The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings

The heart of the business analyst's role is to drive various constituencies through processes to achieve consensus on the needs of the business. Successfully facilitating meetings whether a one-on-one interview or a larger presentation is essential to business analysis. The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings provides powerful tools that the business analyst can use to negotiate through the myriad of meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops that are necessary to develop business requirements.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: To Meet or Not to Meet...That Is the Question
Chapter 2: Meeting Management Best Practices
Chapter 3: Facilitation Its an Art and a Science
Chapter 4: The Business Analysts Facilitation Toolkit
Chapter 5: Requirements Elicitation Meetings
Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis Meetings
Chapter 7: Requirements Specification Review Meetings
Chapter 8: Deliverable Verification and Validation Meetings
Chapter 9: Closing Comments