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Business Analysis, 4th Edition
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Business Analysis, 4th Edition

by Debra Paul, James Cadle, Malcolm Eva, Craig Rollason, Jonathan Hunsley
July 2020
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
13h 46m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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11 DOCUMENTING AND MODELLING REQUIREMENTS

INTRODUCTION

This chapter introduces some of the most commonly used techniques for documenting and modelling requirements. These techniques are used to record, analyse and specify requirements during solution development. They are extremely useful to clarify understanding and, if cross-checked, to ensure the completeness of the analysis. A model shows only one view, or perspective, of a solution but shows this view very clearly and the process of building a model identifies gaps in understanding. This induces the analyst to ask further questions, often those that have not been identified previously.

A range of documentation styles are described in this chapter. Different styles are relevant depending ...

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