis (BA) certificate … Read the rest
Data models are visual representations of components that are important to the business which includes its people, places, things, and business transactions and their relationships.
They are used in numerous business analysis such as elicitation, requirements analysis and design, support … Read the rest
Stakeholders use decision analysis to analyze a problem and make decisions in uncertain conditions.
The business analyst uses decision analysis to analyze different results in uncertain or complex situations.
Decisions are often difficult to analyze in the following situations:
Document analysis is used by business analysts to obtain information, by scrutinizing available materials that describe the business domain.
Document analysis may be used to gather background information in order to understand the context of a business need, or to … Read the rest
Stakeholders use collaborative games in an elicitation activity to form a shared understanding of a problem or a solution.
Collaborative games are a technique which uses game play to motivate participants and support collaboration.
The games are made up of … Read the rest
Business rules analysis is used to recognize, communicate, prove, clarify, and organize rules that form the regular business behaviour and steer operational business decision making.
Business policies and rules direct the everyday operations of the enterprise.
A business policy is … Read the rest
Business analysts use business vocabulary to communicate domain knowledge that is organized using concept models.
A concept model begins with a dictionary, which is usually directed at the central nouns concepts of the domain.
Concept models place importance on excellence, … Read the rest
