Brief Description
The development of business analysis as a professional discipline has extended the role of the business analyst who now needs the widest possible array of tools and the skills and knowledge to be able to use each when and where it is required. This new edition provides 99 possible techniques and practical guidance on how and when to apply them.
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The role of the business analyst is to formulate options for a way forward and produce business cases setting out conclusions and recommendations. This professional discipline requires the widest possible array of tools and the ability to use each when and where it is needed. The new edition provides 99 possible techniques and applies them within a framework of stages. It complements Business Analysis (ed Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle), also published by BCS, and offers a more detailed description of the techniques used in business analysis, together with practical advice on their application. This book will be of enormous benefit to business analysts, managers and to students of information systems and business strategy.
Review Quotes
1. A master class in linking theory to practice. Full of tips and examples that will lead to a significant improvement in the quality of business analysis. Indispensable to new and experienced practitioners involved in business change. Put your name in this book before someone "borrows it"!--James Archer "Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea "
2. An excellent compendium of BA techniques packed with useful examples. BAs at all levels will discover something new.--Christina Lovelock "Health and Social Care Information Centre "
3. This book should be essential reading for all business analysts. Even after 30 years working in this field, I find it an immensely valuable reference. Excellent!--Dr Terri Lydiard "Lloyds Banking Group "
