A simple & straightforward definition of Business Analysis.

1. What is Business
Analysis?
And What Do Business Analysts Do?
Business Analyst Learnings
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2. According to IIBA,
Business Analysis is:
“The set of tasks and techniques used to
work as a liaison among stakeholders to
understand the structure , policies, and
operations of an organization, and to
recommend solutions that enable the
organization achieve its goals.”
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3. I’ll define it using the
form:
X, Y & Z
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4. Business Analysis
involves doing X
(What) by Y (How) to
achieve Z (Why).
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5. The X
WHAT?
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6. Organizations are often
faced with COMPLEX
Problems
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7. These Problems can
be...
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8. Interwoven
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9. Contentious
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10. Multi-faceted
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11. Ambiguous
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12. Making it difficult to
know EXACTLY what
the business needs
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13. The hardest single part of building a software system is
deciding precisely what to build.
No other part of the conceptual work is as difficult as
establishing the detailed technical requirements, including
all the interfaces to people, machines and to other
software systems.
No other part of the work so cripples the resulting
system if done wrong.
- Fred Brooks
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14. Business Analysts
SOLVE business
problems
By Proffering Answers to 4 Key Questions...
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15. 1
Where are we?
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16. 2
Where do we want to
be?
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17. 3
What do we do to get
to where we want to
be?
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18. 4
Are we there yet?
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19. The answers lead to
the recommendation of
a SOLUTION
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20. Business Analysts SEEK
Opportunities
And unique ways to exploit them...
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21. The Y
HOW?
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22. Learning How the
Business Works
In the key areas of...
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23. • Stakeholders
• Regulations
• Competition
• Industry Trends
• Culture
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24. Discussing with
stakeholders
to elicit their REAL needs.
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25. Defining the
Business Case
to justify the investment.
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26. Analyzing
Stakeholder
Requirements
which involves prioritizing, specifying and
modelling requirements.
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27. Managing Scope &
Requirements
to prevent scope creep & ensure traceability.
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28. Validating the
Solution
to ensure that it fulfills the business need.
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29. The Z
WHY?
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30. Increased
Customer
Satisfaction
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31. Improved Sales
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32. Improved Staff
Morale
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33. Improved Safety
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34. What does
Business Analysis
mean to you?
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