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Separating Analysis From Design: (Decide What's Needed Before Deciding How to Implement It)

Overview Business analysis is about thinking what the solution should do, while design is about how to make it happen using the technology available. Bearing this in mind will make it easier to avoid blending these two phases. What and How. This will help to build more robust systems. What the business does doesn't change as much as how it gets done. Technology changes more quickly than business needs. Companies restructure. But what they do hasn't changed, just which individual does it. Business analysis gives a logical view of process and data needs and is not bound by physical implementation. IT specialists and business users regularly complain about their misunderstandings.

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Publisher	IRM Training	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2005	Downloads	7
Format	White Papers
Topics	Methodology

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