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New Post 2/8/2011 7:32 PM
User is offline Vikas Rao
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New Business Analyst in Web Development Company 

Hello Everyone,

I have recently joined a company, as a Business Analyst, which specialises in Web Development.

I am facing some dilemma regarding what my tasks will be.

Common set of requirements usually requested by Clients are like

  • Improved Search functionalities
  • Implementation of login for which some functionalities vary as per project.
  • Implementation of Comments, mostly third party application
  • Implementation of Polls, mostly third party application

Some Non Functional Requirements like

  • Upgrade of Servers
  • Upgrade of existing platforms

I am confused as in, How I am supposed to proceed ahead. Normally, I would start with Use Case Diagrams and go on with Activity Diagrams to get a better understanding of processes. Here, I feel Use Case Diagrams wont serve much purpose.What will be functionalities of the system, as I feel above requirements can be classifed as features. How should I proceed with Non-Functional Requirements.

If anyone has come across similar situation or any suggestion which can be of any help. Or any criticism. Please kindly let me know.

Thanks

Regards

 

 

 
New Post 2/15/2011 9:34 AM
User is offline Jarett Hailes
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Re: New Business Analyst in Web Development Company 

Hi Vikas,

I think you should start by talking with the implementation teams to figure out what sort of documentation and assistance they need to ensure that they are building what cilents want. Also talk to the customers and find out what documentation, if any, they want to see before approving the go-ahead with a project. This will serve as a starting point for understanding what activities you need to do in order to meet the needs of both stakeholders.

The functional requirements you mentioned describe the user interacting with a system; even if they are basic it may make sense to write up a use case, activity diagram or use some process model to describe what is occurring.  For example, 'improved search' is a general all-encompassing term for potentially several use case scenarios (e.g. user searches by tag, user searches for car model, etc.).  Alternatively you may have a single search scenario that is supplemented by several fuctnional requirement statements and/or business rules detailing the type of searches performed simultaneously or under certain conditions.

I would take care to try and come up with good basic use cases that can apply across clients, and then supplement textual requirements and/or business rules for specific clients where appropriate.  This way you won't need to re-invent the wheel each time a new customer comes along and fits into an existing type of solution you're offering.

The 'non functional requirements' you indicated to me aren't really those (i.e. they don't pertain to reliability, performance, operability, security, compatibility, maintainability, transferability) but rather technical constraints.  These need to be documented with your requirements for the specific solution you are implementing.  

 
New Post 2/17/2011 1:00 AM
User is offline Vikas Rao
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Re: New Business Analyst in Web Development Company 

Hello larimar,

 

Thank you so much for your reply. It will help me immensely.

Escpeically, Idea of coming up with a good basic use cases that can be applied across clients is an excellent one.

It will help save lot of time and repetitive effort.

Thanks

Regards

Vikas Rao

 

 

 

 

 
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