The Business Analysis Handbook: Techniques And Questions To Deliver Better Business Outcomes

SHORTLISTED:Business Book Awards 2020 - Specialist Book Category
FINALIST:PMI UK National Project Awards 2019 - Project Management Literature Category

The business analyst role can cover a wide range of responsibilities, including the elicitation and documenting of business requirements, upfront strategic work, design and implementation phases. Typical difficulties faced by analysts include stakeholders who disagree or don''t know their requirements, handling estimates and project deadlines that conflict, and what to do if all the requirements are top priority.The Business Analysis Handbookoffers practical solutions to these and other common problems which arise when uncovering requirements or conducting business analysis.

Getting requirements right is difficult; this book offers guidance on delivering the right project results, avoiding extra cost and work, and increasing the benefits to the organization.The Business Analysis Handbookprovides an understanding of the analyst role and the soft skills required, and outlines industry standard tools and techniques with guidelines on their use to suit the most appropriate situations. Covering numerous techniques such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), use cases and user stories, this essential guide also includes standard templates to save time and ensure nothing important is missed.