Analyzing the Current State
Brainstorming tool to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
SWOT
Which BA concept is described in the picture?
MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
The ability to track the relationships between sets of requirements and designs from the original stakeholder need to the actual implemented solution
Traceability
A quantitative assessment of a planned outcome, resource requirements, and schedule where uncertainties and unknowns are systematically factored into the assessment
Estimation
When is Global Business Analysis Day?
November 1st
A diagram that is also called Effect Diagram or Ishikawa Diagram
Fishbone Diagram
Types of the requirements
Business Requirements
Stakeholder Requirements
Solution Requirements (Functional Requirements and Non-Functional Requirements)
Transition Requirements
Criteria associated with requirements, products, or the delivery cycle that must be met in order to achieve stakeholder acceptance
Acceptance Criteria
A catalogue of the stakeholders affected by a change, business need, or proposed solution, and a description of their attributes and characteristics related to their involvement in the initiative (Technique)
Stakeholder List
What is the name of the person in the picture?
Karl Wiegers
The phases of the Root Cause Analysis
Investigation
Analysis
Decision
This type of diagram represents the stakeholders of a system and their interrelationships layer-by-layer
Onion diagram
A description of the observable interaction between an actor (or actors) and a solution that occurs when the actor uses the system to accomplish a specific goal
Use Case
Management of the complexity and reduction of the uncertainty by breaking down processes, systems, functional areas, or deliverables into their simpler constituent parts and allowing each part to be analyzed independently (Technique)
Functional Decomposition
This characteristic of a system, network, or process indicates its ability to handle a growing amount of work, or its potential to be enlarged to accommodate growth
Scalability
Tool used to compare prioritized criteria in order to reach an agreement
Decision Matrix
What does V&V process stand for?
Verification and Validation
Assessing the value, urgency, and risks associated with particular requirements to ensure that analysis and/or delivery work is done on the most important ones at any given time (Technique)
Prioritization
Defines how decisions are made about requirements and designs, including reviews, change control, approvals, and prioritization
Business Analysis Governance
This term is used to describe a project that is developed from scratch without any constraints imposed by prior work, often associated with innovative and creative freedom
Greenfield Project
Types of Gap Analysis
Traditional and Gap Oriented
This model, developed by the IIBA , identifies six concepts that are fundamental to the practice of business analysis
Business Analysis Core Concept Model
Defines how information developed by business analysts (including requirements) is captured, stored, and integrated with other information for long-term use
Requirements Maintenance
Defines how information developed by business analysts (including requirements) is captured, stored, and integrated with other information for long-term use
Business Analysis Information Management
He is often referred to as the 'father of scientific management' and his method to monitor the supply lines and measure the time taken to build each component is often referred to as the first modern instance of business analysis
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 -1915) - an American mechanical engineer