Requirements Elicitation & Management: 5 Habits Of Effective Business Analysts

Requirements Elicitation & Management: 5 Habits Of Effective Business Analysts

Business Analysts play a pertinent role in determining what functionality a system should or should not have. If you can ask these questions of every requirement, the implemented solution will have a higher possibility of acceptance:

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A Beginner's Guide To Requirements Elicitation: What To Do After The Event

A Beginner's Guide To Requirements Elicitation: What To Do After The Event

From analysing data and preparing deliverables to supporting stakeholders through other stages of the solution development lifecycle, the role of the BA is certainly key to successful projects. The end of the elicitation event does not signify the end of business analysis activities, but the beginning of the BA’s involvement in other aspects of the project.

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Eliciting Requirements For ERP: 10 Quick Tips To Apply

Eliciting Requirements For ERP: 10 Quick Tips To Apply

ERP projects are notorious for failure. Research has placed ERP failure rates as high as 60% (See Article by John Cummings). BAs are expected to reduce the risk of failure by eliciting requirements that are accurate, within scope, technically feasible...the list goes on. Poor requirements elicitation can easily lead to a failed effort – a very expensive and public one.

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8 Requirements Elicitation Tips You Should Know

8 Requirements Elicitation Tips You Should Know

Business analysts often have to deal with the volatile nature of requirements, scope creep and the difficulties inherent in ensuring that stakeholder groups have a common understanding of requirements. Requirements elicitation at its core is difficult to accomplish, due to the nature of requirements. This post is a compilation of 8 tips you can apply to improve the outcome of your requirements elicitation effort. Guest Post By Melisa Marzett.

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4 Steps to Getting a Head Start on Requirements Elicitation

4 Steps to Getting a Head Start on Requirements Elicitation

Consider this scenario: You’ve been charged with introducing a new Information System to support the work of inexperienced stakeholders. Some are inexperienced on the job while others know very little about the technology, opportunities and constraints related to the new information system. In this scenario, techniques such as interviews and workshops (events-based elicitation techniques) may not yield sufficient results. What is the way forward?

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Getting Requirements Right: 5 Mistakes to Avoid

Getting Requirements Right: 5 Mistakes to Avoid

There’s no one formula for getting requirements right. Projects are different and come with various challenges, opportunities and methodologies to contend with. Having an idea of what mistakes to avoid can improve the quality and accuracy of your requirements. This post is a continuation of 5-Step Plan to Eliciting Accurate Requirements, and it points out the missteps to avoid when eliciting requirements.

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The 5 - Step Plan to Eliciting Accurate Requirements

The 5 - Step Plan to Eliciting Accurate Requirements

In the real world, business analysts often have to go the extra mile to elicit requirements, regardless of the circumstances. Despite the difficulty of identifying these elusive requirements, business analysts are expected to rise up to the challenge - every single time. This post outlines 5 steps that can be taken to improve the accuracy of requirements.

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