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:
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Task |
How is this technique applied? |
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Plan stakeholder engagement |
To map out all the stakeholders that need to be engaged and show the relationships between them |
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Plan business analysis information management |
To help identify all the different categories of business analysis information that need to be managed |
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Prepare for elicitation |
To help the team collaboratively identify the requirements sources and plan which techniques to apply during elicitation activities |
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Conduct elicitation |
To help the stakeholders generate ideas, content, and considerations in a short period of time using a visual and creative method |
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Analyze the current state |
To explore relevant aspects of the business needs in the current state |
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Define the future state |
To explore ideas for the future state and indicate relationships that might exist between ideas |
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Assess risks |
To identify potential risks and indicate the relationships that might exist between risks |
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Define the change strategy |
To help generate ideas for different change strategies |
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Define the design options |
To help identify potential design options |
Mind mapping is an effective visual tool that promotes collaboration and creative thinking. It summarizes complex topics in an easy-to-understand way. It also provides a clear link between topics and their related subtopics.
The next technique you need to include in your preparation is non-functional requirements analysis.