Project Management Software (for Business Analysts)
When you read the title of this blog post you might be tempted to ask the question – Isn’t Project management software for Project Managers? Well, the short answer is yes, but as Business Analysts are a large part of managing the scope of work through the delivery journey (which is primarily focused on delivering requirements) we should have the skills to understand stand up and run the delivery-focused project management software. Business Analysts may use project management software such as Jira, Trello, Asana, MS Project, and Excel to manage project tasks, track progress, and collaborate with team members. Again, yes this should be owned by the Project Manager or sometimes the Scrum master but in many situations you will find that Business Analyst is creating, updating or managing the content within these tools. I would like to spend some time talking about 3 of these tools that focus on the Delivery & Requirement Managements sides of things: As a Business Analyst, your Requirements Traceability Matrix should be managed within one of these 3 tools (or more than) or something very similar. Excel Excel is a great tool for any business professional to learn however as a Business Analyst you should have advanced Excel knowledge. Creating a Requirement Traceability Matrix in Excel is a simple task however there is no UX or system joins, dependencies or constraints between the Objectives, Epics and User Stories. Jira Jira is a popular project management tool that can be used to manage requirements for software development projects Azure DevOps Azure DevOps is a cloud-based project management tool that can be used to manage requirements for software development projects. There a number of specialist requirements management tools, such as IBM Rational DOORS or Jama Connect however in our opinion the above 3 tools are your best option.
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