Book Review: Business Analysis for Practitioners: Practice Guide.
KEY CONCEPTS by Chapter: Identify key concepts from each chapter and the reason it was important. May be done in a table format or written out.
Chapter
Identify key Concept
Reason it was important
Exam
Material
2 Questions
1
Business analysis
Requirement
Business analysis helps to identify the best ways to solve the business problems.
Important concept that helps to understand the practice set.
Business analysis.
Skillset and expertise.
Requirement types.
What is business analysis and who performs it?
What skills are needed to perform business analysis?
2
Needs assessment
2. Root cause analysis
Helps to analyze a current business problem or opportunity.
Determines the basic reason that causes a variance, defect, or risk.
Needs assessment. Steps to perform needs assessment.
Root cause analysis and tools that help to perform it.
Why it is necessary to perform needs assessment?
What tool helps to determine the required capabilities needed to address the situation?
3
Business analysis planning
Business analysis plan.
Project life cycle
Planning ensures that the optimal business analysis approach is selected.
Provides the written plan decisions agreed with the team.
Provides a structure for management project.
Business analysis planning. Steps to perform business analysis planning.
Project life cycle.
Steps to create a business analysis plan.
Why is it important to perform business analysis planning?
What should be included in business analysis plan?
4
Requirements elicitation
Requirements analysis.
3. Rule models
4. Validation of requirements
Enables the selection and definition of the preferred solution.
Helps to synthesize information to further understand and use it.
Helps to identify and document business rules and policies.
Assures that the product, service or system meets the needs of the client.
Requirements elicitation. Developing elicitation plan. Document outputs for elicitation activities. Elicitation issues and challenges. Model and refine requirements. Techniques to validate the requirements.
What is the importance of eliciting information?
What are the techniques for eliciting information?
5
Traceability and monitoring
Relationships and dependencies
3. Requirements life cycle
4. Impact analysis
Traceability provides the ability to track product requirements.
Discovers dependent relationships between business processes.
Helps to identify a state or status of the requirement.
Evaluates a proposed change
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