Business Analysis Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Business Analysis

A

  • Acceptance criteria in Master in Business Analysis
  • Acceptance testing in Master in Business Analysis
  • actor (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • adaptive approach in Master in Business Analysis
  • Agile in Master in Business Analysis
  • allocation in Master in Business Analysis
  • Analytical thinking in Master in Business Analysis
  • architecture in Master in Business Analysis
  • artifact (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • assumption in Master in Business Analysis

B

  • behavioural business rule in Master in Business Analysis
  • Benchmarking in Master in Business Analysis
  • body of knowledge in Master in Business Analysis
  • BPM in Master in Business Analysis
  • Brainstorming in Master in Business Analysis
  • business (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • business (business world) in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis approach in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis communication plan in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis effort in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis information in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis package in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analysis plan in Master in Business Analysis
  • business analyst in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business architecture in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business case in Master in Business Analysis
  • business decision in Master in Business Analysis
  • business domain in Master in Business Analysis
  • business goal in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business intelligence (BI) in Master in Business Analysis
  • business need in Master in Business Analysis
  • business objective in Master in Business Analysis
  • business policy in Master in Business Analysis
  • business problem in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business process improvement in Master in Business Analysis
  • business process in Master in Business Analysis
  • business process management (BPM) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business process modeling in Master in Business Analysis
  • business process re-engineering in Master in Business Analysis
  • business requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business requirements in Master in Business Analysis
  • business rule in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business rules in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business strategy in Master in Business Analysis
  • Business transformation in Master in Business Analysis

C

  • Capability analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • capability in Master in Business Analysis
  • cause-and-effect diagram: in Master in Business Analysis
  • change agent in Master in Business Analysis
  • change control in Master in Business Analysis
  • change in Master in Business Analysis
  • Change management in Master in Business Analysis
  • change strategy in Master in Business Analysis
  • change team in Master in Business Analysis
  • checklist (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Collaboration in Master in Business Analysis
  • commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Communication skills in Master in Business Analysis
  • Competitive analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Competitive intelligence in Master in Business Analysis
  • component in Master in Business Analysis
  • concept model in Master in Business Analysis
  • constraint (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Constraint analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Context diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • context in Master in Business Analysis
  • core concept (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Cost analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • COTS in Master in Business Analysis
  • create, read, update, and delete matrix (CRUD matrix) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Critical path analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • CRUD matrix in Master in Business Analysis
  • Customer experience (CX) in Master in Business Analysis
  • customer in Master in Business Analysis
  • Customer journey mapping in Master in Business Analysis
  • Customer retention in Master in Business Analysis
  • Customer satisfaction in Master in Business Analysis
  • Customer segmentation in Master in Business Analysis

D

  • Data analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Data mining in Master in Business Analysis
  • Data visualization in Master in Business Analysis
  • Decision analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Decision matrix in Master in Business Analysis
  • Decision support system (DSS) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Decision-making in Master in Business Analysis
  • decomposition in Master in Business Analysis
  • defect in Master in Business Analysis
  • Defect management in Master in Business Analysis
  • definitional business rule in Master in Business Analysis
  • deliverable in Master in Business Analysis
  • Deliverables in Master in Business Analysis
  • Demographics in Master in Business Analysis
  • Dependency analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • design in Master in Business Analysis
  • document analysis (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Document analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • domain in Master in Business Analysis
  • domain subject matter expert in Master in Business Analysis
  • DSDM in Master in Business Analysis
  • dynamic systems development method (DSDM) in Master in Business Analysis

E

  • elicitation in Master in Business Analysis
  • end user in Master in Business Analysis
  • Enterprise architecture in Master in Business Analysis
  • enterprise in Master in Business Analysis
  • enterprise readiness assessment in Master in Business Analysis
  • entity-relationship diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • estimate in Master in Business Analysis
  • evaluation in Master in Business Analysis
  • event (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • evolutionary prototype in Master in Business Analysis
  • experiment in Master in Business Analysis
  • external interface in Master in Business Analysis

F

  • facilitation in Master in Business Analysis
  • Feasibility analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • feasibility study in Master in Business Analysis
  • feature in Master in Business Analysis
  • Financial analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • fishbone diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • focus group in Master in Business Analysis
  • force field analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • functional requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • Functional requirements in Master in Business Analysis

