Analysis Tips when doing Requirements Gathering

1. Try to call/email and meet Stakeholders during the first half of the day when they are still energetic.
2. As much as possible arrange a meeting only after thrashing out all queries on telephone or in person(if same office).
3. Avoid meetings on Mondays as it is possible that they will be busy with weekend production roll out related issues or simply not in mood because of weekend hangover.
4. Use the non productive part of the day(for me it is between 1pm and 3pm) for Email replies and Knowledge upgrade (reading BA sites, community discussions).
5. More to follow..