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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Chapter 7 – Requirements Analysis
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