The Pmi Guide To Business Analysis

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The PMI Guide to Business Analysis discusses the context, environment, and influences on business analysis. It provides descriptions of inputs and outputs and techniques for performing each process. It also covers key concepts and emerging trends, and highlights opportunities for business analysts to collaborate with key stakeholders and teams. Each of the 35 business analysis processes presented includes information on how to tailor them to adapt to various life cycles. This rich publication provides you with a sound basis to improve business analysis maturity and directly impact your project success rates. The Standard for Business Analysis covers the fundamental concepts of business analysis and their relationships to portfolio, program, and project management; organizational strategy; governance; and the project environment. It also includes information on the role of the business analyst in various life cycles.

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The PMI Guide to BUSINESS ANALYSIS 107196_FM_R4.indd 1 11/15/17 3:25 PM Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Project Management Institute, issuing body. Title: The PMI guide to business analysis. Description: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania : Project Management Institute, Inc., [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017052118 (print) | LCCN 2017054419 (ebook) | ISBN 9781628254730 (ePub) | ISBN 9781628254747 (kindle) | ISBN 9781628254754 (Web PDF) | ISBN 9781628251982 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Project management. | Business planning. | Decision making. Classification: LCC HD69.P75 (ebook) | LCC HD69.P75 P5828 2017 (print) | DDC 658.4/04--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017052118 ISBN: 978-1-62825-198-2 Published by: Project Management Institute, Inc. 14 Campus Boulevard Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073-3299 USA Phone: +1 610-356-4600 Fax: +1 610-482-9971 Email: [email protected] Website: www.PMI.org ©2017 Project Management Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Project Management Institute, Inc. content is copyright protected by U.S. intellectual property law that is recognized by most countries. To republish or reproduce PMI’s content, you must obtain our permission. Please go to http://www.pmi.org/permissions for details. To place a Trade Order or for pricing information, please contact Independent Publishers Group: Independent Publishers Group Order Department 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, IL 60610 USA Phone: +1 800-888-4741 Fax: +1 312-337-5985 Email: [email protected] (For orders only) For all other inquiries, please contact the PMI Book Service Center. PMI Book Service Center P.O. Box 932683, Atlanta, GA 31193-2683 USA Phone: 1-866-276-4764 (within the U.S. or Canada) or +1-770-280-4129 (globally) Fax: +1-770-280-4113 Email: [email protected] Printed in the United States of America. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, manual, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48—1984). PMI, the PMI logo, PMBOK, OPM3, PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, PM NETWORK, PMI TODAY, PULSE OF THE PROFESSION and the slogan MAKING PROJECT MANAGEMENT INDISPENSABLE FOR BUSINESS RESULTS. are all