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My sister asked, quite reasonably, "Who is my target audience?"
I am hoping that the following people will benefit from my shared knowledge:
- People who want to learn about business analysis. I have been fortunate to be able to make a successful career doing something that I love to do. If I can encourage other talented people to learn this craft and apply it in your careers, then I will have succeeded with this audience.
- People who are already business analysts. In sharing what I have learned, I hope that I can contribute a different way of approaching our craft that will prove to be of value to you in your careers.
- People who work with business analysts. In sharing my knowledge, I hope that I can provide an understanding of how a business analyst thinks and why we ask you so many questions.
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"PIRRIDM" is an acronym derived as follows:
- There are four basic components to requirements:
- Processes, which identifies how work is done within an organization.
- Information, which identifies what is needed to get work done in an organization.
- Rules, which identify the goals and limitations of the work that is done in an organization.
- Relationships, which identify how the first three components fit together to get work done in an organization.
- There are three techniques that a business analyst normally uses to define requirements:
- Identify what is to be included in the Components.
- Document the contents of the Components.
- Maintain the contents of the Components.
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Components are used to classify the content of various business analysis exercises.
A business analysis exercise is the analysis of a business to determine and describe the manner in which the business operates. The result of a business analysis exercise may include, but are not limited to, requirements, policy, or procedure documents, or training manuals.
My experience has been that there are four components that a business analyst is interested in:
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