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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How To Create a Conceptual Data Model
A conceptual data model is a structured business view of the data required to support business processes, record business events, and track related performance measures. The main elements of the conceptual model are: Entity: is a person, organization, object, or…
Data Analysis in Business Analysis
Advanced business analysis tips: a review of data analysis techniques to produce better results, understand business data and facilitate process improvement.
BA Techniques ─ Immersion
How should a business analyst approach the immersion into a job function and get themselves into a job shadowing frame of mind? Post and video.
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…