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."

-- Dorothy Graham, Best-selling Author

"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."

-- Rex Black, Best-selling Author

"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."

-- Lee Copeland, Best-selling Author

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:

Business Analysis

- Business analysts and software testers

- Usability specialists and business analysts

- System analysts and business analysts

- Project management and business analysis

- Business requirements and system requirements

- Use cases and user requirements

- The object-oriented approach versus the business process approach

- Functional requirements and non-functional requirements

- Scope management and stakeholder management

- Change management and project management

- Process flows, class diagrams, and sequence diagrams

- Use case modelling and project scope definition

- In-scope items and out-of-scope items

- Unclear requirements and test cases

- Traceability matrix and gold plating

- Change request management process and requirements management tools

- Impact analysis and traceability matrix

- Project Management Institute (PMI) knowledge areas and business analysis

Software Testing

- Software test design techniques and high jump techniques

- Software testing and road traffic

- Priority versus severity

- Risk and software testing

- Software testing levels and software testing types

- Black-box testing versus white-box testing

- Statement coverage versus decision coverage

Usability

- User Experience (UX) and usability

- Usability specialists and business analysts

- Usability testing versus user acceptance testing

- Interaction design and process flow design

- User profiling versus persona identification

- Interface design and interaction design

This book targets broad range of professionals such as:

- Business analysts, software testers, usability specialists and UX designers

- Systems analysts and developers

- Project managers, entrepreneurs, product owners, scrum masters and product managers

- Business units, sales managers and marketing managers

- Business consultants, management consultants, C-level executives

- Managers of all divisions