Requirements verification

Once the requirements and designs have been specified and modeled they need to be verified.

The requirements need to be verified to ensure that they have been defined correctly, meet quality standards and can be used to fulfill the need.… Read the rest

Specifying and modeling requirements

The specify and model requirement activity is used to analyze, integrate, and process elicitation results into requirements and designs.

When the specify and model requirements is focused on understanding the needs of the organization and the output of that activity … Read the rest

Requirements analysis and design

Once the requirements have been elicited, specified, modeled, verified and validated, the potential solution options need to be identified.

To achieve this the requirements need to be structured and organized, the tasks that are used to achieve the structuring and … Read the rest

Change strategy definition

The define change strategy task is used to develop and estimate alternative ways to fulfill the change and select the right approach.

It is easier to define a change when the present and future states are already defined because then … Read the rest

Risk assessment

The assess risk task is used to identify the unpleasant consequences of internal and external forces on the enterprise during the transition or in the future state.

Once the potential impact of those forces are understood a recommendation can be … Read the rest

Future state definition

The define future state task is used to determine the set of conditions necessary to meet the business needs.

In order to successfully implement the solution the future state has to be well defined, achievable with the available resources and … Read the rest

Current state analysis

The analyse current state task is used to understand the reasons for the changing enterprise needs and how that would affect the organization.

To do this we have have to understand why the change is needed. A change cannot be … Read the rest

Strategy analysis knowledge area

The strategic analysis knowledge area describes the business analysis work that identifies a strategic need, addresses that need and aligns the strategic of the organization with the necessary change.

A strategy is the most effective way of applying the capabilities … Read the rest

Requirements approvals

Stakeholders have to approve the requirements and design for work to continue on the solution, in order for this to occur the stakeholders have to have an understanding of the requirements and design.

To ensure understanding the business analyst has … Read the rest

Assessing requirements changes

Requirements can change throughout the life cycle of the project. The assess requirements change is used to evaluate the impact of the proposed changes to the requirements and designs.

As new needs or changes to existing needs are identified there … Read the rest