Introductory Presentation

1. JOHNSON, SOLOMON &
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Business Management Analysts

2. Some Firms Build Systems.
We Help Achieve Business Goals!
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3. Business Requirements are derived with
a focus on the Business Perspective
• Documentation is in Business language
• Business Goals, Strategy and Vision for the Project is
documented
• Business Processes which "Surround" the Project are
documented
• Business Rules related to the Business Process are documented
• Scope of the Project is defined with respect to Business Processes
and Rules

4. Holistic approach to reengineer Business
Processes to fulfill the Business Needs
• Focus on reduction of Exceptions within the Business Processes
• Simplification of Business Rules to eliminate, redundancy and
overlap
• Business Process reengineering with a focus on the overall process
• Revise Business Goals, Strategy and Vision
• Revise Project Scope
• "Sign Offs" pertain to the Business Requirements

5. Don't put IT in a position to fail
• Early involvement of IT
• Implementation-Team skill assessment
• Structured documentation to meet the implementation
team needs

6. Assurance of meeting Business
Requirements
• Monitor, Measure and Trace the System against the
Business Requirements
• Accurate measurement of Scope and Effect to Business
Requirement changes
• Only well understood Requirements are handed off for
implementation
• Simplified Requirements Management