IN THIS ISSUE Featured articles showcased in this issue: > Technical Writing Guidelines for Documenting Business Requirements > Connect the Dots with Requirements Traceability > Democratizing BPM With Visio and Office 365 > Using the Brainstorming Technique in Business Analysis Webinars: 6 Common Traps, 7 Critical Factors, Requirements Repositories, and more.... Also in this issue: > More Business Analyst Humor > Even more Resources for Business Analysts > New Interview Questions
FEATURED ARTICLES Technical Writing Guidelines for Documenting Business Requirements by Mark Monteleone, CBAP, PMP, CSM The purpose of this article is to assist business analysts in writing business requirements. This article provides six guidelines on technical writing. The six I cite here are the major ones I consider when writing a business requirements document (BRD). There are, of course, other technical writing guidelines; for comprehensive texts, see Further Reading. Read more...
Connect the Dots with Requirements Traceability by Karl Wiegers, Principal Consultant at Process Impact Simple requirements changes often have far-reaching impacts, necessitating that many parts of the product be modified. It’s hard to find all the system components that might be affected by a requirement modification. Assessing the impact of a proposed change is easier if you have a road map that shows where each requirement or business rule was implemented in the software. Read more...
Democratizing BPM With Visio and Office 365 by Krishna Mamidipaka, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Business process management (BPM) is evolving rapidly in the face of ongoing advancements in technology, an increasingly multigenerational workforce, and an evolving and complex regulatory landscape. Underpinning every BPM initiative is a focus on creating and sharing professional process diagrams. Read more... Using the Brainstorming Technique in Business Analysis by Morgan Masters, Business Analyst Multiple stages of a project can benefit from brainstorming, from identifying your stakeholders, to eliciting requirements, to enterprise analysis. In UML for the IT Business Analyst, Howard Podeswa describes brainstorming as useful “during the Initiation phase and whenever the project is ‘stuck’”. Read more... WEBINARS Webinar: 6 Common Traps to Avoid When Collaborating on Requirements May 15, 2013 - Register Now, Cost: FREE Webinar: The Path to Personal Productivity – Putting Big Data Blending to Work May 22, 2013 - Register Now, Cost: FREE Webinar: Software Requirements: 7 Critical Success Factors Jun 6, 2013 - Register Now, Cost: FREE Webinar: Business Performance Improvements With Big Data Jun 12, 2013 - Register Now, Cost: FREE Webinar: How Requirements Repositories and Reusability can Help Achieve a Competitive Advantage Jul 24, 2013 - Register Now, Cost: FREE MORE FROM ModernAnalyst.com More Articles & Posts of Interest > A Call to Every BA: 8 Mistakes to Avoid in Writing Requirements Specification Documents > I want to be a Business Analyst… Raise me, mentor me, and set me free! > How to Analyze a Business Process and Close Your BA Experience Gap
APRIL 2013
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