Business Analysis, Software Testing, Usability : A Quick Guide Book for Better Project Management and Faster IT Career

Business Analysis, Software Testing, Usability : A Quick Guide Book for Better Project Management and Faster IT Career

"There are many books about topics and disciplines in Information Technology. But most books concentrate on a single area. This book is an exception - it looks at three disciplines and ties them together. Excellent idea. Congratulations to Koray for putting this book together, and also for his generosity in donating profits to schools." <br /> -- Dorothy Graham, Best-selling Author<br /><br />"Koray does a great job of using clever, insightful metaphors to illustrate concepts. He writes in an accessible, easy-to-read style. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did." <br /> -- Rex Black, Best-selling Author<br /><br />"In his book Koray uses two phrases again and again. The first is "Quality is not tested, but built." The other phrase is "... should first be handled as a people issue rather than a technology issue." To those in the IT world who need an understanding of these principles, I recommend this book." <br /> -- Lee Copeland, Best-selling Author <br /><br />This book is a quick guide to business analysis, software testing, and usability disciplines. Throughout the book, different perspectives are brought to the following interesting comparisons and relationships: <br /><br />Business Analysis <br />- Business analysts and software testers <br />- Usability specialists and business analysts <br />- System analysts and business analysts <br />- Project management and business analysis <br />- Business requirements and system requirements <br />- Use cases and user requirements<br />- The object-oriented approach versus the business process approach  <br />- Functional requirements and non-functional requirements<br />- Scope management and stakeholder management  <br />- Change management and project management<br />- Process flows, class diagrams, and sequence diagrams<br />- Use case modelling and project scope definition <br />- In-scope items and out-of-scope items <br />- Unclear requirements and test cases <br />- Traceability matrix and gold plating <br />- Change request management process and requirements management tools <br />- Impact analysis and traceability matrix <br />- Project Management Institute (PMI) knowledge areas and business analysis <br /><br />Software Testing <br />- Software test design techniques and high jump techniques <br />- Software testing and road traffic <br />- Priority versus severity <br />- Risk and software testing <br />- Software testing levels and software testing types  <br />- Black-box testing versus white-box testing<br />- Statement coverage versus decision coverage<br /><br />Usability <br />- User Experience (UX) and usability <br />- Usability specialists and business analysts <br />- Usability testing versus user acceptance testing <br />- Interaction design and process flow design <br />- User profiling versus persona identification <br />- Interface design and interaction design <br /><br />This book targets broad range of professionals such as:  <br />- Business analysts, software testers, usability specialists and UX designers<br />- Systems analysts and developers  <br />- Project managers, entrepreneurs, product owners, scrum masters and product managers<br />- Business units, sales managers and marketing managers<br />- Business consultants, management consultants, C-level executives <br />- Managers of all divisions