Business Analyst and Project Manager Collaboration

Business analysts and project managers need to work together to get successful results. Learn collaboration techniques for each stage of the project management process.

Introduction

• Teaming up for results

1. Project Manager and Business Analyst Collaboration Overview

• Why projects fail
• Goals of the roles
• Project vs. product
• Why collaboration is key
• Where the roles overlap
• The triple constraint
• Model partnership

2. What to Collaborate On

• Portfolio-level collaboration
• Scoping
• Estimating and planning
• Requirements and analysis
• Development and testing
• Implementation

3. Overlapping Roles

• Communications
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management
• Scope management and change

Conclusion

• Leverage each other's skill sets