Many of us are familiar with the process of business analysis – start by gathering requirements from stakeholders then turn them into a specification which developers can understand. These days however, we need to do more than just document the requirements.
We need to work with stakeholders and business users to understand their systems and analyse their problems – why do you do it this way, why not that way? This is the real value-add that the analyst brings to the table. It means challenging the status quo, pushing the boundaries, looking for alternative or creative solutions.
To develop a solution – unless we’re very lucky – we first need to understand the problem that drives the need. There are three papers in this series:
Part 1 – Understand Problems: Creative Business Analyst 1
Part 2 – Generate Solution Ideas: Creative Business Analyst 2
Part 3 – Making Better Decisions: Creative Business Analyst 3
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