Category Archives: Documentation

Best practice guidelines and templates for business cases

By | 07/03/2021
0 Comment

This is a webinar that I did for the Project Management Institute (PMI) in February 2021.  Original slides can be found on this link: https://www.pmi.org.uk/events/webinar-library-current/1491-february-2021-best-practice-guidelines-and-templates-for-business-cases-by-helen-winter Challenges to business cases are how to get the right level of detail so that senior management will be able to understand the main elements of the business case with their limited time… Read More »

Drilling down solution requirements into more detail

By | 21/01/2017
0 Comment

The previous article How to elicit high level requirements by identifying use cases explained how to identify the scope of the solution and how to define use cases.  This article explains what questions to ask and how to document solution requirements in more detail using UML (Unified Modelling Language). A great benefit of this technique is that it… Read More »

What to include in a Business Requirements Document (BRD)

By | 17/09/2016
0 Comment

Introduction As described in the article A comprehensive guide to the major Business Analyst deliverables a BRD contains a catalogue for all of the business requirements, a priority for each and a justification. The purpose of it is to: Gain a consensus and understanding of all of the business requirements in scope for the project Understand which of… Read More »

A comprehensive guide to the major Business Analyst deliverables?

By | 20/08/2016
23 Comments

All business analysis activities should result in an artifact being produced.  These artifacts will vary depending upon the methodology and techniques being used.  In addition, there are several instances where similar documents may be known as different names. Variations have therefore also been included. The table below lists each type of document common to business analysis and a… Read More »

Tips for obtaining sign off of documentation

By | 30/03/2016
0 Comment
approval

Organise walkthrough sessions You are far more likely to get sign off if you organise walk through sessions.  It will also provide a chance to ensure understanding and to make amendments promptly to avoid delays.  If the stakeholder is confident they don’t need a walk through that is fine but they should be offered one. Use a feedback… Read More »