Business Analysis Approaches

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Plan Driven Approach:

Focus on maximizing control and minimizing risks

Ensures that the solution is fully developed before implementation

Most of the BA work occurs at the beginning of the project or any specific phase

Calls for significant amount of formality and detail

Requirements are captured in detailed and formal set of documents

Ensures that changes only occur when they are absolutely necessary and can be clearly justified; each change is a mini project in itself with complete elicitation of requirements, design and implementation. change requirements impact both the solution scope and the project scope.

relies on formal communication methods; needs signatory approvals and archived as part of project history

Preferred in situations where the risk of incorrect implementation is unacceptably high and managing stakeholder interaction pose significant challenges

Examples: waterfall method and business process re-engineering initiatives

Change Driven Approach:

Focus on rapid delivery of business value

To achieve this goal, they accept high degree of risk regarding the overall delivery of the project

incrementally develops the components of the project

Examples: agile method and continuous improvement methods

requirements are prioritized and reprioritized throughout the project

Focus more on frequency of communication than on formal documentation