Business Analysis Techniques : 99 essential tools for success

✍ Scribed by Cadle, James; Paul, Debra; Turner, Paul

• Publisher: BCS Learning & Development Limited
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Edition: revised
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The development of business analysis as a professional discipline has extended the role of the business analyst who now needs the widest possible array of tools and the skills and knowledge to be able to use each when and where it is required. This new edition provides 99 possible techniques and practical guidance on how and when to apply them.

Abstract:

The development of business analysis as a professional discipline has extended the role of the business analyst who now needs the widest possible array of tools and the skills and knowledge to be able to use each when and where it is required. This new edition provides 99 possible techniques and practical guidance on how and when to apply them. �Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Copyright
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
AUTHORS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TECHNIQUES
PREFACE
1 BUSINESS STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
STRATEGY ANALYSIS --
EXTERNAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
STRATEGY ANALYSIS --
INTERNAL CAPABILITY
STRATEGY DEFINITION
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
REFERENCES
FURTHER READING
2 INVESTIGATE SITUATION
INTRODUCTION
QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION
QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION
DOCUMENTING THE RESULTS
REFERENCES
FURTHER READING
3 CONSIDER PERSPECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION Stakeholder analysisstakeholder management
references
further reading
4 analyse needs
introduction
organisation modelling
business process analysis
business change identification
references
further reading
5 evaluate options
introduction
identify options
shortlist options
prepare business case
present business case
references
further reading
6 define requirements
introduction
requirements elicitation
requirements analysis
requirements development
requirements modelling
references
further reading
7 manage change
introduction
organisational change
people change BENEFITS MANAGEMENT AND REALISATIONREFERENCES
FURTHER READING
POSTSCRIPT --
WHICH TECHNIQUES DO I REALLY NEED?
INDEX
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

Business analysts. Business planning. Organizational effectiveness. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.