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Unit 2: Business Analysis
Planning, Scope and Vision
Step 2: Business Analysis Planning, Scope & Vision
1 2
BA
Basics of Requirements Planning,
Scope,
and Vision
Develop
3
BRD &
Validate Enterprise
Sol. Analysis
6
Req
Elicitation
Req Analysis 4
5 & Mgmnt
Business Analysis
Planning
Requirements
Business Requirements
Communication
Analysis Plan Management Plan
Plan
Requirements Solution
Requirements
Elicitation Assessment &
Analysis Activities
Activities Validation Activities
Efficiencies gained in
business analysis Keeps you organized
planning
Increased
More accurate probability of
estimates project success
A RAID log is one of the easiest and most effective tools you
can create for your project.
It is a good idea to create a RAID log at the start of each project
so you can track anything impacting you now or in the future.
Keep your log up-to-date through weekly reviews and team
meetings.
A RAID log covers 4 elements
Risks
Actions
Issues
Decisions
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Cost Benefit Analysis
A mission statement
is a statement of the core
purpose, identity, values
and principle business
aim of company,
organization or person,
its reason for existing.
"Why do we exist?
Mission:
To provide the fast food customer
food prepared in the same high-
quality manner world-wide that has
consistent taste, serving time, and
price in a low-key dcor and friendly
atmosphere.
Distinction:
Contribution: Key Market:
Delivered consistently
Tasty and reasonably- The fast food
(world-wide) in a low-key
priced food prepared in a customer world-
dcor and friendly
high-quality manner wide
atmosphere.
Mission:
To provide economy and quality minded
travelers with a premier, moderate priced
lodging facility which is consistently
perceived as clean, comfortable, well-
maintained, and attractive, staffed by
friendly, attentive and efficient people"
Distinction:
Contribution: Key Market:
Consistently perceived as clean,
Moderate priced Economy and
comfortable, well-maintained,
lodging quality minded
and attractive, staffed by friendly,
travelers
attentive and efficient people
where you want to be. HOW you will get to where you
Communicates both the purpose want to be. Defines the purpose
and values of your business and primary objectives.
Answers
Stakeholders
can be business
and project
sponsors,
technical leads,
users, CXOs etc.
What should
be in a solution
and what
should not be? Solution Scope
Project Scope
Solution Scope
The project scope is the
work performed to
Applicability restricted deliver a product, service,
only to a business or result with the specified
solution features and functions
01 02
Tabulate what
Mention salient
to be included
success factors
and excluded
03
Draw clear
boundaries of
existing and
proposed
systems
Effort/Scope Schedule
Cost
Schedule Overruns
Overruns
Overruns
Keep stakeholders
engaged for any change Scope Creeps can be
and set up a change Creepy It may be
management process in avoided but can
the early phases of certainly be managed!
project and agree with
client for SLAs.
Assumptions,
Target State: To-BE
Dependencies and Associated Risks
Model
Constraints
If You focus on Results , you will never Change. If you focus on Change, you will get Results!
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Pictures Speak a Thousand Words
1
PURPOSE
Are intended to assert business structure or to control or influence
the behaviour of the business.
2
Are rules that exist in the business regardless of whether or not
there is a new solution coming into existence.
Business Rules
Business Requirement
Will
Is this the implementing
ONLY feasible the
requirement to requirement
enable mean all the
compliance rules will be
with this set of complied
rules? with?
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Dealing with Risk
What is Risk?
RISK:
Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or
negative effect on at least one project objective, such as time, cost,
scope, or quality.
Risk vs. Uncertainty
RISK UNCERTAINTY
Known Unknown Unknown Unknown
Uncertainty
Risk
Example:
The probability that
their flight will arrive
several hours late
Example:
All risks are
You were late because a
uncertain, but not meteorite demolishes
all uncertainties your car an hour before
are risks. you planned to leave for
the airport
Managing Risk
A risk may have one or more causes, and, if it occurs, one or more impacts
Opportunities Threats
Assumptions
Sources
of Risk
Constraints Dependencies
6 3 1
PROBABILITY
Medium
8 5 2
Low
9 7 4
Low Medium High
IMPACT
Transfer
Avoid
Mitigate
Accept
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Risk Response Strategies For Threats
Exploit
Share
Enhance
Accept
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Risk Response Strategies For Threats
Two Opportunities
Two Threats
Identify all four type of responses for
these risks and present to your group
15 minutes
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&
Thank You
For Your
Attention