By
Srikanth
Posted on August 13, 2025
innovation features identify potential risks or explore alternatives the BAs role is to facilitate the session ensure equal
creativity and participation without immediate hudjement for requirement elicitaion brainstorming can be used to uncover
6- brainstorming- brainstorming is a group activity used to generate a wide range of ideas and solutions it encourage
depth of interviews and may not capture nuances ynlesscarefully designed
can complete at thier convenience this technique helps to collecting divese viewponts and however it laks the interactive
tools to gather information quickly these are structured sets of questions either open ended or close ended that stakeholders
5- Surveys and questionaires - when dealing with the large group of stakeholders surveys an dquestionaries are diffarent
usefull when working with regulated industries like bankig or healthcare where complaince requirements are critical,
understand the current state and serves as a foundation for identifying gaps and areas of improvement, it is particularly
manuals standard operating procedures system specifications and previos project reports document anlysis helps to BA
4- Document anlysis - many valuble requirements can be uncovered by reviewing existing documentation such as policy
if not planned properly,
workaouts and petential improvement opportunities however it can be time consuming and may disrupt normal work routines
validate what users say versus what they actually do job shadowing provides real - world insights into infficience manual
this is especually usefull when stakeholders may not be able to clearly articulate thier requirements or when the BA needs to
3- Observation involves watching end users perform thier tasj to understand existing procesess, workflows and challenges
BAs often use techniques like whiteboarding sticky notes or mind mapping to keep workshops engaging and productive,
nature of workshops makes them ideal for achiving consensus and identifying high level requirements in a short timeframe.
prioritis. facilitated workshops encourage open discussion, brainstorming and quick resolution of conflicts, the interactive
2 Workshops - workshops bring together multiple stakeholders come from diverse functions or when there are conflicting
good preparetion and active listening skills to ensure accurate informaaation capture,
structured a mix allows the BA to dive deep into specific ares and build strong stakeholders relationships however, it requires
stakeholders to uncover thier needs expectations and concernas interviews can be structured with predefined questions semi
interviews with reative methods lie prototyping or brainstorming by appalying these techniques effectively BAs can ensure
and oraganizational culture a skilled business analyst adapts thier elicitation strategy balancing strctured approaches like
comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs, the salections of techniques depends on project complexity avaiability
Conclusion- requirements elicitation is not about choosing one technique but combining multiple approches to ensure a
requirements exception paths and usability concerns that might otherwise be missed.
example of how the system will function this makes requirements tangible and easy to validate scenarios uncover hidden
9- workshops with usecases and scenarios- creating use casess or scenarios helps stakeholders walk through real - world
however managing daominant voices in the group and ensuring balanced input can be challening,
usefull when validating ideas gathering opinions on user interface, or identifying features that will enhance user satisfaction
collectively these sessions aloows BAs to explore attitudes preferences and perceptions about a system or process they are