GROUP 2

OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS

Defining operational analysis, it is the systematic examination of a tactic or other

military procedure usually by mathematical and statistical methods to determine its efficiency

and to devise or indicate possible improvements. The operational analysis tasks involve

gathering the detailed information regarding the business or operational processes the software

product is intended to facilitate. Characteristics of the business or operational processes should

be traced to stakeholder needs. The operational environment should be identified in terms of

the facilities, systems, equipment, data networks, etc. within which the software product will

execute. This operational analysis should be described from the perspective of the software

product and address its role, functions, and interactions with external systems, personnel, and

resource providers.

Operational analysis is concerned with extracting information from a working system that

is used to develop projections about the system's future operations. Additionally, this modeling

method can be used by the other three modeling techniques to derive meaningful information

that can be fed into their analysis processes or used to verify or validate their analysis operations.

Thorough operational analysis ought to address a few principal questions in its effort to ascertain

if operations are efficiently meeting strategic planning. The first key area to be considered is

whether financial and resource investment is delivering planned output to the optimum consumer

base.

Operational analysis deals with the measurement and evaluation of an actual system in

operation. Measurement is concerned with instrumenting the system to extract the information.
 Operational analysis will also look closely at whether the current level of financial and

resource investment is sufficient to meet strategic goals. This process will look at how other

similar businesses are accomplishing this work and determine if the company is working in the

best, most cost-efficient way. Operational analysis can recommend areas where investment could

be reallocated or streamlined, as well as areas of production that could use additional resources.

In addition, an operational analysis will assess if there are better or lower-cost ways of meeting

customer needs, aligning with company strategies, and achieving such benefits. This also entails

looking closely at operations to determine if any financial or resource investments could be

combined with others to more effectively meet strategic and organizational goals. In some cases,

technology or other methods could be utilized to meet strategic goals more efficiently or at lower

cost.