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2.1 Planning Business Analysis Approach

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Elements• Timing of BA work• Formality and level of detail of

BA deliverables• Requirement prioritization• Change management• BA planning Process• Communication with stakeholder• Requirement analysis &

management tools• Project Complexity

BACustomer Domain SME Project Manager Tester Regulator

End User Implement SME Operational Support Supplier Sponsor

Stakeholder

Techniques• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Structure Walkthrough

(9.30)

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2.2 Conduct Stakeholder Analysis

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Elements• Identify Stakeholders• Complexity of stakeholder group• Attitude and influence• Authority levels for BA work



Stakeholder

Techniques• Acceptance and evaluation

criteria definition (9.1)• Risk Analysis (9.24)• Brainstorming (9.3)• Interview (9.14)• Requirement workshops (9.23)• Organization Modeling (9.19)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Scenarios and use case (9.26)• Scope modeling (9.27)• User Story (9.31)• RACI Matrix• Stakeholder Map

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2.3 Plan Business Analysis Activities

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Stakeholder

Elements• Geographic distribution of

stakeholder• Type of project or initiative• BA deliverables• Determine BA activities

Techniques• Estimation (9.10)• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Risk Analysis (9.24)

2.4 Plan Business Analysis Communication

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Elements• Geography• Culture• Project Type• Communication Frequency• Communication Formality

Techniques• Structure work through (9.30)• Prepare Requirement Package (4.4)• Communicate Requirement (4.5)• Communication Skill (8.4)



Stakeholder

2.5 Plan Requirement Management Process

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Stakeholder

Elements• Repository• Traceability• Select requirements attributes• Requirements prioritization process• Change management• Tailoring the requirements

management process

Techniques• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Risk Analysis (9.24)

2.6 Manage Business Analysis Performance

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Stakeholder

Elements• Performance Measures• Performance Reporting• Preventive and Corrective

Action

Techniques• Lessons Learned Process (9.15)• Metrics and KPI (9.16)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Root Cause Analysis (9.25)• Interviews (9.14)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)• Variance Analysis

3.1 Prepare for Elicitation

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Elements• Clarify scope for selected

elicitation technique and material

• Schedule all resources• Notify appropriate parties of

the plan



Stakeholder

Techniques• Brainstorming (9.3)• Document Analysis (9.9)• Focus Groups (9.11)• Interface Analysis (9.13),• Interviews (9.14)• Observation (9.18)• Prototyping (9.22)• Requirements Workshops

(9.23)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)

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3.2 Conduct Elicitation Activity

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Elements• Tracing requirement• Capturing requirement

attributes• Metrics



Stakeholder

Techniques• Data Dictionary and Glossary (9.5)• Brainstorming (9.3)• Document Analysis (9.9)• Focus Group (9.11)• Interface Analysis (9.13)• Interviews (9.14)• Observation (9.18)• Prototyping (9.22)• Requirements Workshops (9.23)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)

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3.3 Document Elicitation Results

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Elements• Written documents outcomes

(meeting minutes)• Visual or audio recordings• Whiteboards



Stakeholder

Techniques• Brainstorming (9.3)• Document Analysis (9.9)• Focus Groups (9.11)• Interface Analysis (9.13),• Interviews (9.14)• Observation (9.18)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Prototyping (9.22)• Requirements Workshops (9.23)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)

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3.4 Confirm Elicitation Results

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Elements• Confirming the results of the

interview and observation



Stakeholder

Techniques• Interviews (9.14)• Observation (9.18)

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4.1 Manage Solution Scope & Requirement

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Elements• Solution Scope Management• Conflict and Issue Management• Presenting Requirements For

Review• Approval



Stakeholder

Techniques• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Baselining• Signoff

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4.2 Manage Requirements Traceability

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Elements• Relationships• Impact Analysis• Configuration Management

System



Stakeholder

Techniques• Coverage Matrix

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Support project change managementTrace Test Case

Table or sparesheet to manage tracing, use when relatively few requirement

4.3 Maintain Requirements for Re-use

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Elements• Ongoing Requirement• Satisfied Requirement



Stakeholder

Techniques• None

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4.4 Prepare Requirements Package

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Elements• General Communication• Presentations

Techniques• Requirement Documentation• Requirement for Vendor Selection

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Stakeholder

4.5 Communicate Requirement

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Elements• Work Products and Deliverables• Format



Stakeholder

Techniques• Requirement workshops (9.23)• Structured walkthrough (9.30)

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5.1 Define Business Need

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Elements• Business Goals and Objectives• Business Problem or Opportunity• Desired outcome



Stakeholder

Techniques• Benchmarking (9.2)• Brainstorming (9.3)• Business Rules Analysis (9.4)• Focus Groups (9.11)• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Root Cause Analysis (9.25) D

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5.2 Access Capability Gaps

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Elements• Current Capability Analysis• Assessment of New Capability

