What is it? Organisational behaviour (OB) is the whole area that deals with people why they behave the way they do and how to keep them motivated, how to build and manage an organisation that can achieve the goals set and be successful. It is well known that strategic human resources is key to organisational…
How do I do it? The following steps below show the general process that a Business Analyst goes through in order to conduct Functional Decomposition. Identify the focus area that will be decomposed (the process, goal, business function, etc.). Decide the level of detail that will be needed. In some cases you may only want…
A new way to address complex problems Scrum is a newer way or framework for developing and sustaining complex products. As a framework, Scrum provides a broad structure consisting of a Scrum Team, and associated roles, events, artifacts and rules. Is Scrum a proven approach? Scrum has been used to manage complex product development since…
Understanding the behaviour of costs as the trading patterns in a business change is an area of vital importance to decision makers. To be able to control costs and to see how they behave under changing conditions first it is essential to identify the different types of cost. Fixed costs Fixed costs are costs that…
What is it? Generally speaking, Decomposition is the process of breaking complex entities (processes, technology, business problems, business needs) into smaller sub-parts, and then breaking those smaller parts down even more, until the complex entity has been broken down into more discreet components with a more understandable structure. Activity decomposition is an abstraction technique that…