Q. Define exceptions?
An abnormal error or results that occurred in an application.
Q. What according to you are the major
problems that a business can face in the present time?
Businesses are becoming more and more challenging in the present time. This is
mainly because there are a lot of problems and issues they need to deal with to
overcome the gap between the clients and the products. The main issue is
finding the target audience. Marketing advertisements and campaigns doesn’t let
businesses get the desired outcome when they lack. In addition to this, there
can be problems in the quality. Moreover anything that is enhancing the gap
between a customer and an organization is nothing but the problems businesses
usually face
Q. Do you think different businesses models
can create a challenge for the Business Analyst?
Well, it all depends on the credentials and skills of a professional in this
domain. Although different businesses adopt different models that can highly
impact the methods and other strategies, there are scenarios which are common
among the different models that organizations are adopting these days.
Q. What according to you is the biggest
problem a newly established business can face?
Recognition in the market is something that is important. In the time when the
competition is already there in every sector and there are major game players
who have established themselves in the market needs to be competitive only
through the strategies that are innovative. Also, business with new
establishments generally doesn’t have access to the technology?
Q. As a business Analyst, what would be your first strategy that
you will opt when it comes to solving the problems?
A business analysis should have a one supreme quality and i.e. the ability to
lead a team and thus leadership matters a lot than anything else. The good
technical knowledge about the domain also largely matters. In addition to this,
the effective communication with others also eliminates a lot of barrier for
the businesses.
Q. What according to you is the principle of
solving problems that is related to a business?
Nothing matters more than patience. One of the common sayings is Rome was not
build in a day. Thus, dedication and patience probably find an effective
solution to a problem. A business analyst must know about this.
Q. Do you think IT plays an important role in the Business
Analysis?
Of course, in the present time, everything is based on technology and without
the same; it is not possible for the businesses to get the best out of their
investment. There are several technology tools that are helpful in this domain
and businesses should pay close attention to them and make sure those handling
analysis tasks must have access to the same.
Q. What is the significance of reporting in the Business
Analysis according to you?
Reporting is the base of every action taken that can affect business. It simply
let the others pay close attention to the facts that needs to be strengthening
for enabling the businesses keep up the pace. Because Analysis is a task that
actually aims to find the best solutions to the issues a business is genera
rating, there is always a need to explain the problems first and their causes.
Reporting always make sure that businesses can get the best out from the efforts
with the help of reporting.
Q. Do you think that a Business Analyst should have technical
knowledge?
The Business Analyst has to access a lot of technology to find the solutions to
the problems concerned to the business. It is not always possible for them to
depend on the other resources or employees for accessing the same. Thus, they
must have god knowledge about the same. If a business analyst is from IT
background, there is nothing wrong to say that innovative solutions to the
problems can also be assured by the organizations.
Q. Suppose you are helping a department in the organizations and
at the same time, the problems arrived in another department? Would you leave
the current task to solve the problem of latter?
It all depends on the nature of the problem, its priority and who is involved
in the issue. Sometime the department is directly report the management and
other deal with the production. Of course both matters and can create confusion
for the analyst; it would always be good for the professional to be clear with
the priorities.
Q. Can document assessment be a part of Business analysis?
It is one of the very important parts of the same. This is because the
documents are the prime source of information for any professional dealing with
the problem. The best part is documents can sometime provide information about
the actions taken when the last time similar problems were arrived. It can be
judged that whether the same strategies work again or they will impose a
challenge.
Q. How can you categorize the problems that are mainly related
with a business?
The problems can be classified into following
1. Employees- Issues
2. Technology-related problems
3. Lack of access to the resources
4. Outdated Business systems/policies
5. Business model errors
Q. What according to you is the best strategy to solve a
problem?
Well, first of all it is assured whether the same problem declared its presence
in the past or it’s the first time the business is facing the challenge. If the
problem is new, a close eye to be kept on the actions taken by the other
businesses that faced it recently. Of course, this can derive a lot of useful
information about the best possible actions that can be taken in a very
reliable manner. The problem should completely be analysis and assured that it
wouldn’t transform itself in the shortest possible time. The advice from the
team also largely matters.
Q. Who is a Business Developer according to you?
A Business developer is a professional who work hard to let the organization
identify their exact needs as well as the opportunities. He/she is also
responsible in deciding the best available opportunities for the business and
taking all the moral decisions associated with the same.
Q. Can you tell something about the Business Model analysis?
It is basically an approach that is useful for enabling the businesses or the
experts to define the policies bounding an organization and the market
approaches that are common for the business.
Q. What is the significance of Process Design?
Process design is something that largely matters in a business aiming to
analyze all the challenges to find an effective solution. It is an approach
that simply let them standardize the workflows that largely matters. Boosting
the same can simply boost the quality and businesses can make sure that they
can get the desired outcome in the shortest possible time.
Q. Name any two documents that are directly related to a use
case?
These are System Design Document and Functional Design Document. Both of these
documents simply help the Business Analyst to make sure of superior outcomes
without compromising with anything
Q. How well can you explain the System Analysis in a business?
It is nothing but a simple process of interpretation of the business needs and
all the rules imposed by the management for the use of technical systems. The
restrictions and the boundations largely matters and businesses should pay very
close attention to the same
.
Q. As a Business Analyst, what are your views on inter-organization
migration of employees?
