Take the Path to Lean Business Analysis
In today’s world, your organization must be responsive, flexible, and make things happen quickly. You must do more with less – and faster. You no longer have business as usual, so why do business analysis as usual? Moving toward Lean Business Analysis in your...Business Analyst: Job Title or Role?
Who Does Business Analysis?The End of Business Analysis or a Top Career to Pursue?
Business analysis as a profession might be at risk. Business analysis as a critical function within any organization is a crucial activity that has to be done by someone wearing the BA hat.
Business Analysis: Where Did We Come From and Where Are We Heading?
What is business analysis about and why do we need more people involved in it?
Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Business Analysis
Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Business Analysis are three distinct levels within an organization. Although they are all called business analysis, there are significant differences in the breadth and depth of the tools and techniques necessary to support each.
Operational Business Analysis Is Done within the IT Project
Operational Business Analysis is heavily used at the application level by Agile teams, by developers performing business analysis activities, and by administrators of packaged soctware.
Strategic Business Analysis is Done at the Business Planning Level
Strategic Business Analysis (aka “Enterprise Analysis”) applies the tools of techniques germane to business analysis to an entire organization or any subset thereof. It is an essential step in intiating positive change within an organization.
Tactical Business Analysis is Done During Project Initiation
Tactical Business Analysis is applied within a project to ensure that the product is well defined and understood both by those who need the produce and by those who build/buy the product. In an Agile environment, it is used primarily during release, iteration, and sprint planning sessions.