Common acronyms you\u2019ll see as a Business Analyst <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my ideal world, we\u2019d all stop using acronyms. To be brutally honest, they cause confusion at best and are used to hide a lack of knowledge at worst. After all, if I\u2019m going to tell you to go chat with the PM, are you off to speak with a Product Manager or a Project Manager? Further to that, on more than one occasion I have heard people challenged on the meaning of an acronym only to admit they don\u2019t actually know what it means. Maybe it\u2019s just me, but if you don\u2019t know what the meaning of something you\u2019re saying is, you\u2019re unlikely to know how it works! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alas, as I alluded to, I would like to remove acronyms from existence, but since I can\u2019t, here is a rundown of some of the most commonly encountered acronyms you may come across as a Business Analyst and a couple of general work related ones. Please note: this list is by no means exhaustive and has no industry related jargon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The List\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n AC \u2013 Acceptance Criteria <\/p>\n\n\n\n B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BA \u2013 Business Analyst <\/p>\n\n\n\n BABOK \u2013 Business Analyst Body Of Knowledge <\/p>\n\n\n\n BRD \u2013 Business Requirements Document <\/p>\n\n\n\n C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CX \u2013 Customer Experience <\/p>\n\n\n\n F<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FRS \u2013 Functional Requirements Specification <\/p>\n\n\n\n K<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KPI \u2013 Key Performance Indicator <\/p>\n\n\n\n M<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MNC \u2013 Multi-National Corporation <\/p>\n\n\n\n MoSCoW \u2013 Must do, Should do, Could do, Won\u2019t do <\/p>\n\n\n\n MVP \u2013 Minimum Viable Product <\/p>\n\n\n\n P<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PM \u2013 Product Manager <\/p>\n\n\n\n PM \u2013 Project Manager <\/p>\n\n\n\n PO \u2013 Product Owner <\/p>\n\n\n\n POC \u2013 Proof Of Concept <\/p>\n\n\n\n Q<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n QA \u2013 Quality Assurance <\/p>\n\n\n\n R<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n RACI \u2013 Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed <\/p>\n\n\n\n RFI \u2013 Request For Information <\/p>\n\n\n\n RFP \u2013 Request For Proposal <\/p>\n\n\n\n RFQ \u2013 Request For Quote <\/p>\n\n\n\n S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SDLC \u2013 Software Development Life Cycle <\/p>\n\n\n\n SM \u2013 Scrum Master <\/p>\n\n\n\n SME \u2013 Small to Medium Enterprise <\/p>\n\n\n\n SME \u2013 Subject Matter Expert <\/p>\n\n\n\n SOHO \u2013 Small Office, Home Office <\/p>\n\n\n\n SRS \u2013 Systems Requirements Specification <\/p>\n\n\n\n SWOT \u2013 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats <\/p>\n\n\n\n U<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UAT \u2013 User Acceptance Testing <\/p>\n\n\n\n US \u2013 User Story <\/p>\n\n\n\n UX \u2013 User Experience <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Common acronyms you\u2019ll see as a Business Analyst In my ideal world, we\u2019d all stop using acronyms. To be brutally honest, they cause confusion at best and are used to hide a lack of knowledge at worst. After all, if I\u2019m going to tell you to go chat with the PM, are you off to speak with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantheba.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}