Elicitation and Collaboration key concepts

Business Analyst plays a key role in designing and implementing solution by understanding the needs of Stakeholders. The Key to design effective solution is eliciting useful information from Stakeholders by fostering good relationship and establishing strong collaboration

Elicitation and Collaboration

• identify tasks involved in elicitation and collaboration
• identify roles of the business analyst during the elicitation and collaboration process
• demonstrate your understanding of the tasks and roles involved in BA elicitation and collaboration

Prepare for Elicitation

• recognize considerations when preparing for elicitation
• recognize guidelines and techniques used to prepare for elicitation
• distinguish between the roles of stakeholders involved in preparing for elicitation

Conduct Elicitation

• recognize inputs and elements used to conduct elicitation
• recognize guidelines and techniques used to conduct elicitation
• demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in conducting elicitation

Confirm Elicitation Results

• recognize inputs and elements used to confirm elicitation results
• recognize guidelines and techniques used to confirm elicitation results
• identify the key stakeholder in confirming elicitation results

Communicate Business Analysis Information

• recognize considerations for communicating business analysis information
• demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in communicating BA information

Manage Stakeholder Collaboration

• identify inputs and elements used in managing stakeholder collaboration
• recognize the guidelines and techniques used in managing stakeholder collaboration
• identify qualities of strong stakeholder collaboration

Role of IT Project Manager in a team environment

An IT project manager is a professional responsible for overseeing the process of planning, execution and delegation around an organization's information technology pursuits and goals.

An IT Project Manager oversees several tasks within an organisation. I have listed some of the specific tasks of IT Project Manager

• As an IT Project Manager they provide technology strategic planning
• They are responsible for integrating information technologies onto the company for optimal effectiveness.
• Understanding current and future business goals and IT issues are the key tasks of an IT Project Manager
• They actively participate in recruitment, orientation and training for new IT staff.

An IT Project Manager is  informed of business directives associated with specific initiatives . As project participants are often spread across different offices and teams, the role of the IT project manager is to ensure that projects are delivered smoothly on-time and on-budget with minimal unexpected barriers in work.

In addition to assigning IT project managers, some organizations establish IT project management offices  to guide the completion of large-scale initiatives