Chapter 11
Creating Your Work Plan
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding the importance of business analysis planning
Examining the key components of a business analysis work plan
Knowing how the people, project characteristics, and project impact your plan
Working with a project manager and dealing with unforeseen changes
You may think the mandate “make a work plan” is part of the project manager’s (PM’s) role because the PM is responsible for the overall plan of the entire project. But as the one involved with business analysis on the project (whom we refer to as the business analyst [BA]), you’re responsible not only for making sure that your activities — eliciting, analyzing, and communicating the requirements — are strategic and fit together in a detailed plan of their own but also for working with the PM to ensure that your efforts fit it into the overall project plan.
Planning, like other business analysis tasks, is a team event. You shouldn’t sit in a room alone, think through ...
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