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Agile vs. Waterfall: What’s the Best Methodology for Business Analysis?

Agile Vs Waterfall

When we talk about Business Analysis, Agile and Waterfall are two common methodologies. Both are used in projects, but the way of working is different. As a Business Analyst, it is important to understand both and know when to use them. What is Waterfall? Waterfall is a step-by-step way of doing a project. The project normally follows this order: Requirement → Design → Development → Testing → Deployment In Waterfall, the Business Analyst usually collects and documents most ...

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Author: Ankita Prathamesh Ambavkar

Requirements Elicitation Techniques for Business Analysts

Elicitation Techniques

Requirement Elicitation Techniques for Business Analysts A Business Analyst plays an important role in understanding what a business needs from a project. Before starting any project, it is important to understand the problem properly. This is where requirement elicitation is useful. Requirement elicitation means collecting information from stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, expectations, and requirements. A BA should not just listen to what stakeholders are asking for. The ...

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Author: Ankita Prathamesh Ambavkar

Top 10 Tools Every Business Analyst Should Know

Tools

As a BA we use different tools to gather the requirements , understand the business needs, Document the requirements, create process flow diagrams and collaborate with stakeholder and track the progress of the project. 1.Microsoft Excel This is one of the most common tool used by BA. It is a spread sheet which is created by Microsoft and organizes the data in the form of rows and columns. BA uses excel to 1. Create reports and dashboards 2. Analyze the data 3. Organize the data 4. Per...

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Author: SAMATHA

Top Skills for Business Analysts in a Remote Work Environment

Remote Work

As a BA I have choose the topic of top skill for BA to work remotely as i want to work remotely. We not only have to be technically and analytically good but also we need to have strong communication skills and time management and collaboration and documentation skills will also be an advantage and utmost important for a BA. 1. Communication: We should have regular communication with stakeholders and product owners, scrum masters, testers and managers. everybody will work remotely from differen...

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Author: SAMATHA

Agile vs. Waterfall: What’s the Best Methodology for Business Analysis?

Agile or Waterfall ?

A methodology is a simple way of managing and completing a project. Agile and Waterfall are two common project development methodologies. The way a BA performs this work is different in Agile and Waterfall. Waterfall follows a more planned and sequential approach. Agile follows a more flexible and iterative approach. Businesses need to choose the methodology according to their project needs.1). Waterfall methodology - this is a traditional methodology. The project is divided in different phases ...

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Author: Anup Ajit Ghodake

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