B Flashcards
behavioural business rule
A business rule that places an obligation (or prohibition) on conduct, action, practice, or procedure; a business rule whose purpose is to shape (govern) day-to-day business activity. Also known as operative rule
benchmarking
A comparison of a decision, process, service, or system’s cost, time, quality, or other metrics to those of leading peers to identify opportunities for improvement
body of knowledge
The aggregated knowledge and generally accepted practices on a topic
BPM
See business process management
brainstorming
A team activity that seeks to produce a broad or diverse set of options through the rapid and uncritical generation of ideas
business (business analysis)
See enterprise
business (business world)
An economic system where any commercial, industrial, or professional activity is performed for profit
business analysis
The practice of enabling change in the context of an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders
business analysis information
Any kind of information at any level of detail that is
used as an input to business analysis work, or as an output of business analysis work
business analysis package
A document, presentation, or other collection of text, matrices, diagrams and models, representing business analysis information
business analyst
Any person who performs business analysis, no matter their job title or organizational role. For more information, see Who is a Business Analyst? (p. 2)
business analysis approach
The set of processes, rules, guidelines, heuristics, and
activities that are used to perform business analysis in a specific context
business analysis communication plan
A description of the types of communication the business analyst will perform during business analysis, the recipients of those communications, and the form and frequency of those communications.
business analysis effort
The scope of activities a business analyst is engaged in during the life cycle of an initiative
business analysis plan
A description of the planned activities the business analyst will execute in order to perform the business analysis work involved in a specific initiative. See also requirements management plan
business architecture
The design, structure, and behaviour of the current and future states of an enterprise to provide a common understanding of the organization. It is used to align the enterprise’s strategic objectives and
tactical demands
business case
A justification for a course of action based on the benefits to be realized by using the proposed solution, as compared to the cost, effort, and other considerations to acquire and live with that solution
business domain
See domain
business decision
A decision that can be made based on strategy, executive judgment, consensus, and business rules, and that is generally made in response to events or at defined points in a business process
business goal
A state or condition that an organization is seeking to establish and maintain, usually expressed qualitatively rather than quantitatively
business need
A problem or opportunity of strategic or tactical importance to be addressed
business objective
An objective, measurable result to indicate that a business goal has been achieved
business policy
A non-practicable directive that controls and influences the actions of an enterprise
business problem
An issue of strategic or tactical importance preventing an enterprise or organization from achieving its goals
business process
An end-to-end set of activities which collectively responds to an event, and transforms information, materials, and other resources into outputs that deliver value directly to the customers of the process. It may be internal to an organization, or it may span several organizations
business process management (BPM)
A management discipline that determines how manual and automated processes are created, modified, cancelled, and governed
business process re-engineering
Rethinking and redesigning business processes
to generate improvements in performance measures
business requirement
A representation of goals, objectives and outcomes that describe why a change has been initiated and how success will be assessed
business rule
A specific, practicable, testable directive that is under the control of the business and that serves as a criterion for guiding behaviour, shaping judgments, or making decisions
