Unraveling the IT world
Estimation techniques are used to forecast the cost and effort involved in following a particular course of action such as the implementation of a solution.
Estimation techniques are used to help organizations make strategic business decision by analyzing the following. … Read the rest
Document analysis is used by business analysts to obtain information, by scrutinizing available materials that describe the business domain.
Document analysis may be used to gather background information in order to understand the context of a business need, or to … Read the rest
Stakeholders use decision analysis to analyze a problem and make decisions in uncertain conditions.
The business analyst uses decision analysis to analyze different results in uncertain or complex situations.
Decisions are often difficult to analyze in the following situations:
Data models are visual representations of components that are important to the business which includes its people, places, things, and business transactions and their relationships.
They are used in numerous business analysis such as elicitation, requirements analysis and design, support … Read the rest
The organization uses data mining to improve decision making by discovering effective patterns and insights from the data.
To effectively mine data, huge amounts of data has to be analyzed and summarized so that it can be used to make … Read the rest
Data flow diagrams are used to depict where data comes from, what operations process that data and how the results are being used.
Data flow diagrams displays the way data is converted and they are usually used in transaction-based systems … Read the rest
A data dictionary which is also known as a metadata repository is used to describe what data elements are and communicate their meaning and values to the stakeholders.
Data dictionary are usually used in combination with data models and can … Read the rest
Business analysts use business vocabulary to communicate domain knowledge that is organized using concept models.
A concept model begins with a dictionary, which is usually directed at the central nouns concepts of the domain.
Concept models place importance on excellence, … Read the rest
Stakeholders use collaborative games in an elicitation activity to form a shared understanding of a problem or a solution.
Collaborative games are a technique which uses game play to motivate participants and support collaboration.
The games are made up of … Read the rest
Business rules analysis is used to recognize, communicate, prove, clarify, and organize rules that form the regular business behaviour and steer operational business decision making.
Business policies and rules direct the everyday operations of the enterprise.
A business policy is … Read the rest
