Posts Tagged ‘requirements’

The BABOK: how different knowledge areas come into play in practice

In this followup to the Beachcamp series, we show how different knowledge areas from the BABOK come into play in a real life project.

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One of the comments we received after publishing the first post in the Beachcamp …

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The BABOK: Requirements Structure

This is the final instalment in the Beachcamp series. We talk about the requirements structure which helps produce complete requirements.

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Quite often in large and complex projects a business analyst deals with the stress of identifying the “right” set of requirements. It is …

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The BABOK: Requirements Lifecycle

This instalment of the Beachcamp series is about the requirements lifecycle, and includes a visual map of the relevant section of the BABOK.

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Requirements are similar to our desires. Initially, it is just an idea to have something, then the desire moves into …

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The BABOK: Requirements Analysis

This is the sixth post in the Beachcamp series. In this post, we discuss requirements analysis and provide a visual map showing what’s involved in it.

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Requirements Analysis focuses on organising the gathered requirements, prioritising them to ensure that the …

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The BABOK: Requirements Management and Communication

This is the fifth post in the Beachcamp series. In this post we talk about requirements management and communication and provide a visual map of the relevant section of the BABOK.

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Requirements Management focuses on applying the requirements management plan …

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The BABOK: Requirements Elicitation

This is the fourth post in the Beachcamp series, discussing requirements elicitation. It includes a visual map of the requirements elicitation section.

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Requirements Elicitation focuses on the business analyst’s interaction with stakeholders and facilitation of their engagement in the articulation …

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The impact of poor requirements – with a poster!

A large portion of IT projects fail or are challenged in some way. The cost of failed IT projects can be enormous. This article examines the impact of requirement quality on the project and business as a whole.

There are plenty of stories about failed …

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Analysing business process pain points to get better requirements

Despite the ongoing process of business analysis maturing as a discipline, the question of getting requirements right is still debated on various business analysis related web sites.Poorly defined requirements are still quite common. Enterprises have a lot of under-performing processes and legacy systems which require improvement or replacement to maintain competitive …

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