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• The business change lifecycle and where business analysis fitsSave preferencesManage Consent
• Core principles of business analysis in today’s organisations
• Variants of the business analyst role across projects and productsView preferencesTo provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

The competencies of a business analyst{title} Functional

• The T-shaped professional concept{title} StatisticsManage options The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
• Personal qualities, business knowledge, and professional techniques{title} Manage services Always active
• Developing capability as a practising business analystManage Consent Manage {vendor_count} vendors The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

The strategic context for business analysis Functional Read more about these purposes

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• Applying VMOST to understand vision, mission, objectives, strategy, and tactics Accept
• Using CSFs, KPIs, POPIT™ and the business model canvas in strategy execution

The business analysis service framework (BASF) Deny

• Key BA service activities from investigation to deployment Functional The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.Marketing
• How the framework adapts to different organisational contextsFunctional View preferences
• The BA role across the end-to-end change lifecycle Always active

Investigating the business situation Save preferences

• Workshops, observation, interviews, scenarios, and prototyping The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Marketing
• Quantitative techniques such as surveys and document analysis View preferencesPreferences
• User role analysis, personas, rich pictures, and mind mapsFunctional The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.{title}

Analysing and managing stakeholders {title}

• Identifying stakeholders using the stakeholder wheel Always active {title}
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• Defining responsibilities with RACI charts Manage consent

Improving business services and processes

• The business process hierarchy: enterprise, event-response, and actor-task levels Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
• Enterprise-level models: SIPOC, value chain analysis, and value propositions
• As-is and to-be process modelling and improvement strategies Preferences Manage options

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• Gap analysis between current and target states using POPIT™ MarketingManage {vendor_count} vendors
• Developing solution options and assessing feasibility Read more about these purposesThe technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
• The principles and stages of design thinking Preferences

Making the business case Accept

• The lifecycle of a business case from idea to deploymentPreferences
• Assessing business, technical, and financial feasibility Deny
• Business case structure, CARDI logs, and investment appraisal techniques Statistics

Establishing the requirements View preferences

• The requirements engineering framework and key activitiesPreferencesThe technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
• Actors in requirements engineering and types of requirements Save preferences
• Requirements hierarchy, elicitation techniques, and analysis filters Manage optionsThe technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics

Documenting and modelling requirements Manage services View preferences

• Text-based and diagrammatic documentation styles Manage {vendor_count} vendors {title}
• Requirements catalogues, user stories, and product backlogs Read more about these purposes {title}
• Use case diagrams and class models for data and functional views {title}

Validating and managing requirements AcceptStatisticsManage consent

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• Horizontal and vertical traceability of requirements Deny
• Change control and maintaining a clear audit trail The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.

Delivering the requirements View preferencesStatistics

• Waterfall, V-model, incremental, and iterative (Agile) lifecycles The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
• When to use each lifecycle and their pros and consStatisticsSave preferences
• Implications for requirements definition and management

Delivering the business solution View preferences

• The BA role during design, development, testing, and implementation {title}
• Readiness assessment, transition and migration optionsStatistics{title}