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scenario and draw inferences. While this has origins in the industry, it is now
being used extensively in social sciences also.
9. Business analysis—Business analysis originated in the IT (Information
Technology) field. Originally, it began with comparing an ERP product with
the requirements of the business processes of an organization to identify the
gaps between both, so that the product could be customized to suit the orga-
nization. But, it has expanded beyond the original usage to encompass all the
activities in the software development life cycle prior to software design. It now
includes the feasibility study to ascertain if a new system is viable, compiling
the business requirements, and preparing the requirements specification docu-
ment. Validation of the end product against the approved requirements has also
come under the umbrella of business analysis. While feasibility study and
validation of the end product are out of scope for this topic, we discuss business
analysis role in finalizing requirements in the following sections/chapters.
Summarizing the above discussion, analysis gives us insight into a situation and
allows us to draw inferences for taking further steps in the implementation of the
solution.
4.2 Analysis of the Information Collected in the Elicitation
and Gathering
We carry out the following analysis activities on the information obtained through
elicitation and gathering.
1. Enumerate all the requirements
2. Verify each requirement for completeness
3. Evaluate each requirement for its feasibility
a. Technical
b. Financial
c. Timeline
4. Bifurcate requirements into
a. Core functionality requirements
b. Ancillary functionality requirements
5. Group core functionality requirements together into logical groups
6. Group ancillary functionality requirements into their logical groups
7. Identify requirements that are duplicated
8. Identify requirements that are contradictory to each other
9. Identify system interfaces
10. Identify stakeholders for each requirement
a. Primary stakeholder
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