IIBA Key Terms

Published 1 Year ago. business-analysis iiba

Business Analysis

defines business analysis as the practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.

Business Analysis Information

Business analysis information refers to the broad and diverse sets of information
that business analysts analyse, transform, and report.

It is important to note that this does not refer to only BA information but is applicable to all information.

Design

A design is a usable representation of a solution. Design focuses on understanding how value might be realized by a solution if it is built.

Enterprise

An enterprise is a system of one or more organizations and the solutions they use
to pursue a shared set of common goals.

Enterprise Capability/Solutions

processes, tools or information used by a enterprise. Often what a BA is working to develop.

Enterprise Boundaries

enterprise boundaries can be defined relative to the change and need not be constrained by the boundaries of a legal entity, organization, or organizational unit.

Organisation

An autonomous group of people under the management of a single individual or
board, that works towards common goals and objectives

Varies from enterprise with clearer boundaries, operate on a continuous basis. An organisations work will not be complete. The project team however will dissolve once the organisation has there software.

Plan

A plan is a proposal for doing or achieving something. Plans describe a set of events, the dependencies among the events, the expected sequence, the schedule, the results or outcomes, the materials and resources needed, and the stakeholders involved

Requirement

A requirement is a usable representation of a need.

Risk

Risk is the effect of uncertainty on the value of a change, a solution, or the
enterprise.

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