Roles / Business Analyst
Business Analyst
Core Scenario
Mapping Requirements to Capabilities
Business wants customer loyalty features? Check what IT capabilities already exist before proposing solutions.
- Browse capability map to find relevant capabilities
- See which applications cover each capability
- Evaluate quality via TIME classification
- Recommend: extend existing vs build/buy new
Finding: "Capability partially covered by CRM (TIME=Invest). Gap in rewards management. Recommendation: extend CRM or integrate specialized solution."
Strategic Planning
Gap Analysis for New Initiatives
Launching B2B marketplace? Identify which IT capabilities are missing and need to be built or acquired.
- Define required capabilities for new initiative
- Check coverage in current landscape
- Classify: covered (green), partial (yellow), gap (red)
- Recommend build vs buy vs partner for gaps
Gap Analysis: "15 capabilities needed: 8 covered, 4 partial, 3 gaps (B2B Pricing, Marketplace Ops, Seller Onboarding)."
Value Proposition
Building Business Cases
Three CRM systems in the company? Build a consolidation business case with real data on overlap and potential savings.
- Find all apps covering a specific capability
- Gather TCO, user count, capabilities per app
- Identify functionality overlap
- Calculate consolidation savings
Business Case: Duplicate applications identified with TCO and feature overlap percentages. Consolidation savings calculated with integration complexity reduction.
Project Planning
Stakeholder Analysis
Major transformation starting? Identify all business stakeholders based on affected capabilities and applications.
- Define project scope: affected applications
- Find owners, sponsors, users per app
- Identify capability owners in business
- Create stakeholder map with communication needs
Stakeholder Map: "5 app owners, 3 capability sponsors, 2 business unit heads. Communication plan created."
Audit & Compliance
Requirements Traceability
Auditors asking how business requirements are implemented? Show the complete trace from capability to IT implementation.
- Start from business capability
- Show implementing applications
- Display integrations and data objects
- Export traceability matrix
Traceability: "Business Requirement 'Customer 360' → CRM + CDP apps → 5 integrations → unified customer data object."
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