Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success
- 7h 21m
- Steven P. Blais
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2012
Business Analysis offers a complete description of the process of business analysis in solving business problems. Filled with tips, tricks, techniques, and guerilla tactics to help execute the process in the face of sometimes overwhelming political or social obstacles, this guide is also filled with real world stories from the author's more than thirty years of experience working as a business analyst.
- Provides techniques and tips to execute the at-times tricky job of business analyst
- Written by an industry expert with over thirty years of experience
Straightforward and insightful, Business Analysis is a valuable contribution to your ability to be successful in this role in today's business environment.
About the Author
Steve Blais is a native New Hampshireman, born in Exeter. He entered the field of computers in 1968 and has spent the time since then in various roles: programmer, analyst, designer, tester, project manager, and business analyst as well as serving in upper level management in several companies. He currently lives in Florida and travels the world providing advice, counsel, training and consulting to organizations in business analysis processes. Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success is the first of a series of books on the business analyst profession.
In this Book
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Preface
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What Is a Business Analyst?
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The Evolution of the Business Analyst
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A Sense of Where You Are
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What Makes a Good Business Analyst?
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Roles of the Business Analyst
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The Business Analyst and the Solution Team
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The Business Analyst and the Business Community
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Define the Problem
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Define the Product Scope
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Confirm Alignment and Financial Justification
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Gather the Information
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Define the Problem Domain
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Determine the Solution
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Write the Solution Document
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Monitor the Product
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Confirm the Business Problem Has Been Solved
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Transition and Change Management
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Bibliography
