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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."
Capabilities
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)."
Applications
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.
Dashboard
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."
Organizations
Architecture Transparency

Requirements Traceability

Need to show how business requirements map to IT implementations? Trace from capability to application to integration.

  • 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."
Data Objects

Works Closely With

EA

Enterprise Architect

  • Capability mapping
  • Gap analysis
  • Solution options
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CTO

CTO / Head of IT

  • Business case approval
  • Budget allocation
  • Priority decisions
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PM

Project Manager

  • Requirements handoff
  • Scope definition
  • Stakeholder management
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