Category: Business Requirements

  • 5 Things Every Business Analyst Should Know

    5 Things Every Business Analyst Should Know

    Techniques for Gathering Requirements   There are a variety of techniques that can be used successfully to gather business requirements and which one(s) you use will depend on the type of projects and the types of people involved in the project. The most common are brainstorming, story-boarding/story-telling, interviewing and prototyping. Brainstorming tends to be used…

  • What’s the Point of Business Analysis?

    What’s the Point of Business Analysis?

    With so many proponents of an agile approach to project management where projects are started with a rough idea of the requirements and then the objectives are refined as the project progresses in short bursts, you could be forgiven for thinking that detailed business analysis and the preparation of detailed requirements was a thing of…

  • 10 Top Tips for a Perfect Business Requirements Document

    10 Top Tips for a Perfect Business Requirements Document

      Many large organisations will have a standard template for a Business Requirements Document but just because the format has been around for a long time doesn’t mean it is perfect. And for those of you who work in small companies – maybe embarking on a first major project – here are my top tips…

  • Features and Functions in a Business Requirements Document

    Features and Functions in a Business Requirements Document

      A Business Requirements Document is the document used in complex projects to define what needs to be done or altered in order to meet some business objective. It also documents what will, or will not, be included in the project and a certain amount of detail about risks, assumptions, training and quality measures.   …

  • Change Request or Missing Requirement?

    Change Request or Missing Requirement?

    Every project that I have ever been involved in has had many, many discussions and meetings about changes. Any project manager with plenty of experience will know that change management is an important part of any project, irrespective of whether you are using PMP, PRINCE2, APM PMQ or any other project management methodology. Changes will…