Contemporary Issues in Business Analysis

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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Body.................................................................................................................................................3
Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring...................................................................................3
Elicitation and Collaboration...........................................................................................................5
Requirement Life Cycle Management.............................................................................................6
Strategy analysis..............................................................................................................................8
Requirement Analysis and Design Definition...............................................................................10
Solution evaluation........................................................................................................................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
Reference list.................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Bringing change in an existing product due to some inherent issues calls for strategic evaluation
of gap between the product offered and the expectation of the consumer. In this assignment, the
student has assumed the role of an experienced business analyst, who is assigned the task of
facilitating the customisation of an ILS module, which due to the lack of collective barcoding
facilities has been sent to the vendor for customisation, by the library. This study avails an
abstract level view of the activities that need to be performed according to the six knowledge
area of business analysis prescribed by BABOK.
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Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Tasks that business analysts need to undertake to identify the future steps of the process of
analysis are identified here. The analyst identifies measures to organise and coordinate between
the efforts of different stakeholders and the business analyst to ensure that they lead to desired
outcomes (Carnall 2018). This knowledge area involves the following tasks:
Planning the approach to business analysis
This task involves gathering information on the level and target area of the business analysis
(Alvarez-Dionisi, Turner & Mittra 2016). Based on the acquired information requirements are to
be prioritised through communication with stakeholders.
Planning the level and manner of stakeholder engagement

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Applying stakeholder mapping in this task the analyst can identify the relevant stakeholders
(Carroll, Brown & Buchholtz 2017). While the primary stakeholders, in this case, are the library
staffs, members, owners and the programme developers the stakeholder analysis and stakeholder
mapping would help in identifying the most relevant one for this analysis.
Planning activities
In this task, the deliverables of the analysis, such as the specific features to be added to the ILS
module, need to be identified along with the scope for the analysis and work estimation is to be
developed.
Planning, monitoring and reporting performance
Different levels of achievement are to be recorded along with the risks based on which corrective
actions would be taken (Hailes 2014). Based on the feedback from the relevant stakeholders a
plan is to be generated to manage the targeted change in the ILS module.
Planning management of requirements
The entire process of customisation of ILS module would involve a number of requirements
seeking prioritisation based on their urgency and relevance. Different attributes of these
requirements would also be marked for the ease of monitoring.
The competencies and tools required
The core competencies would include subject matter knowledge on ILS development and
business analysis, while the skills concerning software development, project management,
quality evaluation and business analysis would also be essential for planning process
(Bobkowska 2016). Process modelling tool is to be used for completion of this area to find the