Online Business Analysis Tutorial

Use Cases and Business Systems in the 21st Century Use cases are vehicles for capturing how someone will use an evolving information technology solution once it is delivered. Much has been tried, written, and presented about this simple, straightforward tool in conjunction with the Unified Modeling Language. The UML comes to us from the universe of Object-Oriented development, a place only few have dared to go and return unharmed. Use cases  more...

Business System Analysis in the 21st Century The Encarta World English Dictionary defines an "analyst" as an "expert who examines something by separating it into its elements and gives an assessment . . .". A Business (Systems) Analyst, then, examines a business system by separating it into its elements to evaluate it. In most organizations, the business analyst also defines business requirements which the information technology  more...

Requirement Gathering JAD Sessions in the 21st Century Decreasing time and cost to deliver information technology that the business community can use has been the goal of the information industry forever. Joint Application Development / Requirements (JAD) is a powerful option if your situation is right. Joint Requirements Planning (JRP) sessions are a specific application of the time-proven JAD concept. It is a proven technique for accelerating the  more...

System Development Life Cycles SDLC in the 21st Century Since mankind invented systems, we have had system development life cycles, in short, a method to our madness. Without methods, every project is an experiment without a roadmap and with an indeterminate outcome. Methodologies give direction to our endeavors. Methodologies alone do not make projects successful. People do. People apply a methodology to make their success repeatable, but the success  more...

Introduction to Business Process Analysis Business processes and data are the key drivers for all organizations. They are what the business does and how the business keeps track of its activities. They are a combination of business operating procedures, business rules and supporting information technology. Creating visual models of the processes and data is an essential first step to understanding and improving them. Business analysts  more...

Introduction to Modeling and Analyzing Business System Data Data represents the atomic level of todaya ™s information systems. Data is the building blocks upon which everything else depends. In a very real sense if you get the data right, the rest will follow. If you get the data wrong, the system may never recover. In order for the data to be right, it must reflect how the business thinks about and uses its data. Creating a business data model is a  more...

Business Analysis and User Acceptance Testing Business Analysts are often involved in end-user acceptance testing. To define good requirements, you need to understand the testing process that will ultimately determine whether or not the solution fits your needs. If you dona ™t know how you will test a requirement when the system is delivered, you need to know more about the requirement.  more...