Business Analyst Solutions Framework
The BAS Analysis Framework contains a set of template deliverables that a Business Analyst would complete through the life of a typical project.
The intended audience for these templates are Business Analysts, Project Managers and other change management professionals. The templates are not intended to replace any document standards that you might currently have within your organisation. The documents have two specific purposes:
- To be used as a starting point for change professionals new to the role who lack guidance, or are working in organisations without any well defined standards
- For change professionals working in organisations with existing standards who might want to improve, challenge or verify their existing documentation
These templates are available free of charge by request. Each template contains short guidance notes on how to complete each section.
If you have not attended one of our Fundamentals of Business Analysis training courses, you may not fully understand some references in the templates but this should not prevent you using them.
Attendees of our Fundamentals of Business Analysis training course receive electronic copies of these templates as well as fully completed examples of some of the documents relating to the case study covered on the course.
Please be aware that some of the document content is repeated in different deliverables. Through the life of a project, the majority of information will be maintained within the different ‘logs’ and when a project reaches a significant milestone (such as completion of high-level requirements), information from the logs will be pulled together into a meaningful deliverable for sign-off by relevant stakeholders.
Where content is replicated in different deliverables, this is to ensure that all relevant information is presented in a single document. One example is the high-level requirements and the detailed requirements documents - both contain a scope section and a non-functional requirements section. This is to ensure that the reader of any one document is always presented with all relevant information (especially if they have not been involved in earlier project stages). You should however exercise discretion at all times and consider the needs of your particular project before replicating such information.
If you really want to find out how to go about completing a successful piece of analysis then you should consider attending one of our Fundamentals of Business Analysis courses.
We have applied a number of criteria in developing the Framework:
1. Easy to use
2. Method or approach independent
3. Flexible for different types and size of project
4. Considers the fact that some organisations may also use CASE tools or Requirements Capture tools to document their requirements
5. Useable in IT based and non-IT based business change projects
6. Small set of recognisable deliverables
7. Starts from ‘Feasibility Study’ but does not currently cover ‘strategic analysis’ deliverables
8. Only currently covers deliverables that you would expect a Business Analyst to produce or have a significant input to during the project lifecycle
The Framework currently contains the following templates:
- Project Mandate document
- Feasibility Study document
- Project Definition (or Initiation) Document
- Business Case Spreadsheet
- Business Implementation/Impact Document
- High-Level Requirements Document
- Detailed Requirements Document
- Data Model
- Process Description Document
- User Acceptance Test Script
- Risk Log
- Issues Log
- Dependency Log
- Objectives Log
- Constraints Log
If you would like a copy of any of these documents please e-mail Peter@ba-solutions.co.uk and you will be sent them by return, free of charge. Please specify in your email, your role and why you require the templates. Due to disingenuous behaviour we are only able to supply templates to corporate email addresses.
If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions for improvement to these documents please email FrameworkFeedback@BA-Solutions.co.uk