Abbreviations Flashcards
BA
Business analyst
An advisory role which has the responsibility for investigating and analysing business situations, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems, elaborating and defining requirements, and ensuring the effective implementation and use of information systems in line with the needs of the business
BAM
Business Activity Model
conceptual model that shows the set of business activities that would be expected to be in place given the stakeholder perspective from which it has been developed. There are five types of business activity represented on a business activity model. These are: planning, enabling, doing, monitoring and controlling activities. See Business perspective.
BAMM
Business Analysis Maturity Model
BBS
Balanced Business Scorecard
Balanced Business Scorecard supports a strategic management system by capturing both financial and non-financial measures of performance. There are usually four quadrants – financial, customer, process, learning and growth.
BPMN
Business Process Model and Notation
CARDI (log)
Constraints Assumptions Risks Dependencies Issues
CATWOE
Customer Actor Transformation World View Owner Environment
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CBAP
Certified Business Analyst Professional
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CI
Configuration Item
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration
COTS
Commercial Off-The Shelf (Software solution)
CSF
Critical Success Factor
The areas in which an organisation must succeed in order to achieve positive organisational performance
DBMS
Database Management System
DCF
Discounted Cash Flow
An investment appraisal technique that takes account of the time value of money.
DMAIC
Define Measure Analyse Improve Control
DSDM
Dynamic System Development Method
DSDM is a project delivery framework that emphasises continuous user involvement and the importance of delivering the right solution at the right time.
ERD
Entity Relationship Diagram
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
HR
Human Resources
IET
Institution of engineering and technology
IIBA
International Institute of Business Analysis
IMIS
Institute for the management of information systems
IRR
Internal Rate of Return
IS
Information Systems
IT
Information Technology
ITSMF
IT Service Management Forum
KPI
Key performance indicator
MoSCoW (analysis)
Must have Should have Could have Want to have but won’t have this time
MOST (analysis)
Mission Objectives Strategy Tactics
NPV
Net present value
OSCAR
Objectives Scope Constraints Authority Resources
PESTLE
Political Economic Sociocultural Technological Legal Environmental
POPIT
People Organisation Process Information Technology
RACI
Responsible accountable consulted and informed
RAID
Risks assumptions issues and dependencies
RASCI (chart)
Responsible Accountable Supportive Consulted Informed
SARAH
Shock Anger Rejection Acceptance Hope
SBU
Strategic Business Unit
SDLC
software development life cycle
sfia
skills framework for the information age
SMART
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-framed
ssadm
structures systems analysis and design method
ssm
soft systems methodology
strobe
structured observation of the business environment
SWOT
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UP
Unified Process
