Business analysis [[electronic resource] ] : best practices for success / / Steven Blais |
Autore | Blais Steven |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/013 |
Soggetto topico |
Business analysts
Business planning Organizational effectiveness |
ISBN |
1-119-20266-3
1-299-31425-2 1-118-16155-6 1-118-16160-2 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL); PART I: THE PROBLEM SOLVER; CHAPTER 1: What Is a Business Analyst?; The Business Analyst in Context; What Is It All About?; The Role of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst in the Center; Business Analyst Focus; The Ideal Business Analyst; Last-Liners; Notes; CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst Hall of Fame; Where It Began; Information Systems; The Rise of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst Position
The Business Analyst ProfessionThe Question of Certification; The Challenge of Business Analyst Certification; The Value of Certification; Notes; CHAPTER 3: A Sense of Where You Are; Business Analysts Coming from IT; Business Analysts Coming from the Business Community; Living with the Business; The Lone Ranger; Working Both Sides of the Street; Central Business Analyst Organization; CHAPTER 4: What Makes a Good Business Analyst?; The Skillful Business Analyst; Is a Business Analyst Born or Made?; So What Does It Take to Be a Business Analyst?; CHAPTER 5: Roles of the Business Analyst IntermediaryFilter; Mediator; Diplomat; Politician; Investigator; Analyst; Change Agent; Quality Control Specialist; Facilitator; Process Improver; Increase the Value of Organizational Business Processes; Build It and They Will Come; Reducing Complexity; Playing Multiple Roles; Notes; PART II: THE PLAYERS; CHAPTER 6: The Business Analyst and the Solution Team; Business Analyst and Project Manager; Business Analyst and Systems Analyst; Trying to Do All Jobs; Business Analyst and the Rest of the Solution Team; Bottom Line; Notes; CHAPTER 7: The Business Analyst and the Business Community Constituents and ConstituenciesBusiness Analysts and Upper-Level Management; Product Stakeholders; Subject Matter Experts; Process Workers; Managing Expectations; Notes; PART III: THE PROBLEM; CHAPTER 8: Define the Problem; First Things First; Challenge 1: Finding the Problem; Challenge 2: The Unstated Problem; Challenge 3: The Misunderstood Problem; Define the Real Problem; The Problem Determination Game; Documenting the Problem; Product Vision; Define the Vision; Checkpoint Alpha; Focus on the Problem and Vision; Note; CHAPTER 9: Define the Product Scope; Project and Product Scopes Product ScopeProduct Scope Formula; Strategic Justification; Business and Product Constraints; Business and Product Risks; Functional Goals; Political Success Factors; Product Scope Formula; Measuring; Take the Technical Pulse; Applying the Product Scope; Notes; CHAPTER 10: Confirm Alignment and Financial Justification; The Business Case; The Value of IT; Considering Alignment; Organization Mission; Organization Goals; Organization Strategies; Department-Level Mission, Goals, and Strategies; At the Tactical Level; Determining the Value of the IT Project Provide Financial Justification for Solving the Problem |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141244703321 |
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Business analysis : best practices for success / / Steven Blais |
Autore | Blais Steven |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/013 |
Soggetto topico |
Business analysts
Business planning Organizational effectiveness |
ISBN |
1-119-20266-3
1-299-31425-2 1-118-16155-6 1-118-16160-2 |
Classificazione | BUS101000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL); PART I: THE PROBLEM SOLVER; CHAPTER 1: What Is a Business Analyst?; The Business Analyst in Context; What Is It All About?; The Role of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst in the Center; Business Analyst Focus; The Ideal Business Analyst; Last-Liners; Notes; CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst Hall of Fame; Where It Began; Information Systems; The Rise of the Business Analyst; The Business Analyst Position
The Business Analyst ProfessionThe Question of Certification; The Challenge of Business Analyst Certification; The Value of Certification; Notes; CHAPTER 3: A Sense of Where You Are; Business Analysts Coming from IT; Business Analysts Coming from the Business Community; Living with the Business; The Lone Ranger; Working Both Sides of the Street; Central Business Analyst Organization; CHAPTER 4: What Makes a Good Business Analyst?; The Skillful Business Analyst; Is a Business Analyst Born or Made?; So What Does It Take to Be a Business Analyst?; CHAPTER 5: Roles of the Business Analyst IntermediaryFilter; Mediator; Diplomat; Politician; Investigator; Analyst; Change Agent; Quality Control Specialist; Facilitator; Process Improver; Increase the Value of Organizational Business Processes; Build It and They Will Come; Reducing Complexity; Playing Multiple Roles; Notes; PART II: THE PLAYERS; CHAPTER 6: The Business Analyst and the Solution Team; Business Analyst and Project Manager; Business Analyst and Systems Analyst; Trying to Do All Jobs; Business Analyst and the Rest of the Solution Team; Bottom Line; Notes; CHAPTER 7: The Business Analyst and the Business Community Constituents and ConstituenciesBusiness Analysts and Upper-Level Management; Product Stakeholders; Subject Matter Experts; Process Workers; Managing Expectations; Notes; PART III: THE PROBLEM; CHAPTER 8: Define the Problem; First Things First; Challenge 1: Finding the Problem; Challenge 2: The Unstated Problem; Challenge 3: The Misunderstood Problem; Define the Real Problem; The Problem Determination Game; Documenting the Problem; Product Vision; Define the Vision; Checkpoint Alpha; Focus on the Problem and Vision; Note; CHAPTER 9: Define the Product Scope; Project and Product Scopes Product ScopeProduct Scope Formula; Strategic Justification; Business and Product Constraints; Business and Product Risks; Functional Goals; Political Success Factors; Product Scope Formula; Measuring; Take the Technical Pulse; Applying the Product Scope; Notes; CHAPTER 10: Confirm Alignment and Financial Justification; The Business Case; The Value of IT; Considering Alignment; Organization Mission; Organization Goals; Organization Strategies; Department-Level Mission, Goals, and Strategies; At the Tactical Level; Determining the Value of the IT Project Provide Financial Justification for Solving the Problem |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814262303321 |
Blais Steven
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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