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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Identify the business analysis performance improvements |
To analyze existing processes and find opportunities for improvement when analyzing business analysis performance |
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Conduct elicitation |
To understand and analyze existing processes and find opportunities for improvement when conducting elicitation |
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Analyze the current state |
To understand and analyze existing processes and find opportunities for improvement in the current state |
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Assess the enterprise limitations |
To find possible opportunities for improvement in an enterprise |
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Recommend actions to increase the solution value |
To identify opportunities for improvement in relatable processes |
This technique is effective as it helps address issues correctly with solutions and minimize potential waste. There are many different ways of applying process analysis, which gives business analysts a lot of flexibility in how to apply this technique.
The next technique you need to include in your preparation is process modeling.