OK, so you’ve had some great sessions with users and stakeholders. What they want the system to do is neatly captured in a number of user stories. Now what? While user stories do a great job of expressing functional (and often non-functional) requirements in words that business users can understand, that’s not the case for developers. Remember that a business analyst is the communicator between the business AND the developer. There just isn’t enough information in a user story for…
Analysis of BA Job Adverts
04/02/2010 |
By IRM Training
One effect of the global financial crisis was to put a lot of contract business analysts onto the job market. Many companies cancelled or deferred projects as part of their cost cutting measures. Contractors were among the first to be let go. With so many experienced business analyst looking for work, those employers who were hiring had the pick of a very experienced talent pool. Colin S. Penn, a business analyst with over 20 years experience, was one of the…