IRM Training has recently conducted research and what we found was that 58% of Business Analysts use interviews as one of their primary methods of gathering requirements. The real time and direct interactions can make interviews very effective for extracting...
This month we are sending you a template from our Writing Better Requirements course which serves as a guide for setting out your requirements specification document.
Our 12 page template will help business analysts document all the key requirements...
Did you know that the Department of Employment undertakes research into job prospects for business analysts. Their forecast is for continued growth in employment prospects through to 2020.The research also contains useful information on average earnings...
While many large companies still describe their requirements using the written word, there is a huge amount of evidence that pictures (i.e. modelling languages) are a clearer and more reliable method of communication.
A 2016 survey of Australian business...
Last month’s IRM newsletter featured an article focusing on the value-add a business analyst can provide by designing business solutions for their clients.
But before you can design anything, you need to understand what the...
At IRM we’ve long argued that investigating, eliciting and gathering requirements (i.e. analysing business problems) is only half the job. Sure the business wants you to understand their problems but more importantly they want you to come up with a...
There may be a boom in technology hiring but many employees feel let down by the lack of training.
A recent (July 2016) article in ITWire - based on research conducted by recruitment company Hudson - throws up some interesting statistics:
31%...
The terms hard and soft skills can be applied to many occupations. Think of a programmer who is predominantly concerned with applying hard skills (writing software) or a social services counsellor who needs to be an expert in people (soft) skills.
However...
This month’s article returns to a theme relevant to all business analysts – visual communication. I don’t mean putting text on PowerPoint slides, instead it’s about using diagrams and sketches to understand as-is systems and to explore to-be solutions....
Not wishing to piggy back too much on My Kitchen Rules (currently screening on Australian television) but for business analysts who like cooking – and even those who don’t – here’s a fun exercise to practice your process modelling skills.
If...
