Read about and describe the Business Analyst role in product development, and name any differences you identify in how BA activities are performed with an agile approach, such as Scrum.

Recognise Your Existing Skills

Think about your experience during your CodeYourFuture courses, at work, or in everyday life.

1. Have you ever had to figure out why something wasn’t working, even when the cause wasn’t obvious? How did you approach it?
2. Have you ever had to break a complicated task or problem into smaller parts? How did that help you?
3. Have you ever made a change that unexpectedly affected something else? How did you identify the connections?
4. Have you ever had to learn something completely unfamiliar to complete a task? How did you approach learning it?
5. Have you ever received a request or instruction that wasn’t clear? What questions did you ask to understand what was actually needed?
6. Have you ever faced a problem where your first solution didn’t work? How did you find an alternative?
7. Have you ever questioned why something was done in a particular way? What did you discover by asking questions?
8. Have you ever needed to understand how a decision would affect different people, processes, or systems? How did you approach it?

Looking back at your answers, what skills did you use? How might these skills help you as a Business Analyst?

Create a stakeholder map and a preliminary RACI matrix for a given scenario, identifying key stakeholders and their potential roles and responsibilities.

Read about common user research methods, including interviews, surveys and usability testing

• Choose a research method for the BrightStar case study and explain why it is an appropriate choice in that context

Describe at least two tailored communication approaches suitable for particular stakeholder types (e.g., technical team members, business users, senior management)

Research about open-ended questions. Consider what kind of open-ended questions you would ask each of stakeholders and why.

SWOT Analysis Read about SWOT analysis.

You were given a lot of information on the case study. Considering everything you know so far, and maybe making some assumptions, perform a SWOT analysis for BrightStar.

RAID Log Read about RAID Log. Using the BrightStar case study and your SWOT analysis:

1. Create a RAID log with at least one risk, assumption, issue, and dependency. This should include business or technical risks and mitigation strategies.
2. For each item, describe its impact, identify a responsible stakeholder, and suggest a next action.

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Build the presentation of how you applied the key learnings of this week to the Bright Sparks case study.

The people in class can be the stakeholders and will evaluate your work.

The presentation must be less than 10 minutes long.