This technique is used in a few different business analysis tasks in some knowledge areas in the BABOK® v3 guide. These tasks include the following:
Task |
The reason this technique is used |
Prioritize the requirements |
To help identify the high-value requirements |
Assess the requirement changes |
To help facilitate the change assessment process as it guides decisions based on criteria |
Approve the requirements |
To remove any issues or conflicts and help to gain agreement on requirements and priorities and decisions that impact them |
Define the future state |
To help compare alternative solutions and choose the most suitable solution to implement on the future state |
Assess the risks |
To assess the problems that are identified by risk assessments |
Define the change strategy |
To determine which change strategy is the most suitable to implement |
Analyze the potential value and recommend a solution |
To help with the analysis and prioritization of different design options |
Measure the solution performance |
To help stakeholders make decisions on how to measure solution performance |
Assess the solution limitations |
To define current business decisions and help to outline the changes needed to achieve business value |
Assess the enterprise limitations |
To help make decisions under conditions of uncertainty |
Recommend actions to increase the solution value |
To determine the impact of acting on any potential value or performance-related issues |
This technique provides the framework to assist a business analyst when guiding conversations related to making decisions. It is logical and comprehensive and provides clarity in complex situations.
The next technique you need to include in your preparation is decision modeling.