That's not what I wanted, An Acando master class in business analysis.

THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED!

An Acando master class in business analysis

TIM

READERLead Business

Analyst

www.acando.co.ukTel: +44 (0) 1928 796 800

Acando is a company of Programme

Managers, Project Managers and Business

Analysts focused on raising the bar for project

success.

We engage differently to create the conditions

for success so that projects achieve both

benefits and the best possible delivery.

Our customers tell us that our consultants

achieve this better than 99% of the time (and

our engagement model guarantees this).

In this master class

we look out how to

undertake effective

business analysis

from inception

through to

implementation to

ensure successful

project delivery.

How often do we

find that a project

does not deliver as

expected, or if it

does, it's only as a

result of increased

cost and time?

• Majority of errors are introduced during

requirements analysis

• Very few errors are introduced during

development

• Less than 12% of project time is allocated

to the requirements phase – bulk of time

allocated to development and testing

• Lack of alignment with business

objectives and strategy

• Poor Management of requirements

Root of Project Failure

Percentage of errors found at acceptance testing – James Martin

Relative Cost of Correction at Each Stage – Barry Boehm

So, what is

the

Solution?

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Projects cannot

live by Project

Management

alone

Less than 12% of

project

time is allocated to the

requirements phase.

The bulk of time is

allocated

to development and

testing

Are you undertaking

sufficient analysis to

ensure that the

project being proposed is

the right thing to do?

Do your Business

Analysts have the

necessary skills

and attributes to

deliver what is

required?

Does your

organisation,

And its stakeholders,

understand the value

of business analysis?

Thank you for listening…

Any Questions?