Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Business Analyst required skills - Analytical

Understanding the present state with what and how questions.

--What information is valuable to gather and analyze?  Need to differentiate valuable information and noise
--How do we analyze the gathered information?
--What kinds of analysis are most effective and helpful?
--How do we contexualize the information that has been analyzed?

Define the desired future state

--What is the optimal outcome given project and/or business objectives?
-- What evidence do we have that this is optimal outcome?
-- How can we ensure the proposed solution leads to the most optimal solution
-- How can we verify the solution remains aligned to the business objectives as it is developed and deployed?

Determine How to get there

-- What are the organizations current competencies
-- What competencies are required to move to the required desired future state?
--Does the expected benefits exceed the expected cost?
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