CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide

Task: Plan Business Analysis Governance

According to the BABOK® v3 Guide, the purpose of Plan Business Analysis Governance is as follows:

"to define how decisions are made about requirements and designs, including reviews, change control, approvals and prioritization.”

Planning what the processes are, who the decision-makers will be, and what information is required for effective decision-making around the requirement and design changes are very important in ensuring the governance business analysis activities run smoothly during the project.

Often in the real world, the planning of governance activities falls by the wayside and causes significant confusion and delay when it is time to approve requirements and designs. Change procedures are ...