Learning about business problems and needs starts with asking discovery questions. Root cause analysis involves many “why” questions. And requirements validation involves clarifying, detailed questions that test the accuracy, completeness, and logic of our findings. Asking questions is an essential…
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Data Analysis in Business Analysis
After several webinars, articles and polls on business analysis techniques, I’ve collected many responses from fellow BA’s about their favourites. I like to share information visually – and this time a word cloud seemed appropriate: Business analysis techniques word cloud…
BA Techniques ─ Immersion
Immersion: absorbing involvementinstruction based on extensive exposure to surroundings or conditions that are native or pertinent to the object of study Immersion methods are touted as the best (or the only) way to learn spoken foreign language. The process of…
Requirements Clinic: Analyzing the Results of Business Analysis
A requirements clinic is a focused inspection of a set of business requirements, often led by an external facilitator or a third party. The goal is to assess stakeholder alignment on requirements and evaluate the requirements for: CompletenessConsistencyClarityContradictionsUndocumented assumptionsRequirements gaps…
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Business Analysis Tools and Techniques
After the Explain many times, many ways post, I’ve received a lot of feedback. In this post, I will follow-up on the most popular question: “Based on the different learning types and stakeholder needs, what business analysis methods or techniques…
Expanding the Use of a Use Case Diagram
The use case diagram is not dead. In fact, business people love it. It’s simple, clear and business-friendly. In has three self-explanatory elements – the boundary, the actors and the use cases. Without getting into specifics of relationships such as…