Book description
From enterprise analysis to planning requirements gathering and documentation, this book covers the entire business analysis cycle as well as modeling techniques. The second edition of this popular reference aligns with the BABOK Guide 2.0 to provide an even better tool for preparing to take the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) examination. The text covers all of the BABOK knowledge areas and features a new preparatory section that contains 300 questions. With its many examples and business requirements document templates, this book is ideal for practitioners. Students of business analysis will benefit from the book's case study, exercises, and solutions.
Table of contents
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface
- About the Author
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Chapter 2 - Laying the Foundation
- 2.1 Objectives
- 2.2 Overview
- 2.3 Life Cycle Definitions
- 2.4 What Is a Body of Knowledge?
- 2.5 Overview of PMI Applicable Standards
- 2.6 Overview of IIBA Framework and Standards
- 2.7 SEI-CMMI and Applicability
- 2.8 Which Standard to Use?
- 2.9 Comments on Tool Standards
- 2.10 Business Analyst’s Skills
- 2.11 Summary
- Activity
- CBAP Test Questions
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Chapter 3 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- 3.1 Objectives
- 3.2 Overview
- 3.3 The IIBA View
- 3.4 General Guidelines for the Requirements Plan
- Activity
- CBAP Test Questions
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Chapter 4 - Elicitation
- 4.1 Objectives
- 4.2 Overview
- 4.3 The IIBA View
- 4.4 How to Select the Right Technique for Gathering Requirements
- 4.5 Customer Interviews
- 4.6 Observation or Job Shadowing
- 4.7 Studying Existing Systems
- 4.8 Studying Interfaces
- 4.9 Surveys
- 4.10 Discovery/JAD/Facilitated Sessions
- 4.11 Focus Groups
- 4.12 Market Research
- 4.13 Evaluate “Best Practices”
- 4.14 Prototyping
- 4.15 Storyboarding
- 4.16 Idea-Generating Techniques (Brainstorming)
- 4.17 Tools for Virtual Environments
- 4.18 Requirements Prioritization Techniques
- 4.19 Summary
- Activity
- CBAP Test Questions
- Chapter 5 - Requirements Management and Communication
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Chapter 6 - Enterprise Analysis
- 6.1 Objectives
- 6.2 Overview
- 6.3 The IIBA Tasks
- 6.4 Conducting the Initial Risk Assessment
- 6.5 Preparing the Decision Package
- 6.6 Understanding the Business
- 6.7 Business Models
- 6.8 Summary
- Activity
- CBAP Test Questions
- Chapter 7 - Requirements Analysis
- Chapter 8 - Solution Assessment and Validation
- Chapter 9 - Preparing for the Test
- Chapter 10 - Swede-Mart Case Study
- Chapter 11 - Answers to Test Questions
- Chapter 12 - Activity Solutions for Swede-Mart Case Study
- Appendix A: Acronyms
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Appendix B: Business Requirements Document Templates
- B1. Business Requirements Document (BRD) Comprehensive (Courtesy of ESI International)
- Table of Contents
- Section Zero: Positioning of the Business Requirements Document
- Section One: Glossary
- Section Two: Project Scope and Objectives Summary
- Section Three: Technology Infrastructure and Information Architecture Compliance
- Section Four: Intended Audience
- Section Five: Decision Making and Approval Process for the Business Requirements Document
- Section Six: Approach
- Section Seven: Background, Historical, and Prior Project Information
- Section Eight: Business-Level Requirements: Goals, Value Proposition, and Benefits
- Section Nine: User Class Profiles and Key Delegations
- Section Ten: User and Functional Level Requirements
- Section Eleven: Additional Information Regarding Functional Requirements Related to Output and Reporting
- Section Twelve: Conceptual Data Model
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Section Thirteen: Nonfunctional Requirements
- Section 13.1 – Operational Environment
- Section 13.2 – User Interface Requirements
- Section 13.3 – User Access/Security Requirements
- Section 13.4 – Service Level/Performance/Capacity Requirements
- Section 13.5 – Data Requirements (Input, Correlative)
- Section 13.6 – Business Continuity and Recovery Requirements
- Section 13.7 – Integration/Migration Requirements
- Section 13.8 – Administrative/Backup/Archive Requirements
- Section 13.9 – Expected Life Span Requirements
- Section 13.10 – Documentation Requirements
- Section 13.11 – Training Requirements
- Section 13.12 – Other Nonfunctional Requirements
- Section Fourteen: Assumptions, Dependencies, and Constraints
- Section Fifteen: Risks and Risk Management Process
- Section Sixteen: Solution Options
- Section Seventeen: Change Management Process
- Section Eighteen: Business Requirements Document Revision Log
- Section Nineteen: Appendices
- Section Twenty: Approval
- B2. Business Requirements Document (BRD) Simple
- Appendix C: United Nations Organizational Chart
- Sources and Bibliography
Product information
- Title: Determining Project Requirements, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
- ISBN: 9781498760027
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