This technique is used in a few different business analysis tasks in some knowledge areas of the BABOK® v3 guide. These tasks include the following:
Task |
How is this technique applied? |
Identify business analysis performance improvements |
To define the metrics required for assessing business analysis performance as well as to determine how best to track this information |
Analyze the current state |
To assess the performance of the current state as well as to determine how best to track this information |
Define the future state |
To assess the performance of the future state and determine when the organization has achieved its objectives |
Verify the requirements |
To define what to track and to measure the quality of the requirements |
Validate the requirements |
To define what to track and measure for a solution or a solution component |
Analyze the potential value and recommend a solution |
To define and evaluate the measures used to define the value of a solution |
Measure the solution performance |
To measure the solution performance |
Analyze the performance measures |
To analyze the solution performance |
This technique aligns indicators and metrics to the organizational objectives, solutions, and resources and promotes organizational alignment.
The next technique you need to include in your preparation is mind mapping.