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PHI Business Analysis Solving Business Problems 2Nd Edition 2015 by PENDSE
The second edition of this book is a response to the fact that today BAs are expected to not merely help in gathering requirement for software, but solve real-world business problems, act as design thinkers and innovators, architects, drive process, and business transformation, and become ‘trusted advisors’ to managements—while leveraging their core strength in Information Technology. If the earlier edition was the first book on the subject—this edition takes the subject to the next level by preparing a BA to become a design thinker!An architect/design thinker usually views any problem from multiple perspectives. This edition, has therefore, been structured such that most of the chapters represent a distinct view-point about a problem space, business area or a process. Divided into five sections, the book delves onto three important aspects of Business Analysis—Processes, Information and Systems.The external enterprise context, competitiveness and strategy; internal enterprise context; flow perspective; information perspective; decision/business rules perspective; dynamic perspective; innovation and human perspective and technology perspective are some of the key view-points described in the chapters. Each of these perspectives are covered by way of conceptual framework, real-life illustrations and practical tips for a BA.With the help of a comprehensive cases, this edition guides the BA to synthesize these discrete perspectives, and propose meaningful solutions to the organization. In doing this, the book also explains the core artifacts which a BA produces, viz. Requirements Documents, Estimation and Business Cases.The book is designed for the aspiring Business Analysts and IT Managers/CIOs. Besides, the book will be equally beneficial for the students opting for the courses on MIS, Systems Analysis and Design, MBA, MCA and Business Process Analysis.Preface • AcknowledgementsHow To Use This Book?Section 1: Context and Frameworks1. Business Analyst: The Changing Context and Its Evolving Role2. Frameworks for Business AnalysisSection 2: Core Perspectives of a Business Process3. The Customer’s Perspective4. The Flow Perspective5. The Information Perspective6. Decision and Business Rules Perspective7. Dynamic Behaviour of a Business Processes8. Compliance, Quality, Security and Other PerspectivesSection 3: Innovation, Strategy and Solution9. Visualizing an IT-Based Solution: The Solution Perspective10. Innovation Perspective11. Enterprise Perspective I: Business Strategy and Enterprise Architecture12. Enterprise Perspective II: Information and IT StrategySection 4: Consolidating the Requirements and Synthesis13. Outcomes of Business Analysis: Consolidation and Synthesis14. Business Analysis Case StudySection 5: Business Analysis Practice Areas15. Evolving Role of a Business Analysis and Practice Areas