When should you apply this technique?

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.

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