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Popular business analysis charts

BABOK 3 overview

BABOK 3 overview
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Change management

Change management
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Agile team roles & responsibilities

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The impact of poor requirements

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Business analysis whitepapers

Business Analysis Lifecycle

This whitepaper introduces the concept of the business analysis lifecycle to provide a structured and repeatable approach to solving business problems, and to provide a means of improving BA performance and quality.

Navigating the BABOK 2.0 This paper contains 6 visual maps of the different knowledge areas in the BABOK. Each map is a single page diagram that shows the tasks, techniques, stakeholders and documents. The paper also shows how the areas are interconnected and provides a diagram of the requirements lifecycle. Additionally, it maps the knowledge areas to different project phases. It provides great supplementary material if you're studying the BABOK or use it in your work.

An overview of modern business analysis

Are you starting out in business analysis? Do you sometimes find it a bit overwhelming and confusing? This paper will be useful. It provides a simple overview of modern business analysis, and shows the context it's performed in (it's important to see the bigger picture!).

Business analysis checklists

Project initiation checklist for business analysts

Use this checklist to ensure a smooth start of a project.

Project handover checklist for business analysts

Use this checklist to make sure you get all the relevant information when you take over a project in progress.

Popular articles

Tracking the state of BA documents using a Kanban technique

Business Analyst: a title that doesn't reflect the profession

Streamline requirements prioritisation using a prioritisation matrix

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