Leveraging business analysis for project success / / Vicki James.

Only 39 percent of projects today are successful. Nearly half of the projects that fail, fail because of "poor requirements management" (PMI 2014). Leveraging Business Analysis for Project Success explores the role of the business analyst in setting a project up for success. It informs and...

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Superior document:Portfolio and project management collection,
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Place / Publishing House:New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : : Business Expert Press,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Portfolio and project management collection.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 121 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Business analysis explained
  • 1. Business analysis defined
  • 2. The history of business analysis
  • 3. The many hats of the business analyst (typical roles)
  • Part 2. What your business analyst should be doing for you
  • 4. The setup
  • 5. Before the project
  • 6. Initiating the project
  • 7. Planning the project
  • 8. Working the project
  • 9. Monitoring and controlling the project
  • 10. Finishing the project
  • 11. After the project
  • Part 3. Organizational strategies for business analysis
  • 12. Understanding the organization's project track record
  • 13. The project power team
  • 14. Business analysis communities
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A. References
  • Appendix B. Resources for business analysts
  • Organizations
  • Websites
  • Additional recommended books
  • Appendix C. Business analysis tools and techniques
  • Appendix D. Business analysis competencies
  • Appendix E. BABOK Guide v. 3 task by knowledge area
  • Index.