Communicating Business Analysis Information to Stakeholders

The communication of business analysis information to stakeholders must be bi-directional, iterative and understandable.

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Throughout the “Elicitation and Collaboration” stage, one of the Business Analyst main duties is to maintain continuous communication. For this, the “Communicate Business Analysis Information” task, formatted by the BABOK® Guide version 3, requires a bi-directional and iterative process of conducting information to stakeholders in order to obtain a common understanding of the requirements needed to achieve a solution.

The Communicate Business Analysis Information task involves:

1. Determine Objectives: Define what reason to prepare the Business analysis information. Example:
   • communicate about requirements and designs to stakeholders,
   • estimate quality and planning,
   • evaluate alternatives,
   • require formal reviews and approvals,
   • define inputs to solution design,
   • maintain contractual and regulatory obligations and
   • support reuse.
2. Select the Format of Communication: A package may be developed to communicate information clearly and in a usable format for continuing change activities. The package format may comprise:
   • Formal Documentation: based templates used by…