Business Analysis - Planning and Monitor (BAP&M)

In a large scale business analysis effort, the BA not only has to perform the role of elicitation and documentation, but must effectively plan out the Business Analysis activity including a broad range of responsibilities:

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, which is a foundational knowledge area of Business Analysis, consists of:

- Planning a Business Analysis Approach that will work for the given project

- Conduct Stakeholder Analysis (internally) to determine which stakeholders will have what level of influence and what their interests, objections may be - this is to plan for a successful endeavor since knowing the people and players involved will ultimately make or break a project.

- Plan business analysis activities - simple things like who to interview, when, how, and how to log the information, etc.

- Plan business analysis communication

- Plan the requirements management process - where are the requirements going to be logged, shared, changed and what is the process?

- Manage business analysis performance.