The analyse current state task is used to understand the reasons for the changing enterprise needs and how that would affect the organization.
To do this we have have to understand why the change is needed. A change cannot be …
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Strategy analysis knowledge area
The strategic analysis knowledge area describes the business analysis work that identifies a strategic need, addresses that need and aligns the strategic of the organization with the necessary change.
A strategy is the most effective way of applying the capabilities …
Requirements approvals
Stakeholders have to approve the requirements and design for work to continue on the solution, in order for this to occur the stakeholders have to have an understanding of the requirements and design.
To ensure understanding the business analyst has …
Assessing requirements changes
Requirements can change throughout the life cycle of the project. The assess requirements change is used to evaluate the impact of the proposed changes to the requirements and designs.
As new needs or changes to existing needs are identified there …
Requirements prioritization
The prioritize requirements task is used to rank requirements in the order of their importance.
The requirements have to be ranked to determine their importance to the stakeholders. Ranking can be based on the relative value of the requirement or …
Requirements maintenance
Requirements are maintained to ensure that requirement accuracy is retained and there is consistency throughout the requirements life cycle. It also supports the reuse of the requirements in other solutions.
To ensure that the requirements remain relevant to the solution …
Tracing requirements
Requirements tracing is used to ensure that the requirements and designs which might be at different levels are aligned to each other.
It is also used to manage the effects of the changes of one requirement in relation to other …
Requirements lifecycle management
The requirements life cycle management knowledge area describes the tasks that are used to manage and maintain requirements and design information throughout the life cycle of the solution.
These tasks in the requirement life cycle management knowledge area are used …
Managing stakeholder collaboration
People skills is a must for every business analyst.
As a business analyst, you would have to work with numerous stakeholders, these stakeholders would have various levels of importance.
Identifying these levels is importance because it influences the change. Identifying …
Communicating business analysis information
Once the requirements have been confirmed the business analyst would have to communicate the confirmed requirements. These confirmed requirements are known as the business analysis information packages.
The information packages are created to ensure that the stakeholders have a shared …