Business Analysis

About Business Analysis
Business Analysis is a research discipline of identifying business needs and determining the best solutions to resolve the said business shortcoming. These solutions include software systems analysis, but may also consist of process improvement, organization change or strategic planning and policy development.

Business Analysis is usually broken down into the following steps

  • Gathering and Preparing Business Requirements
  • Planning and Documenting Requirements
  • Analyzing and Modelling Requirements
  • Take Up Change Requests
  • Perform Acceptance Testing
  • Maintain and Update

There are numerous skills associated with steps mentioned above, which includes:

  • Oral and Written Communication
  • Interpersonal and Consultative
  • Facilitation and Team Building
  • Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Knowledge of Business Structure
  • Stakeholder Analysis and Management
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Process Modelling
  • Understanding of Networks, Databases and Other Technology
  • Maintenance of System and Operations
  • Change Management
  • User Acceptance Testing

Some tools and software that we implement and use are:

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Access
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Google Analytics
  • Tableau
  • Unified Modelling Language (UML)
  • Flow-Charts
In conclusion, business analysts help bridge the gap between business and IT and improve efficiency. They engage with business leaders and users to understand what data driven changes to apply to better the process, products, services, software and hardware and improve efficiencies to add value. They must articulate those ideas but also balance them against what is technologically feasible,financially and functionally reasonable.