Of all the challenges faced by a business analyst, Poor Requirements, Changing Requirements, Scope Creep, Changing Deliverables, Changing Expectations, I believe that poor requirements are probably the most severe issue that can be faced by a project. Continue reading ‘Dealing with Poor Requirements’
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Dealing with Poor Requirements
Published February 22, 2010 02 - Analysis Phase , 04 - Testing Phase , Business Analysis , Project Lifecycle , Techniques Leave a CommentTags: Change, Project Phases, Requirements, Role, Test
Creating a Change Request by Patrick Bowe
Published November 26, 2009 01 - Initiation Phase , 02 - Analysis Phase , 03 - Development Phase , 04 - Testing Phase , 05 - Implementation Phase , BA Skills , BA Tools , Business Analysis 3 CommentsTags: Skills, Change Request, How To, Change Board
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory”~ W. Edwards Deming
I’ve discussed in a previous post how it’s the role of the business analyst to seek out and embrace change. However change is often chaotic, expensive and unless you happen to be the stakeholder sponsoring the change, it’s usually about as popular as a tester at a developer’s convention.
As enthusiastic proponents of change, our challenge as Business Analysts is to sell the need for change to sceptical stakeholders and budget holders alike and also to point out when a change is neither desirable nor in the best interests of a project.
Enter then, the humble Change Request, a BA’s most trusted tool in the change process. A tool that allows the Business analyst to detail what the specific business problem is that caused the need for a change, what can be done to resolve the business problem and what impact those changes will have on a business or project. Continue reading ‘Creating a Change Request by Patrick Bowe’
