VANCOUVER Chapter Study Group

BABOK Chapter 7 – Solution Assessment & Validation

February 24, 2016

Hossam Saleh, CBAP

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Chapter 7 – Context

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Chapter 7 – Solution Assessment & Validation

Tasks

1. Assess Proposed Solution

2. Allocate Requirements

3. Assess Organizational Readiness

4. Define Transition Requirements

5. Validate Solution

6. Evaluate Solution Performance

PART VP

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Solution Assessment & Validation Input and Output Diagram

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• What role do BAs play in your organization for solution assessment and validation?

• How do you define transition requirements and assess organizational readiness?

• What measurements do you put in place to measure the solution’s performance?

• When do project performance measured in your organization? Who measures?

Intro (1/2)

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• Solution Assessment Definition

• Description of the tasks that are performed:

• to ensure solutions meet the business need, and

• to facilitate their successful implementation.

• Where does this fit in the project lifecycle: water fall vs. agile?

Intro (2/2)

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7.1 Assess Proposed Solution

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7.1 Assess Propose Solution

Elements

• Ranking of solution options

• Complex decision: scoring system

• Identification of additional potential capabilities

Stakeholders

• Domain SME

• Implementation SME

• Operational support

• Project manager

• Sponsor

Techniques

• Acceptance and evaluation criteria

• Decision analysis

• Vendor Assessment

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7.2 Allocate Requirements

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7.2 Allocate Requirements

Elements• Solution Components

• Available resources

• Constraints on solution

• Dependencies between requirements

• Release Planning

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7.2 Allocate Requirements

• Acceptance and evaluation criteria

• Business rule analysis

• Decision analysis

• Functional decomposition

• Process modeling

• Scenarios and use cases

• Vendor Assessment

Stakeholders

• Customers and suppliers

• Domain SME

• End user

• Implementation SME

• Operational support

• Project manager

• Tester

• Sponsor

Techniques

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7.3 Assess Organization Readiness

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7.3 Assess Organization Readiness

Elements

• Cultural Assessment

• Operational or Technical Assessment

• Stakeholder Impact Analysis

• Functions

• Locations

• Tasks

• Concerns

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7.3 Assess Organization Readiness

• General Techniques

- Acceptance and evaluation criteria

- Data flow diagrams, Process modeling

- Focus groups, Interviews, Survey/Questionnaire

- Organizational modeling

- Problem tracking

- Risk analysis

- SWOT analysis

• Force field Analysis

Stakeholders

• Customers and suppliers

• Domain SME

• End user

• Implementation SME

• Operational support

• Project manager

• Tester

• Sponsor

Techniques

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7.4 Define Transition Requirements

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7.4 Define Transition Requirements

Elements

• Data

• Ongoing Work

• Organizational Change

Stakeholders

• Customers

• Domain SME

• End user

• Implementation SME

• Operational support

• Project manager

• Regulator

• Tester

• Sponsor

Techniques

• Business rule analysis

• Data flow diagram

• Process modeling

• Organization modeling

• Data modeling

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7.5 Validate Solution

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7.5 Validate Solution

Elements

• Investigate Defective Solution Outputs

• Assess Defects and Issues

Stakeholders

• Domain SME

• End user

• Implementation SME

• Operational support

• Project manager

• Tester

• Regulator

• Sponsor

Techniques

• Acceptance and evaluation criteria

• Problem tracking

• Root cause analysis

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7.6 Evaluate Solution Performance

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7.6 Evaluate Solution Performance Elements

• Understand Value Delivered by Solution

• Validate Solution Metrics

• Solution Replacement Elimination • Ongoing cost vs. initial investment

• Opportunity cost

• Necessity

• Sunk Cost

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7.6 Evaluate Solution Performance

Stakeholders

• Customer

• Domain SME

• Supplier

• End user

• Operational support

• Regulator

• Sponsor

Techniques

• Decision analysis

• Focus groups

• Observation

• Survey/Questionnaire

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Next Session – Wednesday, March 30 2016Chapter 8 – Underlying Competencies

Chapter 9 – Techniques

D’Arcy Nolan, CBAP

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Chapter 7 – Requirements Analysis

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