The Business Analysts's Handbook

by Howard Podeswa

Overview

The Business Analyst (BA) plays an important role as liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team (software developers, vendors, etc.), ensuring that business needs are reflected in any software solution. Despite the importance of the job, there is currently no book specifically designed as a comprehensive reference manual for the working BA. The Business Analyst's Handbook solves this problem by providing a useful compendium of tools, tables, lists, and templates that BAs can use on-the-job to carry out their tasks. For example, you might be preparing for an interview session and use the book's checklist of interviewees to verify whether there is appropriate coverage of business stakeholders. Or you might be asked to review some diagrams and refer to the Glossaries of Symbols (organized by diagram type) for guidance. Or you may be asked to prepare textual requirements documentation and refer to the Business Requirement template for a list of artifacts and table of contents. Whatever your BA needs, the Business Analyst's Handbook places the necessary information right at your fingertips.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598637151
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/12/2008
Sold by:	CENGAGE LEARNING
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	577,933
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

The author is a sought-after speaker at Business Analysis conference - most recently BA World San Francisco and Vancouver. He plays a leading role in the industry (Business Analysis), as designer of BA training programs for a number of large training institutions (Boston University, TriOS, Humber College, etc.), Subject Matter Expert for the NITAS BA program (co-sponsored by US Dept. of Labor and CompTIA), and reviewer of the profession's standard book of best practices (the BABOK, owned by the International Institute of Business Analysis). Podeswa, through his role as Director for Noble Inc., has provided BA services internationally to a diverse client base, including the Canadian military (MASIS), the U.S. nuclear industry and the insurance and finance sectors.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1: Overview of BA Activities Throughout the Life Cycle; Chapter 2: Meeting Guide; Chapter 3: Standards and Guidelines Used in This Book; Chapter 4: BA Toolkit; Chapter 5: Tips and Checklists; Chapter 6: Templates; Appendix A: Glossary of BA Terms; Appendix B: Acronyms; Appendix C: Further Reading