Plan Business Analysis Information Management

Purpose:

The purpose of Plan Business Analysis Information Management is to develop an approach for how business analysis information will be stored and accessed.

Description:

Business analysis information is comprised of all the information business analysts elicit, create, compile, and disseminate in the course of performing business analysis. Models, scope statements, stakeholder concerns, elicitation results, requirements, designs, and solution options are just a few examples. This includes requirements and designs, from lightweight user stories to formal requirement documents to functioning prototypes.

Inputs:
  • Governance Approach
  • Stakeholder Engagement Approach
  • Elements:
    • Organization of Business Analysis Information
    • Level of Abstraction
    • Plan Traceability Approach
    • Plan for Requirements Reuse
    • Storage and Access
    • Requirements Attributes
    Guidelines and Tools:
    • Business Analysis Performance Assessment
    • Business Policies
    • Information Management Tools
    • Legal/Regulatory Information:
    Techniques:
  • Brainstorming
  • Interviews
  • Item Tracking
  • Lessons Learned
  • Mind Mapping
  • Process Modelling
  • Survey or Questionnaire
  • Workshops
  • Stakeholders:
    • Domain Subject Matter Expert
    • Regulator
    • Sponsor
    Outputs:
  • Information Management Approach
  • Knowledge Area:
  • Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring