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Business Analysis Fundamentals: by Leila Hamid
Business Analysis Fundamentals: by Leila Hamid
Analysis
Fundamentals
By Leila Hamid
VentureDive
Intern-BA 2020
Agenda
Outline ofTopics
1. Who IsBA?
4. Tools ForBA
A BriefIntroduction
The business analyst is responsible for eliciting the
actual needs of stakeholders which frequently
involves investigating and clarifying their expressed
desires.
Responsibilities Behavioral
of a BA Characteristics
• Understanding enterprise problems and • Ethics
goals, • Personal Accountability
• Analyzing needs and solutions, • Trustworthiness
• Driving change, • Time Management and Organizational Skills
• Facilitating stakeholder collaboration • Adaptability
Role of a BA in Project
DeploymentPhase
20%
Phases
RequirementPhase
30% Requirement phase
To take the requirements
Design phase
TestingPhase
Develop flows & wireframes
20%
Development phase
Discuss user stories with the developer
Testing phase
Verification of final release
DesignPhase
DevelopmentPhase 20%
Deployment phase
Creation of technical documents, product manuals etc.
15%
Must have tools for
a BA
Wireframing ProjectManagementTool
• Balsamiq • Basecamp
• Figma • Jira
• Trello
UserFlows Meetingtools
• Overflow • Google meet
• Draw.io • Zoom
• Visio • Slack
• MS Teams
ElementsforAgileProjects
Techniques
❖ Requirements elicitation techniques
❖ Wireframing/Prototyping
❖ Product backlogs
❖ User stories
❖ Mapping techniques
❖ Decision modeling
❖ Retrospective
1. Backlog Management
Purpose:
“The backlog is used to record, track, and prioritize remaining
work items”
Benefits:
✓ what work items should be formally included in the backlog.
✓ how to describe the work items.
✓ how the work items should be tracked.
2. Backlog Refinement
Backlog Refinement is used to ensure there is enough detail
and clarity for items in the backlog.
Backlog RefinementMeeting
An ordered list of features, requirements, The output of the refinement meeting is
or items. backlog items ready for the next iteration.
Purpose
used to create a working or non-working model of
a possible solution.
CARD
CONFIRMATION CONVERSATION
Benefits:
✓ Gives large context with little information.
✓ Impact maps can be created in a short period of time.
12. Decision Modeling
Decision models show how data and knowledge are combined to make a specific decision.
Benefits:
✓Reduces cost and risk by gaining customer feedback before engaging in a full
solution.
✓ Tests actual usage scenario instead of relying on market research.
16. Retrospectives
Retrospectives are used to continuously improve by reflecting on
1. What went well.
2. What could be better
3. What to improve the processes.
Benefits:
✓ Allows continuous improvement of the team.
✓ Empowers the team.