Terminology
Project Phases
BA
Roles
100

Captures all high level requirements and user stories

What is a product backlog?

100

Takes place in advance of Inception

What is Pre-Inception?

100

BA who works with documents 

Who is a Forms BA?
100

Conducts ceremonies such as Stand Up and Retro?

Who is a Scrum Master?

200

Workshop to identify high level requirements and base line a scope

What is an RSW?

200

The phase where MVP is defined, RSWs are conducted and NEMO is used

What is Inception?

200

BA who works with data and mapping from legacy systems

Who is a migration BA 

200

Manages the overall project

Who is an project manager?

300

Workshop to define detailed requirements for development

What is an RDW?

300

Phase where requirements are further elaborated and configured

What is Development? 

300

BA who works with internal and external integrations?

Who is an integration BA? 

300

Who configures the requirements into workable code?

Who is a developer? 

400

Captures the scope of the project, roles, responsibilities, deliverables, resources, etc. 

What is a Statement of Work? 

400

The Phase where user acceptance testing, end to end integration testing and knowledge transfer starts.

What is Stabilization?

400

BA who works with defining functionality for a core platform like Guidewire ClaimCenter or PolicyCenter

Who is a Functional BA?

400

Who manages the business analysts

Functional Lead

500

This term refers to the most basic version of a product that can be released to early adopters to validate a concept and gather feedback for future development.

What is the Minimal Viable Product? 

500

Phase when the final product is rolled out to production.

What is Deployment? 

500

What you aspire to be!

Who is a Functional Lead?

500

They test the application 

Who is QA?

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