A requirements review or walk-through is a meeting where you gather all of your stakeholders together and walk-through the requirements documentation, page-by-page, line-by-line, to ensure that the document represents everyone’s complete understanding of what is […]
How to Conduct a Requirements Review
Are you looking for a simple way to get more out of your requirements elicitation sessions? Would you like to make better use of yours and your stakeholder’s time? Would you be interested in learning
What Questions Do I Ask During Requirements Elicitation?
Oftentimes a business analyst gets involved in a project with multiple different business stakeholders with competing views. Before jumping into the analysis of the project or even defining scope, it can be helpful to pull
How to a Use a Stakeholder Request List to Facilitate Scope Definition
When trying to uncover the functionality of an existing system or discover what a new or updated system needs to do to meet the business need, the most critical activity you will perform is interviewing
How to Interview a Subject Matter Expert
When you are discovering the current capabilities of a software system, it’s critical that you take time early on to explore the system as fully as possible. Â Of course, you’ll also need input from stakeholders,
How to Explore the System to Discover Requirements
A clear sign of a poorly identified the problem is irrational disagreement. You’ve been in these meetings: one person brings up a great idea, another shoots it down immediately, and participants voice conflicting opinions about
10 Ways to Discover What the Problem Really Is
Many times we are so excited to implement a new idea or solve a recently elevated business problem that we forget to stop for a moment and reflect on the direction we are taking. I
5 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Technology Project
The Issues List is one of the most simple and most effective tools you’ll ever use as a business analyst.  The list itself is simple. The ability to maximize its impact is the sign of
An Issue Tracking Template for Requirements Issues
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