BABOK® Areas of Knowledge |
SwiftRadius Business Analysis Framework |
Key Objectives |
Enterprise Analysis |
Planning and facilitation of Strategic Plan Development Sessions |
Provide objective facilitation of the strategic goal setting sessions |
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Create and Maintain current and future state Business Architecture
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Describe the businesses strategy, its long term goals and objectives, the high level business environment through a process or functional view, the technological environment, and the external environment. It also defines the relevant stakeholders |
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Business Case Development
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Ensuring an objective business case is developed that can withstand objective scrutiny |
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Supporting Project Gate Reviews and Project Initiation |
Working closely with the Project Manager to prepare for Project Gate Reviews and begin high level requirements gathering activities |
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Tracking Project Benefits |
Ensuring metrics, measurements and benchmarks are in place, analyzed and reported to the project sponsor to track actual versus expected business outcomes as documented in the business case |
Requirements Planning and Management |
Stakeholder Identification |
Provide all necessary stakeholders are identified and properly represented during requirements gathering |
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Requirements Change Management Strategy |
Developed in collaboration with the Project Manager’s overall project Change Management Strategy |
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Project Planning BA Activities
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Define specific tools, resources, and requirement contributors are available when elicitation activities are scheduled |
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Identify Elicitation Methods |
Develop a suite of requirements gathering tools and methods based on an understanding of organizational culture and business domain |
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Create Models and Requirements Documentation |
Define and describe both textually and with various models the characteristics of an acceptable solution to a business problem, so that the project team has a clear understanding of how to design and implement it |
Requirements Communication |
Review and secure requirements sign off |
Ensure that all stakeholders review the business requirements at an appropriate level with a view to their stake in the project success, navigate any requirement conflicts and secure sign off |
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Support QA and implementation activities |
Ensure the quality team has a thorough understanding of expected business outcomes from the solution. Ensure the implementation team clearly understands the business logistics of the implementation |
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