{"id":2214,"date":"2019-03-25T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T04:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/wordpress\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2019-05-13T01:31:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T06:31:29","slug":"a-simulationists-framework-for-business-analysis-round-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/wordpress\/posts\/2019\/03\/25\/a-simulationists-framework-for-business-analysis-round-five\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simulationist&#8217;s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"619\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGK14rj6kJE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today I gave this talk at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmbaconferences.com\/orlando\/home.html\">Project Summit &#8211; Business Analyst World<\/a> conference in Orlando.  The slides I used for this presentation are <a href=\"http:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/presentations\/zSimFrameForBA_PS-BAW_Orlando\/SimFrameForBA.html\">here<\/a>.  The most recent version of the slides, which includes links to detailed discussions of more topics, is at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/presentations\/SimFrameForBA\/index.html\">http:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/presentations\/SimFrameForBA\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this version I further developed my concept of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rpchurchill.com\/wordpress\/posts\/tag\/unified-theory-of-business-analysis\/\">Unified Theory of Business Analysis<\/a>.  I also collected more survey responses, the results of which are reported below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">List at least five steps you take during a typical business analysis effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>requirements gathering<\/li>\n<li>delivery expectations<\/li>\n<li>user experience work with customer<\/li>\n<li>process mapping<\/li>\n<li>system and user testing<\/li>\n<li>system interaction (upstram and downstream) how does a change affect my process?<\/li>\n<li>understanding stakeholders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>stakeholder elicitation<\/li>\n<li>brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>requirements analysis<\/li>\n<li>wireframing<\/li>\n<li>process \/ flow diagrams<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>current state analysis<\/li>\n<li>future state<\/li>\n<li>gap analysis<\/li>\n<li>requirements gathering<\/li>\n<li>success metrics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>interview users<\/li>\n<li>gather requirements<\/li>\n<li>document business rules<\/li>\n<li>business process flow<\/li>\n<li>mock-ups<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>UX design review<\/li>\n<li>requirements gathering<\/li>\n<li>vision gathering \/ understanding<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>requirements elicitation<\/li>\n<li>gap analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>shadow users<\/li>\n<li>follow up to verify understanding of business and need<\/li>\n<li>mockups, high-level design concept<\/li>\n<li>present mockup, design concept<\/li>\n<li>create and mintain stories and acceptance criteria<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>external stakeholder feedback<\/li>\n<li>internal stakeholder feedback<\/li>\n<li>break down epics<\/li>\n<li>user stories<\/li>\n<li>building<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>stakeholder analysis<\/li>\n<li>elicitation activity plan<\/li>\n<li>requirements tracing<\/li>\n<li>prototyping<\/li>\n<li>document analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>research<\/li>\n<li>requirements analysis<\/li>\n<li>state chart diagram<\/li>\n<li>execution plan<\/li>\n<li>reporting plan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">List some steps you took in a weird or non-standard project.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>data migration<\/li>\n<li>did my own user experience testing<\/li>\n<li>got to step 6 (building) and started back at step 1 multiiple times<\/li>\n<li>mapped a process flow on a meeting room wall and had developers stick up arrows and process boxes like I would create in Visio to get engagement and consensus<\/li>\n<li>moved servers from one office to another<\/li>\n<li>process development<\/li>\n<li>showed customer a competitor&#8217;s website to get buy-in for change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Name three software tools you use most.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visio (4)<\/li>\n<li>Excel (3)<\/li>\n<li>Jira (3)<\/li>\n<li>MS Teams (3)<\/li>\n<li>PowerPoint (3)<\/li>\n<li>Draw.io (2)<\/li>\n<li>Word (2)<\/li>\n<li>Balsamiq (1)<\/li>\n<li>Google Docs (1)<\/li>\n<li>iRise (1)<\/li>\n<li>Lucid Chart (1)<\/li>\n<li>Miro Real-Time Board (1)<\/li>\n<li>MS Office (1)<\/li>\n<li>Pendo (1)<\/li>\n<li>Siebel (1)<\/li>\n<li>Slack (1)<\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio (1)<\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio Team Server (1)<\/li>\n<li>Vocera EVA (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Name three non-software techniques you use most.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>brainstorming<\/li>\n<li>business process modeling<\/li>\n<li>charting on whiteboard<\/li>\n<li>document analysis<\/li>\n<li>interview<\/li>\n<li>interviews<\/li>\n<li>job shadowing<\/li>\n<li>mind mapping<\/li>\n<li>note-taking<\/li>\n<li>paper easels<\/li>\n<li>product vision canvas<\/li>\n<li>requirements elicitation<\/li>\n<li>requirements workshop<\/li>\n<li>SIPOC<\/li>\n<li>surveys<\/li>\n<li>taking \/ getting feedback<\/li>\n<li>walking through client process<\/li>\n<li>whiteboards<\/li>\n<li>workshops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Name the goals of a couple of different projects (e.g., automate a manual process, interface to a new client, redesign screens, etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>adding feature toggles for beta testing<\/li>\n<li>automate manual process<\/li>\n<li>automate risk and issue requirements<\/li>\n<li>enhance current screens<\/li>\n<li>new functionality<\/li>\n<li>product for new customer<\/li>\n<li>prototype mobile app for BI and requirements<\/li>\n<li>provide new functionality<\/li>\n<li>replace legacy system<\/li>\n<li>rewrite \/ redesign screens<\/li>\n<li>system performance improvements<\/li>\n<li>system-to-system integration<\/li>\n<li>UI optimization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I gave this talk at the Project Summit &#8211; Business Analyst World conference in Orlando. The slides I used for this presentation are here. 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