Business Analysis Staffing for Project Success
Need business analysts trained in the latest techniques? Want strong practitioners who can build quality requirements while mentoring others?
Without good requirements, projects fail at an alarming rate. But to get good requirements, you need superior business analysts, and not all business analysts are created equal. If you have the project, we have the experience to make it a success.
Doreen Evans Associates’ business analysis practitioners have deep experience in requirements planning and elicitation, requirements documentation, requirements management and user testing. We have the right people, each with the high level of skills that span the many roles BAs need to play: process analyst, data analyst, enterprise buisness architect, systems analyst, requirements analyst. We’ve gathered requirements for building insurance agency portals, replacing legacy systems, bringing in vendor solutions, developing new products, building business cases, and enabling analytics and reporting capabilities.
We offer a managed business analysis solution - that is, one or a team of business analysts who are thoroughly trained and possess a deep knowledge of business analysis processes, tools and deliverables. We don’t just provide a body and let it go at that; we quality check all deliverables and support our BAs throughout the project. We can complement your team, lead a project, or completely staff a major effort on both business and system-focused projects. Some examples:
- Requirements planning and project scoping
- Requirements for an RFP
- Configuration requirements for a vendor solution
- Detailed solution requirements
- Requirements for projects using an Agile approach
- Business planning and enterprise analysis
- Building business process excellence
- Supporting compliance efforts
Not all outsourcing vendors are the same, of course. Unfortunately many vendors boast that they have business analysts when what’s really needed is experience in the discipline of business analysis. Here is a checklist that will help you separate the ‘walk’ from the ‘talk’.
- Is the consultancy aligned with an accredited business analysis organization (for example, the IIBA®) with accredited analysts?
- Can the consultancy cite their experience in other industries besides your own where they have helped BA best practices be adopted successfully?
- Can the consultancy demonstrate business analysis capability at the strategic, project, and technical levels?
- Is the stated goal of the consultancy to enable best practice within your organization so that you can be effective after they depart?
- Does the consultancy provide an integrated approach that considers tools and method together?
- Can they adapt business analysis techniques to tools used by your organization, or recommend the right tool for your specific needs?
A business analysis consulting vendor should meet all of the criteria in order to help your organization address its competency gap. Doreen Evans Associates’ practitioners have experience that makes us able to lead projects, mentor others, or be part of the team.
Contact DEA at info@doreenevans.com and let us know how we can help your project.
