Business Analysis For Dummies

Chapter 13

Defining Solutions, Part 2: Choosing the Right Analysis Technique

In This Chapter

Knowing which analysis technique is right for your requirements

Determining when a text or graphical technique works best

Checking out the advantages and disadvantages of each tool

You don’t perform business analysis in a vacuum; you work with a lot of stakeholders, so keep in mind that, although you may understand the analysis and solution behind what you’re doing, your stakeholder may have a difficult time wrapping his brain around it. Every person is unique, and you have to figure out how to communicate best with each individual. This chapter gives you different ways of analyzing requirements to come up with an effective solution for conveying your data — otherwise known as choosing a data model — in ways to best communicate the key information.

These techniques are tools to help you communicate. Each technique has its niche and analyzes a specific data best. As you go through the techniques in this chapter, understand the following:

You can perform each technique in a lot of different ...