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Perspectives
The Information Technology Perspective
• a COTS representative who will allow for customized implementations of a
packaged solution, and leverage the knowledge of the vendor's package
and past implementation experience.
.4 Business Analysis Outcomes
Within an IT initiative, a business analyst may consider business processes
impacted by the change, as well as the data and business intelligence information
collected by the system. Business analysts working in the initiative thoroughly
plan the business analysis effort and the deliverables that support the change
effort.
The change approach being utilized has a direct impact on business analysis
deliverables or outcomes. Many organizations have a defined system or solution
development methodology which, to some extent, dictates the deliverables which
are required at each project milestone. Even within the context of this structure
the business analyst may seek to complete additional deliverables beyond those
required by the change approach or organization specific process, and employ
techniques which support the comprehensive understanding of the change effort
needed.
Business analysts working in the IT discipline are responsible for delivering any of
the following:
• defined, complete, testable, prioritized, and verified requirements,
• analysis of alternatives,
• business rules,
• gap analysis,
• functional decomposition,
• use cases and scenarios, and/or user stories as appropriate,
• interface analysis,
• prototypes,
• process analysis,
•process models,
• state models,
• decision models,
• context models or scope models, and
• data models.
Additional deliverables not included in the above list but relating to any of the
outputs of business analysis techniques used may also be considered deliverables
of the business analyst.
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