Professionalizing Business Analysis: Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects (Business Analysis Essential Library)

With the continually changing business environment, the business analyst is becoming a critical project leader and business/technology consultant helping organizations ensure they are investing in the most valuable projects, and then managing the project benefits. Professionalizing Business Analysis: Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects focuses on the emerging business analysis profession, and describes both the strategic and tactical roles of the business analyst.

Table of Contents

Part I Introducing the Business Analyst
Chapter 1: What Are Business Analysts and Why Are They Needed?
Chapter 2: The Business Analyst in the Organization
Chapter 3: Business Analysis Through Life Cycles

Part II The Functions of a Business Analyst
Chapter 4: Strategic Planning
Chapter 5: Enterprise Analysis
Chapter 6: Requirements Elicitation
Chapter 7: Requirements Analysis and Specification
Chapter 8: Requirements Documentation, Validation, and Management
Chapter 9: Business Solution Delivery, Operation, and Maintenance

Part III Other Considerations
Chapter 10: Requirements Engineering Considerations
Chapter 11: The Grooming of the Business Analyst
Chapter 12: A Business Analyst Maturity Model