G

  • Gap analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • goal in Master in Business Analysis
  • Governance in Master in Business Analysis
  • governance process (change) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Group decision making in Master in Business Analysis
  • guideline (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis

H

  • Heuristics in Master in Business Analysis
  • horizontal prototype in Master in Business Analysis
  • Hypothesis testing in Master in Business Analysis

I

  • Impact analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Impact assessment in Master in Business Analysis
  • implementation subject matter expert in Master in Business Analysis
  • indicator in Master in Business Analysis
  • Information architecture in Master in Business Analysis
  • Information system in Master in Business Analysis
  • initiative in Master in Business Analysis
  • input (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • inspection in Master in Business Analysis
  • interface in Master in Business Analysis
  • Interoperability in Master in Business Analysis
  • interview in Master in Business Analysis
  • Interview skills in Master in Business Analysis
  • Interviewing in Master in Business Analysis
  • Ishikawa diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • iteration (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Iterative in Master in Business Analysis

K

  • Kanban in Master in Business Analysis
  • Key performance indicators (KPIs) in Master in Business Analysis
  • knowledge area (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Knowledge management in Master in Business Analysis
  • Knowledge transfer in Master in Business Analysis

L

  • Lean in Master in Business Analysis
  • lessons learned process in Master in Business Analysis
  • life cycle in Master in Business Analysis
  • Logical data model in Master in Business Analysis

M

  • mapping in Master in Business Analysis
  • Market analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • matrix in Master in Business Analysis
  • metadata in Master in Business Analysis
  • methodology in Master in Business Analysis
  • metric in Master in Business Analysis
  • Metrics in Master in Business Analysis
  • Mind mapping in Master in Business Analysis
  • Mindset in Master in Business Analysis
  • mission statement in Master in Business Analysis
  • model in Master in Business Analysis
  • monitoring in Master in Business Analysis

N

  • need in Master in Business Analysis
  • Needs assessment in Master in Business Analysis
  • non-functional requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • Non-functional requirements in Master in Business Analysis

O

  • objective in Master in Business Analysis
  • Objectives in Master in Business Analysis
  • observation (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • OLAP in Master in Business Analysis
  • online analytical processing (OLAP) in Master in Business Analysis
  • operational support in Master in Business Analysis
  • Operations analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • operative rule in Master in Business Analysis
  • Opportunity analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • organization in Master in Business Analysis
  • Organizational analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • organizational capability in Master in Business Analysis
  • Organizational change in Master in Business Analysis
  • organizational change management in Master in Business Analysis
  • Organizational culture in Master in Business Analysis
  • Organizational design in Master in Business Analysis
  • Organizational modelling in Master in Business Analysis
  • organizational unit in Master in Business Analysis

P

  • package in Master in Business Analysis
  • Pareto analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Pareto chart in Master in Business Analysis
  • peer review in Master in Business Analysis
  • Performance analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Performance metrics in Master in Business Analysis
  • plan in Master in Business Analysis
  • policy in Master in Business Analysis
  • predictive approach in Master in Business Analysis
  • prioritization in Master in Business Analysis
  • Problem solving in Master in Business Analysis
  • Problem statement in Master in Business Analysis
  • Process analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Process improvement in Master in Business Analysis
  • process in Master in Business Analysis
  • process model in Master in Business Analysis
  • product (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Product backlog in Master in Business Analysis
  • product scope in Master in Business Analysis
  • product vision statement in Master in Business Analysis
  • project in Master in Business Analysis
  • Project management in Master in Business Analysis
  • project manager in Master in Business Analysis
  • project scope in Master in Business Analysis
  • proof of concept in Master in Business Analysis
  • prototype in Master in Business Analysis
  • Prototyping in Master in Business Analysis

Q

  • Quality assurance in Master in Business Analysis
  • quality attributes in Master in Business Analysis
  • Quality control in Master in Business Analysis
  • quality in Master in Business Analysis
  • Quality management in Master in Business Analysis
  • questionnaire in Master in Business Analysis

