Business Analysis Planning

Business Analysis Planning

• Within business analysis, planning consists of the activities that are performed
in order to ensure that the optimal business analysis approach is selected for
the project and that:
• Stakeholders are thoroughly identified and analyzed;
• Business analysis activities and deliverables are defined and agreed to;
• Processes that will be used for validating, verifying, and approving requirements
and solutions are acceptable to key stakeholders;
• The process for proposing changes to requirements is defined and understood;
and
• Key stakeholders are aware of and support the activities and time
commitments required to complete the requirements effort.
Conduct or Refine the Stakeholder
Analysis
• A stakeholder is an individual, group, or organization who may affect, be
affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome
of a program or project.
• Stakeholder analysis is a technique used to systematically gather and analyze
quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interests should
be taken into account throughout the project.
• Stakeholder analysis is often conducted during the planning phase so that the project
team can understand the stakeholder impacts and influences on the business analysis
process as early as possible.
• Stakeholder analysis is performed iteratively and is revisited throughout the
project as new stakeholders are discovered or existing stakeholders are
determined to no longer be impacted by the proposed solution
Organizational Charts
• An organizational chart shows the internal structure of an
organization or company. The employees and positions are
represented by boxes or other shapes, sometimes including photos,
contact information, email and page links, icons and illustrations.
Types of Organizational Charts
• Hierarchical Org Chart: it gives rise to the synonym Hierarchy Chart. A
hierarchy is where one group or person is at the top, while those with
less power are beneath them, in the shape of a pyramid. With a
hierarchy, members typically communicate with the person they
report to and anyone who reports directly to them.
Types of Organizational Charts
• Matrix Org Chart: This is usually only seen when individuals have
more than one manager. For example, an organization could have a
team of graphic designers who all report to the head graphic designer.
The graphic designers are also working on other projects that are
likely headed by a separate project manager. In this case, the graphic
designers will have two managers.
Types of Organizational Charts
• Flat Org Chart: This type, sometimes referred to as a Horizontal Org
Chart, has little or no levels of middle management and typically
consists of two levels: the top administrators and the workers. In
companies like this, the workers have more responsibility and are
more directly involved in decision-making.