What is mean by logical data model?

Data model tells clear details about the data and how the data is stored physically in a database.

What do u mean by high level & low level use case?

A broad view of a business process is called a high level use case. And if we divide the big view into different small sub use cases, then it is called low level use case.

What do you know about SDD ?

It is also called system design document. My role as a BA is just a mediator or a middle layer between business users and developers and we make developers to understand the business requirements.

What do understand by URS & FS ?

User requirement specifications and Functional specifications.  To keep track of these requirements, we generally use Traceability matrix.

By using Test director we can do traceability of requirements n testing phase.

How do you prepare use cases?

BY using MS Visio and Rational rose.

How do you participate in testing as a BA?

I participate mainly in reviewing the test cases to see if all the requirements have been met.

What is the main quality of a good requirement?

The requirement should be good, clear, understandable, and consistent and should be easily verifiable.

What do u understand by UML ?

UML is basically Unified Modeling Language. This is the standard language used in the system to understand, document, construct different components in the system.

What are different diagrams to be known by a BA?

Entity relationship diagram, data flow diagram, use case diagram, class diagram, activity diagram, state chart diagram, sequence diagram, collaboration diagram, component diagrams, deployment diagrams etc..

Use case diagram: basically explains the business environment. Series of all related actions performed by actor.

Activity diagram: Used in the early stage of analysis and designing level. It describes each individual component.

Sequence diagram: It tells the objects interactions with each others arranged in time sequence.  Very useful for developers and testers to understand the system better.

Where did u use rational rose & requisite pro ?

When we created different modules of requirements for different functions, and finally collected all together and made a single requirement document, we used requisite pro to do this.

And we used rational rose to create the business model as a visual representation.

·         Created High level & low level use cases.

·         Activity diagrams

·         State diagrams

·         Collaboration diagrams

·         Sequence diagrams

What is mean by logical data model?

Data model tells clear details about the data and how the data is stored physically in a database.

What do u mean by high level & low level use case?

A broad view of a business process is called a high level use case. And if we divide the big view into different small sub use cases, then it is called low level use case.

What do you know about SDD ?

It is also called system design document. My role as a BA is just a mediator or a middle layer between business users and developers and we make developers to understand the business requirements.

What do understand by URS & FS ?

User requirement specifications and Functional specifications.  To keep track of these requirements, we generally use Traceability matrix.

By using Test director we can do traceability of requirements n testing phase.

How do you prepare use cases?

BY using MS Visio and Rational rose.

How do you participate in testing as a BA?

I participate mainly in reviewing the test cases to see if all the requirements have been met.

What is the main quality of a good requirement?

The requirement should be good, clear, understandable, and consistent and should be easily verifiable.

What do u understand by UML ?

UML is basically Unified Modeling Language. This is the standard language used in the system to understand, document, construct different components in the system.

What are different diagrams to be known by a BA?

Entity relationship diagram, data flow diagram, use case diagram, class diagram, activity diagram, state chart diagram, sequence diagram, collaboration diagram, component diagrams, deployment diagrams etc..

Use case diagram: basically explains the business environment. Series of all related actions performed by actor.

Activity diagram: Used in the early stage of analysis and designing level. It describes each individual component.

Sequence diagram: It tells the objects interactions with each others arranged in time sequence.  Very useful for developers and testers to understand the system better.

Where did u use rational rose & requisite pro ?

When we created different modules of requirements for different functions, and finally collected all together and made a single requirement document, we used requisite pro to do this.

And we used rational rose to create the business model as a visual representation.

·         Created High level & low level use cases.

·         Activity diagrams

·         State diagrams

·         Collaboration diagrams

·         Sequence diagrams

What is the importance of a flow chart???

Flow chart is graphical representation of the process which makes the system simple to understand for all the persons who belongs to the development of the project.

What is a use case model? Explain in brief ?

Use case diagram:

Use case diagrams describe the business environment. It is a series of events / flow of actions related to a process that are performed by an actor.

What is called an UML modeling?

UML means unified modeling language. It is the standard language for constructing, visualizing and documenting the components of a system.

What is the importance of an Activity diagram?

The main use of an activity diagram is to show the work flow of the business and to show the activities happening in the business system and actions completed.  In a companies there may be different sections like medical, accounting, HR etc..and each department has different privileges to the system. I.e medical dept can access only medical related screens and HR dept to only HR screens etc..So this activity diagrams shows the activities of different departments with their relation. This will be useful to the developers while designing and coding.

How many types of diagrams and what you know about them ?

Use case diagram &

Collaboration diagram.

What is meant by alternate flow in use case ?

It is a flow that will come into picture when there is a failure in the system and expected results did not come.

What do you mean by exception flow in a use case?

It is basically any unexpected situations or unusual results in an application.

These exceptions are handles in different ways.

What do you mean by extends and includes in an use case?

Extend means when there is a specific action must take place. And include means the action may or may not take place.

What are different documents that relate to a use cases.?

There are 2 docs.

FRD (functional requirement document)

SDD (system design document) / TRS (Technical requirements specifications)

What is a Business Analyst Roles and responsibilities?

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What is the difference between Business Analyst & System Analyst?

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Can you tell me difference between Business Analyst and Business Analysis?

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What are the common tools that are used by a business Analyst?

Ans: Rational tools, MS Visio, MS word, MS Excel, Power point, Quality center/test director MS Project, And there may be some tools which are project and client specific which you do not have to worry. etc..

What are the documents that a Business Analyst needs to deliver?

Ans: Well there are some important documents such as “functional specification documents, technical specification documents, Requirements traceability, BRD (business requirements document), Use case  diagrams, Business flow, etc..

Can you tell me what a use case diagram?

Ans: First of all a use case diagram is a part of UML and it is a behavioral digram which is created from a use case analysis. The main reason or use of this use case diagram is it defines the functions of the module or system and the role of each actor associated to that function.

For Eg: “Order Management” is a main function,  and the person who receives the order in the office is an actor.

How do you normally gather Requirements from end user?

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When do a Business Analyst needs to contact developers?

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What is BA role in project implementation/deployment?