Chapter 08 - Opportunity
to be A Business Analyst or Business Architect
Discovery Phase is the integral phase of
Program or Project Management lifecycle. The whole project success lies on how
a Business Analyst collects the requirements from the client and then does a
right fitment Gap analysis. This is followed by some repeated with the business
users what is available in the product and which needs to get Customized. So,
Business Analyst is a critical position in a Company as all the times he will
be on the client facing roles and his decision will facilitate the success of
the Project delivery eventually. Hence this role demands to be articulate and
be communicative in capturing the detail step by step requirements based on
inputs from the business and the client team. As a Business Analyst he or she
should be both domain and technology sound. He should be able to guide the
client business user’s teams from the product user interface to get a feel of
the available product functionality. Equally important are the soft skills
necessary to convince the client and bring on board in agreement for getting
the document sign-offs for starting the next phases of Program or Project
life-cycles. Mentioned below are the Skill sets for a Business Analyst for
carrying out the Discovery Phase of Program or Project Management lifecycle.
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Extensively
involved in Requirement Gathering, Gap Analysis, Traceability and Functional
design specifications
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Strong
Negotiations Skills to ensure Business & Impact analysis, Gap analysis
& System analysis are done
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Demonstrates
ability to oversee multiple analytic efforts, hands off, quality checks
concurrently with Teams
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Actively
involved in Due-Diligence, Defining, Discovery, Designing, Implementation,
Testing & UAT phases
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Strong
Exp. in diverse industries - Banking & Financial, Travel & Hospitality,
Telecom, Retail & Healthcare, strong Consulting, Negotiation, Relationship
building and Client management skills
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Encourage
& facilitate communications between Teams of Business users, Analysts, Designers,
Developers
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Advised
Client’s senior management regarding further improvements in the processes and
proposed future roadmap thereby leading to increased business opportunities
In
this chapter we will manifest the Blueprint Starter guide followed by the
Templatized step by step guidelines for a Business Analyst to perform the
Requirement gathering lifecycle along with the Gap analysis. The Starter guide
will lay down the path for a golden Opportunity to being a Business Analyst at
the start & move on to Leadership roles like Business Manager or Business
Architect in later part of career life in a given company
