<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Despite the growing body of knowledge on requirements engineering and business analysis, these areas of software project are still considered problematic. The paper focuses on problems reported by business analysts and on applicability of available business analysis techniques as solutions to such problems. A unified set of techniques was developed on the basis of 3 industrial standards associated with IIBA, REQB and IREB certification schemes. A group of 8 business analysts was surveyed to list problems they encounter in their work and to assess their frequency. Selected problems were further analyzed and most suitable techniques were proposed to address them. These proposals were validated through follow-up discussions with business analysts. The main results of research reported in this paper are: the comparative analysis of techniques included in IIBA, REQB and IREB standards and the list of problems reported by practitioners associated with techniques suggested as effective solutions.</p></abstract>

Despite the growing body of knowledge on requirements engineering and business analysis, these areas of software project are still considered problematic. The paper focuses on problems reported by business analysts and on applicability of available business analysis techniques as solutions to such problems. A unified set of techniques was developed on the basis of 3 industrial standards associated with IIBA, REQB and IREB certification schemes. A group of 8 business analysts was surveyed to list problems they encounter in their work and to assess their frequency. Selected problems were further analyzed and most suitable techniques were proposed to address them. These proposals were validated through follow-up discussions with business analysts. The main results of research reported in this paper are: the comparative analysis of techniques included in IIBA, REQB and IREB standards and the list of problems reported by practitioners associated with techniques suggested as effective solutions.

A Survey on Identifying and Addressing Business Analysis Problems

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences

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Despite the growing body of knowledge on requirements engineering and business analysis, these areas of software project are still considered problematic. The...

A Survey on Identifying and Addressing Business Analysis Problems

Published Online: Dec 09, 2017

Page range: 315 - 337

Received: May 31, 2017

Accepted: Sep 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fcds-2017-0016

Keywords
requirements engineering, business analysis, certification schemes, industrial standards, survey, business analysis techniques, requirements problems

© by Aleksander Jarzębowicz

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Survey on Identifying and Addressing Business Analysis Problems

Published Online: Dec 09, 2017

Page range: 315 - 337

Received: May 31, 2017

Accepted: Sep 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fcds-2017-0016

Keywordsrequirements engineering, business analysis, certification schemes, industrial standards, survey, business analysis techniques, requirements problems

© by Aleksander Jarzębowicz

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
requirements engineering, business analysis, certification schemes, industrial standards, survey, business analysis techniques, requirements problems