Business Analysis & Requirements Planning

Activity Sub-processes Deliverables

Analyze stakeholders Identify project roles Responsibility assignment
Helps clarify roles, Assist in identifying stakeholders to fulfill roles matrix, such as RACI
responsibilities and Categorize stakeholders Stakeholder influence
influence Analyze stakeholder influence matrix
Plan appropriate Choose project life cycle (ex. waterfall or agile) Project phase plan
approach to BA and likely project phases Traceability structure,
Determines the Determine appropriate requirements process such as a traceability
requirements process for each project phase matrix
and the phasing of Structure requirements traceability List of requirements
business analysis Determine how requirements will be prioritized attributes
Prioritization plan
Determine scope of Identify deliverables that will be produced as WBS including the
BA project phase part of business analysis deliverables that will be
Identifies deliverables Decompose the deliverables part of business analysis
upon which the WBS Create a business analysis Work Breakdown Scope baseline for
and scope of work are Structure (WBS) business analysis
determined Determine which facts about the requirements
(attributes) will be captured
Obtain approval
Create a baseline for business analysis
Estimate effort of Determine tasks needed to produce Activity list
producing the BA deliverables Estimates
deliverables Estimate effort to complete tasks Resource allocation list
Establishes duration Assist in determining resources Schedule baseline for
and effort of Identify dependencies business analysis
requirements work Assist in scheduling
Obtain approval
Plan the BA Determine types of communication required, Communication plan for
communication frequency of distribution and updates, content, business analysis
Plans communication media, and stakeholders involved, Requirements package
among stakeholders Create requirements package structure structure
and
assesses/recommends
format, amount and
structure of
requirements
Analyze risk Identify risks to completing BA project phase Risk Management Plan for
Analyzes nature of Identify risks to defined requirements of end requirements and business
requirements risks and product or service analysis activities
develops response Quantify risks (probability and impact)
Facilitate development of responses to
identified risks
Set metrics for Assist in identifying metrics and performance Metrics and performance
determining success baselines that will be used in measuring measures
of BA project phase the work completed during business analysis
Defines performance the quality of the requirements package
measures