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Business Analysis, 4th Edition
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Business Analysis, 4th Edition

by Debra Paul, James Cadle, Malcolm Eva, Craig Rollason, Jonathan Hunsley
July 2020
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
13h 46m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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8 DEFINING THE SOLUTION

INTRODUCTION

Business analysts apply gap analysis to consider how an organisation might move from a current business situation to a desired future state. The definition of the desired state may be expressed in many different ways, depending upon the organisational context and the specific problem or opportunity to be addressed. For example, any combination of the following may be available:

Analysing the gap between the current state and desired future state requires critical thinking skills and the application of relevant frameworks and techniques that ensure a holistic view is applied. Actions identified during gap analysis ...

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