Task

The reason this technique is used

Plan the business analysis approach

To review any existing organizational documents that might be useful when defining the business analysis approach

Plan stakeholder engagement

To review any existing organizational documents that might be useful when defining the stakeholder engagement plan

Plan business analysis governance

To review any existing organizational documents that might be useful when defining the governance aspects of business analysis activities

Prepare for elicitation

To identify and consider some sources of relevant documents and information to support elicitation activities

Conduct elicitation

To analyze sources of relevant documents and information to support elicitation activities

Confirm the elicitation results

To confirm the elicitation results by comparing them to the source information (where available)

Maintain the requirements

To analyze existing documents and sources of information that can be used to maintain or reuse requirements in the future

Assess the requirement changes

To analyze existing documents and sources of information that could help analyze the impact of change

Analyze the current state

To analyze existing documents and sources of information that could assist in the understanding and definition of the current state

Assess the risks

To analyze existing documents and sources of information that could help identify potential risks, assumptions, constraints, or dependencies of the requirements.

Validate the requirements

To refer to and validate requirements by comparing them to existing documents and sources of information that define the business needs

Define the design options

To find the information required to assist in the definition of design options (or similar elements)

Assess the enterprise limitations

To analyze existing documents and sources of information that could help provide insight into the company culture, operations, and structure