6. Strategy Analysis (pt.2)

Developing, comparing, and selecting the highest-value, feasible roadmap to guide the enterprise from the current state to the future state.

Define Change Strategy

Comparing current capabilities against future state requirements. If current capabilities can handle the need, the change is minimal or unnecessary.

Gap Analysis

Evaluates whether the organization has the cultural, operational, and financial capacity not just to build the change, but to sustain it and realize the value.

Enterprise Readiness Assessment

Interim states where the enterprise operates with partial functionality before reaching the final future state. Release planning groups requirements into these stages.

Transition States

The value/benefits sacrificed by choosing one strategy over another.

Opportunity Cost

Defines the capabilities, features, and boundaries of the product/solution delivered (BA's primary domain).

Solution Scope

Defines all the work required by the project team to build that solution—including work breakdown, schedules, and resource management (Project Manager's domain).

Project Scope

A business analyst is defining the future state for a logistics enterprise and states: "Reduce average shipment processing time by 15% across regional distribution centers by Q3." According to the BABOK® Guide, this statement is best classified as a:

Business Goal

Business Objective

Solution Scope

Business Requirement

Business Objective

During risk assessment, an organization decides to accept a certain level of uncertainty provided the initiative will not result in a net loss even if the risk event materializes. Which risk tolerance attitude does this describe?

Risk-seeking

Risk-averse

Risk-neutral

Risk-mitigating

Risk-neutral

Which task in Strategy Analysis takes Business Requirements as its primary input and produces Business Objectives, Future State Description, and Potential Value as outputs?

Analyze Current State

Define Change Strategy

Assess Risks

Define Future State

Define Future State

Name the Strategy Analysis based on input/outputs:

Core Inputs: Elicitation Results, Needs

Primary Outputs: Current State Description, Business Requirements

Analyze Current State

Name the Strategy Analysis based on input/outputs:

Core Inputs: Business Requirements

Primary Outputs: Business Objectives, Future State Description, Potential Value

Define Future State

Name the Strategy Analysis based on input/outputs:

Core Inputs: Business Objectives, Elicitation Results (confirmed), Influences, Potential Value, Requirements (prioritized)

Primary Outputs: Risk Analysis Results

Assess Risks

Name the Strategy Analysis based on input/outputs:

Core Inputs: Current State Description, Future State Description, Risk Analysis Results, Stakeholder Engagement Approach

Primary Outputs: Change Strategy, Solution Scope

Define Change Strategy