Requirements can be described as a condition or capability a customer needs to solve a problem or

achieve an objective.

Business Requirements are higher-level statements of the goals, objectives, or needs of the
enterprise. They describe such things the reasons why a project is initiated, the things that the project
will achieve, and the metrics which will be used to measure its success.

User Requirements are statements of the needs of a particular stakeholder or class of stakeholders.
They describe the needs that a given stakeholder has and how that stakeholder will interact with a
solution.

Functional Requirements describe the behaviour and information that the solution will manage.
They describe capabilities the system will be able to perform in terms of behaviours or operations – a
specific system action or response

The Enterprise Analysis Knowledge Area consists of the collection of pre-project activities for
capturing the future view of the business to provide context to project requirements elicitation and
solution design for a given initiative and/or for long-term planning.

Conducting a feasibility study

A feasibility study may address either a business problem to be resolved, or a business opportunity to
be seized. The main purpose of the study is to ascertain the likelihood of each potential solution
alternative’s probability of satisfying the business need in terms of economic, operational and
technical feasibility. The outcome of the feasibility study is a recommended solution option to be
further defined in a business case.

Determining Project Scope

Once the business solution has been identified, it must be further defined. The purpose of this task is to
define the project to conceptualize and design the recommended solution in enough detail to build a
business case, conduct an initial analysis of the risks and propose a new project to the portfolio
management governance group.

Preparing the Business Case

The Business Case will ultimately be submitted to management as a basis to determine whether further
investment in the project is warranted, i.e., funding for project initiation, planning and requirements
elicitation, analysis and documentation. It is common business practice to require the discipline of
Business Case development for large-scale initiatives.

Conducting the Initial Risk Assessment

Preparing the decision package

The purpose of this activity is to provide an actionable set of information regarding the proposed new
project to the organizational decision makers.

Selecting and Prioritizing Projects

After the decision package is complete, it is used by the sponsor of the proposed project
to present the proposal to the portfolio management governance group.
Launching New Projects
Once a project has been approved, a project charter is prepared and a project manager is assigned. The
Business Analyst collaborates with the project manager throughout the project initiation and planning
process. It is at this point that the Business Analyst will begin to plan the requirements elicitation,
analysis and documentation activities.