Business Analysis - Core Concepts Model
- 1. Core Concept During BAPM, BA do.. During E&C, BA do.. During RLCM, BA do.. During SA, BA do.. During RADD, BA do.. During SE, BA do.. Change: the act of transformation in response to a need. are responsible for determining how changes to business analysis results will be requested and authorized. use a variety of elicitation techniques to fully identify the characteristics of the change including concerns that stakeholders have about the change. The change itself may determine the appropriate types and extent of elicitation and collaboration. manage how proposed changes to requirements and designs are evaluated during an initiative. define the future state and develop a change strategy to achieve the future state. transform elicitation results into requirements and designs in order to define the change. recommend a change to either a solution or the enterprise in order to realize the potential value of a solution. Need: a problem or opportunity to be addressed. choose a business analysis approach that provides adequate analysis for the change. elicit, confirm, and communicate needs and supporting business analysis information. As elicitation is iterative and incremental, the understanding of needs may evolve over time. trace, prioritize and maintain requirements to ensure that the need is met. identify needs within the current state and prioritize needs to determine the desired future state. analyze the needs in order to recommend a solution that meets the needs. evaluate how a solution or solution component is fulfilling the need. Solution: a specific way of satisfying one or more needs in a context. evaluate if business analysis performance was a key contributor to the successful implementation of a solution. elicit, confirm, and communicate necessary or desired characteristics of proposed solutions. trace requirements and designs to solution components to ensure that the solution satisfies the need. define the scope of a solution as part of developing a change strategy. define solution options and recommend the one that is most likely to address the need and has the most value. assess the performance of the solution, examine if it is delivering the potential value, and analyze why value may not be realized by the solution or solution component. Stakeholder: a group or individual with a relationship to the change, the need, or the solution. perform a stakeholder analysis to ensure planning and monitoring activities reflect stakeholder needs and account for stakeholder characteristics. manage the collaboration with the stakeholders who participate in the business analysis work. All stakeholders may participate in different roles and at different times during a change. work closely with key stakeholders to maintain understanding, agreement, and approval of requirements and designs. collaborate with stakeholders to understand the business need and to develop a change strategy and future state that will meet those needs. tailor the requirements and designs so that they are understandable and usable by each stakeholder group. elicit information from the stakeholders about solution performance and value delivery. Value: the worth, importance, or usefulness of something to a stakeholder within a context. conduct performance analysis to ensure business analysis activities continue to produce sufficient value for the stakeholders. collaborate with stakeholders to assess the relative value of information provided through elicitation, and apply a variety of techniques to confirm and communicate that value. maintain requirements for reuse to extend value beyond the current initiative. examine the potential value of the solution to determine if a change is justified. analyze and quantify the potential value of the solution options. determine if the solution is delivering the potential value and examine why value may not be being realized. Context: the circumstances that influence, are influenced by, and provide understanding of the change. ensure a complete understanding of the context under analysis in order to develop an efficient business analysis approach. apply a variety of elicitation techniques to identify business analysis information about the context that may affect the change. analyze the context to support tracing and prioritization activities. consider the context of the enterprise in developing a change strategy. model and describe the context in formats that are understandable and usable by all stakeholders. consider the context in determining solution performance measures and any limitations within the context that may prohibit value from being realized.