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Plan Business Analysis Governance

Purpose:

  • Define decision-making processes.

Description:

  • Establish clarity in approvals and prioritization.

Components:

  • Approach and Prioritization:

    • Determine work priorities.

  • Change Proposal Process:

    • Outline change procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Change Proposers:

    • Identify change initiators.

  • Change Analysts:

    • Analyze requests.

  • Change Approvers:

    • Approve changes.

Documentation and Communication:

  • Record and share changes.

Inputs

  • Business Analysis Approach

    • Incorporation: Integrate business analysis for consistency.

  • Stakeholder Engagement Approach

    • Identification: Identify stakeholders and their needs.

    • Participation: Determine stakeholder involvement.

    • Adaptation: Update engagement approach as governance progresses.

Elements

  1. Decision Making

    • Roles: Stakeholders as decision-makers or experts.

  2. Change Control Process

    • Request Process: Define change procedures.

    • Change Request Components: Specify necessary information.

    • Prioritization: Establish priority based on objectives.

    • Documentation and Communication: Determine standards for sharing changes.

    • Impact Analysis: Identify parties for analyzing impacts.

  3. Plan Prioritization Approach

    • Factors Influencing Prioritization: Timelines, value, dependencies, and resources.

    • Process Determination: Define formality, participants, techniques, and criteria.

    • Stakeholder Involvement: Specify roles.

  4. Plan for Approvals

    • Approval Formalization: Ensure stakeholder agreement.

    • Timing and Frequency: Consider size, complexity, and risks.

    • Approval Process Planning: Determine type, timing, process, and approvers.

    • Adaptation to Organizational Culture: Tailor process to fit norms.

    • Efficiency Considerations: Account for stakeholder availability.

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Guidelines and Tools

  • Business Analysis Performance Assessment: Previous assessments inform planning.

  • Business Policies: Define decision-making limits.

  • Current State Description: Contextual info for better decisions.

  • Legal/Regulatory Information: Rules for sound decision-making.

Techniques

  • Brainstorming: Generate stakeholder names.

  • Document Analysis: Evaluate existing processes.

  • Interviews: Identify decision-making approaches.

  • Item Tracking: Monitor issues during planning.

  • Lessons Learned: Use past experiences for insights.

  • Organizational Modeling: Understand roles for governance.

  • Process Modeling: Document governance methods.

  • Reviews: Review plans with stakeholders.

  • Survey or Questionnaire: Identify approaches and participants.

  • Workshops: Identify approaches within teams.

Stakeholders:

  • Domain Subject Matter Expert: Source of change requests; vital for discussions.

  • Project Manager: Ensures alignment of project and business analysis governance.

  • Regulator: Imposes regulations; initiates changes.

  • Sponsor: Sets requirements, approves changes.

Outputs:

  • Governance Approach: Assigns decision-making roles, defines change processes.

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