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How to Handle Difficult Stakeholders as a Business Analyst

Handling difficult stakeholders

Handling difficult stakeholders is one of the most important and challenging responsibilities of a Business Analyst (BA). Stakeholders play a key role in providing requirements, approving decisions, and ensuring project success. However, not all stakeholders are easy to work with. Some may be unresponsive, overly demanding, resistant to change, or have conflicting expectations. A skilled Business Analyst must know how to manage such situations professionally while keeping the project on track. ...

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Author: Umesh Chandra Gaddala

How to Conduct a Successful Feasibility Study

feasibility study

A feasibility study is a critical step in the early phase of any project. It helps organizations decide whether a proposed idea or solution is practical, achievable, and worth investing in. For a Business Analyst, conducting a successful feasibility study means evaluating multiple aspects of a project and providing clear insights to support informed decision-making. A well-executed feasibility study reduces risk, saves cost, and prevents project failure. The first step in conducting a feasibi...

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Author: Umesh Chandra Gaddala

Requirements Elicitation Techniques for Business Analysts

Elicitation techniques

Requirement elicitation is a key activity in business analysis that focuses on understanding and gathering the real needs, expectations, and constraints of stakeholders. It is not just about collecting requirements, but about discovering what the business truly needs to solve a problem or achieve a goal. Business Analysts use various elicitation techniques depending on the project type, stakeholders, and level of clarity required. Using the right techniques helps reduce ambiguity, rework, and pr...

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Author: Rekha Rawat

Agile vs. Waterfall: What’s the Best Methodology for Business Analysis?

Waterfall and agile methodologies

Waterfall and Agile are two widely used project management and software development methodologies, each designed to address different types of business needs and project environments. The fundamental difference between them lies in how work is planned, executed, and delivered over time. The Waterfall methodology follows a linear and sequential approach to project execution. The project progresses through well defined phases such as requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, ...

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Author: Rekha Rawat

Introduction to Business Analysis: A Beginner's Guide

Business Analysis - What every beginner should know

Business Analysis is all about how organisations identify business needs and solve problems. For beginners understanding the foundation of Business Analysis id important. Business Analysis is the bridge between stakeholders and technical teams. This gap is being covered by Business Analyst. BA understand the stakeholders needs & ensures that solutions delivered by the organisation has met . BA acts as the middle-man betweeen the stakeholders and technical teams. Business Analysis mainly focuse...

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Author: Anusha

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