RE: [ia-55] How do you work with Business Analysts?
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| From: | Greg Phillips |
| Sent on: | Thursday, May 8 at 10:15 PM |
Hey Luz!
My experience with Business Analysts has always been great.
Mostly for two reasons. The first is that they tend to be able to get into the
gathering and documentation of business requirements and business models much
more deeply than most anyone else. Some IAs are the exception to that
generalization! :) The other reason is because, in my experience, they tended to
be analyzing existing systems and making recommendations for the future from a
much higher level than I work.
For example, on that huge project I did for WDPRO (remember
that one?) there were a number of times that Accenture BAs were brought in. They
did requirements gathering and analysis and even created process flows for how
the system flowed and should flow. Real high level, business model stuff. What
they COULDN"T do, was our job -- analyzing user-centric metrics and needs,
creating navigation schemes and taxonomies, creating wireframes, specifying and
annotating interaction models (including detailed interaction model process
flows), testing usability or user acceptance, etc.
I
consider them a HUGE life-saver, because the nitty-gritty of business model and
requirements analysis can take a lot of time and effort. I am ALWAYS grateful to
them because they kind of clear the path through the forest of business models
and system processes for me! Helps me design much, much
better.
So,
for me, when working with a BA, I tend to think of them as focused on the
current world view, while I focus on the future world view. I tend to go into a
situation with that under that assumption and work from there.
~
Greg
From: [address removed] [mailto:[address removed]] On Behalf Of luz
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:12 AM
To: [address removed]
Subject: [ia-55] How do you work with Business Analysts?
Does anyone have any good advice/input on how to work with Business Analysts?
Thanks,
luz
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