Business Analysis, Software Testing, Usability: A Quick Guide Book for Better Project Management and Faster IT Career

"There are many books about topics and disciplines in Information Technology. But most books concentrate on a single area. This book is an exception - it looks at three disciplines and ties them together. Excellent idea. Congratulations to Koray for putting this book together, and also for his generosity in donating profits to schools."
-- Dorothy Graham, Best-selling Author

"Koray does a great job of using clever, insightful metaphors to illustrate concepts. He writes in an accessible, easy-to-read style. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did." 
-- Rex Black, Best-selling Author

"In his book Koray uses two phrases again and again. The first is "Quality is not tested, but built." The other phrase is "... should first be handled as a people issue rather than a technology issue." To those in the IT world who need an understanding of these principles, I recommend this book." 
-- Lee Copeland, Best-selling Author

This book is a quick guide to business analysis, software testing, and usability disciplines. Throughout the book, different perspectives are brought to the following interesting comparisons and relationships:

  Business Analysis 
- Business analysts and software testers
- Usability specialists and business analysts 
- System analysts and business analysts 
- Project management and business analysis 
- Business requirements and system requirements
- Use cases and user requirements
- The object-oriented approach versus the business process approach
- Functional requirements and non-functional requirements
- Scope management and stakeholder management
- Change management and project management
- Process flows, class diagrams, and sequence diagrams
- Use case modelling and project scope definition
- In-scope items and out-of-scope items
- Unclear requirements and test cases 
- Traceability matrix and gold plating 
- Change request management process and requirements management tools 
- Impact analysis and traceability matrix
- Project Management Institute (PMI) knowledge areas and business analysis 

Software Testing 
- Software test design techniques and high jump techniques 
- Software testing and road traffic
- Priority versus severity 
- Risk and software testing 
- Software testing levels and software testing types
- Black-box testing versus white-box testing
- Statement coverage versus decision coverage

Usability
- User Experience (UX) and usability
- Usability specialists and business analysts
- Usability testing versus user acceptance testing 
- Interaction design and process flow design
- User profiling versus persona identification 
- Interface design and interaction design 

This book targets broad range of professionals such as:  
- Business analysts, software testers, usability specialists and UX designers
- Systems analysts and developers
- Project managers, entrepreneurs, product owners, scrum masters and product managers
- Business units, sales managers and marketing managers
- Business consultants, management consultants, C-level executives
- Managers of all divisions

Koray Yitmen is the board member of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) local chapter, the president of International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) local chapter, and the president of User Experience Professionals' Association (UXPA) local chapter. 

As a business partner, Koray has led many multi-national, cross-functional teams in the banking, telecommunications, insurance, media, and information technology (IT) industries for more than 15 years. Challenged by the diversity of his projects' cultural, domain, and people issues, Koray has succeeded by putting the needs of his projects' target users first. 

In 2000, he started his career as a technology consultant at Accenture. Having worked at Accenture, he has been the business partner of BA-Works Business Analysis Services, Keytorc Software Testing Services, and UXservices UX Design Company since 2005. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. He is a strong advocate of the business motto "Quality is not tested, but built" and tries to implement this motto in every IT project in which he is involved. His greatest happiness of life is giving back to the community. Thus, one hundred percent of the net profit from this book's sales will be donated towards primary school initiatives.