TY - BOOK AU - Paul, Debra (Editor) AU - Yeates, Donald (Editor) TI - Business analysis SN - 9781902505701 U1 - 650 PY - 2006/// CY - Swindon : PB - British Computer Society KW - Business -- Data processing KW - Management information systems. KW - System analysis N1 - 1. What is Business Analysis 2. The competencies of a Business Analyst3. Strategy Analysis4. The Business Analysis Process Model5. Investigation techniques6. Stakeholder analysis and management7. Modelling the business system8. Business Process Modelling9. Requirements engineering10. Modelling the IT system11. Managing the Information Resource12. Making a business and financial case13. Managing business change N2 - Business Analysis provides workable skills and techniques, underpinned with academic theory. It is a practical introductory guide for anyone involved with any aspect of business analysis or improving the effectiveness of IT and its alignment with the organizations' business objectives. Reports about IT systems which do not satisfy business requirements, or that fail to realise the expected benefits to organizations are rife. In response, companies have increased their effort in the areas of programme, project and service management, which has undoubtedly produced improvements. However, without a comprehensive understanding of the business environment in which any IT or Information System will need to perform, and how the resulting business and IT systems are to be aligned, real success is unlikely ever to be achieved ER -