Well, sometime the problems declare their presence because of no other reason
than no proper resources. In the current time, most of the members of a
business workforce have good technical knowledge. Even employees have interest
to work with other departments in some cases. Migrating the employees from one
department to another is generally not common but is can solve a very large
number of business problem if this is managed by team of experts. The Business
Analysts often perform this task to get the best possible outcome.
Q. Can you analyze the financial problems a business is facing?
The answer could be yes if you are from financial background. Otherwise you
tell whatever you knowledge about the finance management and the strategies if
you have any knowledge about the same.
Q. What would be the prime aim of Businesses to hire Business
Analysts according to you?
Well, a business analyst is experts who generally work to enable the
organization improve the quality of products/services they are offering.
Generally a Business Analyst find the root cause of the problems a business is
facing and how they can be avoided in the shortest possible time.
Q. Do you think a Business analyst should be engaged in testing
and integrating of new solutions?
Of course, this is because a businesses analyst has the right knowledge about
the challenges associated with most of the tasks. Very useful information can
be driven and the testing procedures can be made more useful. In addition to
this, a business analyst can simply guide an organization on what better can be
done in a solution while it is under a test.
Q. What according to you are the basic needs of a Business
Analyst to accomplish his/her task
A Business Analyst can have some basic requirements and they can be
1. Availability of the case scenarios
2. Access to logical data models
3. Data flow diagrams of the problems
4. Reports
5. Work Instructions
Q. Why participating in the Implementation of anything in a
business is important for the Business analysts?
The Business Analysts have to work on various domains and have to derive the
best possible solutions against the problems associated. Taking part in
implementation of the tasks simply let them know more about their jobs. There
are actually a lot of problems that can be seen when the practical
implementation of any policy, task, strategy or a business activity. The
Analyst can provide guidance in solving the problems and can gain more
knowledge that can help them in future.
Q. What does UML stands for?
It means Unified Modeling Language
Q. Can a Business Analyst help in the development of Training
material?
Yes, a Business Analyst can simply help and this is because they have a lot of
knowledge about training the employees as they need to engage themselves most
of the time with problem solving.
Q. How a project manager can be compared to a Business analyst?
A Project Manager is responsible for building and accomplishment of a project
for an organization while on the other hand a Business Analyst can let the
business know about the various pros and cons associated with the actual
implementation of the same. A Business Analyst can help project managers in
making their outcome supreme and free from all the errors.
Q. What does KPI stands for?
It stands for Key Performance Indicator
Q. Do you think a Business Analyst would be good in finding
information from an unstructured data?
This is something that largely matters for a BA as the best solutions to a
problem can be anywhere. Dealing with such a data may take time, but a
professional can come out with the best possible solutions to the problems.
Therefore a BA should be good in this
Q. What is the difference between post-implementation and
pre-implementation problems of a project? What is the role of a BA in managing
them both?
The problems that declare their presence before a project is actually executed
or implemented are known as pre-implementation problems while the ones that
comes after the implementation of same are post-implementation problems. Well,
most of the problems come after the implementation of a project. A good
Business Analyst cannot overcome them all but can impose a limit on the same.
In fact a BA always work to make sure that both the pre and post-implementation
problems can be avoided upto a great extent within the minimum possible time.
Q. What does INVEST stands for?
It simply means Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, properly sized
and Testable. It defines the ability of a problem actually.
Q. What are extends, define them?
<> are the
activities that occurs in any use case.
Q. Name the documents usefyl in use cases?
1. Functional Requirement Document i.e., FRD
2. System Design Document i.e., SDD
Q. Business Analyst Vs Business Analysis
We can define Business Analysis a methodology that executed by the
Business Analyst.
Q. What do you mean an INVEST?
INVEST --> I stands for Independent, N stands for Negotiable, V stands
for Valuable, E stands for Estimable, S stands for Sized
Appropriately, T stands for Testable. It helps in assisting the project
managers as well as technical team to distribute quality products / services.
Q. What do you mean by SaaS?
SaaS - Software As A Service in cloud computing. Unlike other softwares no
need to install on your system. But one thing you need to have is an Web
Browser with Internet connection to use it.
Q. What is Pugh Matrix?
Pugh Matrix - Helps to decide the most optimal & alternate product
solutions. As this technique is a standard line of Six Sigma technique, it is
known as design matrix / problem
.
Q. FMEA in Business Analysis?
FMEA - Failure Mode & Effects Analysis. Helps for failure analysis, used
for product development, operations management & system engineering.
This analysis helps in figuring out distinct failure modes in any system
and their severity.
Q. JAD stands for?
JAD: Joint Application Development.
Q. SOA Modeling – How SOA design is changing
Standard SOA practices are certainly useful (and often very practical), but
what about making it even easier for the technology to reach out and creatively
address specific business problems and/or concerns as they arise? What about
giving users the ability to use SOA in a more creative manner? It’s really
about analyzing where potential successes lie and then creating computing-based
solutions (very often in a software environment these days).
SOA modeling is simply another step in the SOA journey; an advancement in
approach to business.
Previous methodologies for developing SOA models might have put too much strain
on certain individuals in ways that might have been unrealistic or completely
foreign to them.
A classic scenario might involve managing tasks between a software designer /
architect and a lead business analyst, for example.
