What Requirements are Needed for SAAS and COTS as a Business Analyst

Laura Brandenburg discusses what requirements are needed for SaaS and COTS as a business analyst. Knowing how to specify SaaS requirements and COTS requirements is a vital part to a BA role.
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As a business analyst getting more efficient business processes will likely deal with integrating a SaaS or COTS solution. After all, more and more projects are being delivered using pre-built solutions. For those that may be unaware, COTS stands for commercial off the shelf, and SaaS stands for software as a service. But what requirements are needed for COTS and SaaS to effectively be implemented into a business? COTS and SaaS solutions for business can be a gamechanger for improving processes, but it can also be detrimental, and bring more overhead.
In today’s video, Laura will discuss data modeling for SaaS and COTS, techniques for requirements analysis as a business analyst, and what to think about in relation to how to define data flow for COTS and SaaS. You’ll also learn about the importance of being able to understand business processes for SaaS and COTS. Without being able to start gathering requirements for COTS and SaaS effectively, your goal of making business processes more efficient will likely backfire.
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0:00 What Requirements are Needed for SAAS and COTS as a Business Analyst
1:34 COTS vs. SaaS
4:18 Using a Business Process Flow Diagram to Implement New Systems
7:22 Using Use Cases for System Implementation
9:37 Data Modeling to Define Data Flow
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Looking to integrate SaaS or COTS systems into your business? Get a free copy of the business process template and use case template mentioned in this video here:
Business Process Template: bit.ly/3C8bpWq
Use Case Template: bit.ly/3e05quU

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Long time....will learn something new now

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We hope you find something new to apply in this video. Great BAs are always learning.

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Can you do a video on Process mapping ( BPMN )

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You are so in luck. We have a video on process mapping dropping next week!

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In the meantime, check out this one on business process analysis. Laura mentions a bit on process mapping in it: th-cam.com/video/5-r7oQwZ5Uo/w-d-xo.html&t