Practical guidance for the everyday decisions of a business analyst.
Business Analyst’s Mentor Book brings together tips, best practices and real-life examples for navigating the role of a business analyst and managing software requirements.
Explore the questions that arise across project work:
- How do business analysis activities fit into agile and waterfall approaches?
- How can you manage scope, change requests and conflicting needs?
- What should you consider when gathering and documenting requirements?
- How do use cases, UML, usability and testing support the work?
This concise guide is intended for new and developing business analysts, and for experienced practitioners looking for a refresher. Project managers and software teams can also use it to strengthen their shared understanding of the BA role.
Emrah Yayici is the managing partner of BA-Works, Keytorc and UXservices companies. He started his career as a technology consultant at Arthur Andersen and Accenture. Afterward he led global enterprise transformation projects at Beko-Grundig Electronics.
During his career he has managed multinational and cross-functional project teams in banking, insurance, telecommunications, media, consumer electronics, and IT industries.
He is now sharing his experience about business analysis, software testing, user experience design, and usability testing by publishing articles and books and by speaking at conferences.
He is contributing to IIBA(R) (International Institute of Business Analysis) as a local chapter president. He also contributed to ISTQB(R) (International Software Testing Board) as former international board member.