R

  • RACI matrix in Master in Business Analysis
  • regulator in Master in Business Analysis
  • Release planning in Master in Business Analysis
  • repository in Master in Business Analysis
  • request for information (RFI) in Master in Business Analysis
  • request for proposal (RFP) in Master in Business Analysis
  • request for quote (RFQ) in Master in Business Analysis
  • request for tender (RFT) in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements allocation in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements architecture in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements artifact in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements attribute in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements defect in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements document in Master in Business Analysis
  • Requirements gathering in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements in Master in Business Analysis
  • Requirements management in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements management plan in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements management tool in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements model in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements traceability in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements validation in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements verification in Master in Business Analysis
  • requirements workshop in Master in Business Analysis
  • residual risk in Master in Business Analysis
  • responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed matrix (RACI matrix) in Master in Business Analysis
  • retrospective in Master in Business Analysis
  • return on investment (ROI) (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • RFI in Master in Business Analysis
  • RFP in Master in Business Analysis
  • RFQ in Master in Business Analysis
  • RFT in Master in Business Analysis
  • risk (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Risk assessment in Master in Business Analysis
  • risk assessment: Identifying, analyzing and evaluating risks. ROI in Master in Business Analysis
  • Risk management in Master in Business Analysis
  • Root cause analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • root cause in Master in Business Analysis

S

  • scope in Master in Business Analysis
  • scope model in Master in Business Analysis
  • Scrum in Master in Business Analysis
  • secondary actor in Master in Business Analysis
  • sequence diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • service (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • SIPOC in Master in Business Analysis
  • SME in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution component in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution life cycle in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution option: in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • solution scope in Master in Business Analysis
  • SOW in Master in Business Analysis
  • sponsor in Master in Business Analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • stakeholder in Master in Business Analysis
  • stakeholder list in Master in Business Analysis
  • stakeholder proxy (business analyst) in Master in Business Analysis
  • stakeholder requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • state diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • stated requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • statement of work (SOW) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Strategic planning in Master in Business Analysis
  • strategy in Master in Business Analysis
  • strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis (SWOT) in Master in Business Analysis
  • structural rule in Master in Business Analysis
  • subject matter expert (SME) in Master in Business Analysis
  • supplier in Master in Business Analysis
  • suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers (SIPOC) in Master in Business Analysis
  • survey in Master in Business Analysis
  • swimlane in Master in Business Analysis
  • SWOT analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • System analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • system in Master in Business Analysis
  • Systems thinking in Master in Business Analysis

T

  • task (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • technique in Master in Business Analysis
  • temporal event in Master in Business Analysis
  • tester in Master in Business Analysis
  • throw-away prototype in Master in Business Analysis
  • Time management in Master in Business Analysis
  • time-box in Master in Business Analysis
  • traceability in Master in Business Analysis
  • transition in Master in Business Analysis

U

  • UAT in Master in Business Analysis
  • UML® in Master in Business Analysis
  • unified modelling language™ in Master in Business Analysis
  • Use case diagram in Master in Business Analysis
  • use case in Master in Business Analysis
  • Use case modeling in Master in Business Analysis
  • user acceptance test (UAT) in Master in Business Analysis
  • User acceptance testing in Master in Business Analysis
  • user in Master in Business Analysis
  • user requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • User stories in Master in Business Analysis
  • user story in Master in Business Analysis

V

  • validated in Master in Business Analysis
  • validation (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • value (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Value proposition in Master in Business Analysis
  • value stream in Master in Business Analysis
  • Value stream mapping in Master in Business Analysis
  • Variance analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Vendor analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • verification (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • verified requirement in Master in Business Analysis
  • vertical prototype in Master in Business Analysis
  • viewpoint in Master in Business Analysis
  • Vision statement in Master in Business Analysis
  • VSM in Master in Business Analysis

W

  • walkthrough in Master in Business Analysis
  • WBS in Master in Business Analysis
  • work breakdown structure (WBS) in Master in Business Analysis
  • work product (business analysis) in Master in Business Analysis
  • Workflow analysis in Master in Business Analysis
  • Workflow management in Master in Business Analysis
  • workshop in Master in Business Analysis
  • Workshops in Master in Business Analysis
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