Requirements• Assumptions



Stakeholder

Techniques• Document Analysis (9.9)• SWOT Analysis (9.32) Ac

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5.3 Determine Solution Approach

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Elements• Alternative Generation• Assumptions and Constraints• Ranking and Selection of Approaches



Stakeholder

Techniques• Benchmarking (9.2)• Brainstorming (9.3)• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Estimation (9.10)• SWOT Analysis (9.32)• Feasibility Analysis

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5.4 Define Solution Scope

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Elements• Solution Scope Definition• Implementation Approach• Dependencies



Stakeholder

Techniques• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Interface Analysis (9.13)• Scope Modeling (9.27)• User Stories (9.33)• Problem or Vision Statement

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5.5 Define Business Case

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Elements• Benefits• Costs• Risk Assessment• Results Measurement



Stakeholder

Techniques• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Estimation (9.10)• Metrics and KPI (9.16)• Risk Analysis (9.24)• SWOT Analysis (9.32)• Vendor Assessment (9.34)

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6.1 Prioritize Requirements

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Elements• Basis for Prioritization• Challenges



Stakeholder

Techniques• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Risk Analysis (9.24)• MoSCoW Analysis• Timeboxing/Budgeting

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6.2 Organize Requirements

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Elements• Levels of Abstraction• Model Selection



Stakeholder

Techniques• Business Rules Analysis (9.4)• Data Flow Diagrams (9.6)• Data Modeling (9.7)• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Organization Modeling (9.19)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Scenarios and Use Cases (9.26)• Scope Modeling (9.27)• User Stories (9.33)

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6.3 Specify and Model Requirements

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Elements• Text• Matrix Documentation• Models• Capture Requirement

Attributes• Improvement Opportunities



Stakeholder

Techniques• Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria

Definition (9.1)• Business Rules Analysis (9.4)• Data Dictionary and Glossary (9.5)• Data Flow Diagrams (9.6)• Data Modeling (9.7)• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Interface Analysis (9.13)• Metrics and KPI (9.16)• Non-functional Requirement (9.17)• Organization Modeling (9.19)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Prototyping (9.22)• Scenarios and Use Cases (9.26)• Sequence Diagrams (9.28)• State Diagrams (9.29)• User Stories (9.33)

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6.4 Define Assumption and Constraints

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Elements• Assumptions• Business Constraints• Technical Constraints



Stakeholder

Techniques• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Risk Analysis (9.24)

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6.5 Verify Requirement

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Elements• Characteristics of

Requirements Quality• Verification Activities



Stakeholder

Techniques• Acceptance and Evaluation

Criteria definition (9.1)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Structured Walkthrough (9.30)• Checklists

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6.6 Validate Requirement

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Elements• Identify Assumptions• Define measurable evaluation

criteria• Determine business value• Determine Dependencies for

benefits realization• Evaluate alignment with Business

Case and Opportunity Cost



Stakeholder


Criteria definition (9.1)• Metrics and KPI (9.16)• Prototyping (9.22)• Risk Analysis (9.24)• Structured Walkthrough (9.30)

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7.1 Assess Proposed Solution

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Elements• Ranking of Solution Options• Identification of Additional

Potential Capabilities



Stakeholder


Criteria Definition (9.1)• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Vendor Assessment (9.34)

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7.2 Allocate Requirement

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Elements• Solution Components• Release Planning



Stakeholder


Criteria Definition (9.1)• Business Rule Analysis (9.4)• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Functional Decomposition (9.12)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Scenarios and Use cases (9.26)

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7.3 Access Organizational Readiness

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Elements• Cultural Assessment• Operational or Technical

Assessment• Stakeholder Impact Analysis



Stakeholder


Criteria Definition (9.1)• Data Flow Diagrams (9.6)• Process Models (9.21)• Focus Group (9.11)• Interview (9.14)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)• Organization Modeling (9.19)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Risk Analysis (9.24)• SWOT Analysis (9.32)• Force Field Analysis

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7.4 Define Transition Requirements

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Elements• Data• Ongoing Work• Organizational Change



Stakeholder

Techniques• Business Rules Analysis (9.4)• Data Flow Diagrams (9.6)• Process Modeling (9.21)• Organization Modeling (9.19)• Data Modeling (9.7)

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7.5 Validate Solution

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Elements• Investigate Defective Solution

Outputs• Assess Defects and Issues



Stakeholder


Criteria Definition (9.1)• Problem Tracking (9.20)• Root Cause Analysis (9.25)

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7.6 Evaluate Solution Performance

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Elements• Understand Value Delivered by

Solution• Validate Solution metrics• Solution replacement or

elimination



Stakeholder

Techniques• Decision Analysis (9.8)• Focus Group (9.11)• Observation (9.18)• Survey/Questionnaire (9.31)

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