business-analysis

PROACTIVELY use when coordinating multiple business analysis techniques. Orchestrates multi-technique business analysis workflows. Coordinates 14 BABOK techniques including strategic analysis, problem solving, planning, and design into comprehensive analysis packages.

PROACTIVELY use for business capability analysis. Discovers and models business capabilities using BABOK techniques. Creates hierarchical L1-L3 capability maps with strategic classification, maturity assessment, and Mermaid visualization.

PROACTIVELY use when creating Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), data dictionaries, or data models. Designs conceptual, logical, and physical data structures with proper cardinality and constraints.

PROACTIVELY use for journey mapping and experience analysis. Facilitates user and customer journey mapping to understand experiences, identify pain points, and discover improvement opportunities. Creates journey maps with emotional curves and touchpoint analysis.

PROACTIVELY use when diagnosing problems or identifying root causes. Applies Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams and 5 Whys technique to systematically identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.

PROACTIVELY use when creating process diagrams, workflow documentation, or BPMN models. Generates process flows with activities, gateways, events, and swimlanes using Mermaid notation.

PROACTIVELY use for stakeholder analysis and engagement planning. Facilitates stakeholder identification, analysis, and engagement planning. Creates Power/Interest matrices, RACI charts, and communication plans through structured workshop facilitation.

PROACTIVELY use when performing strategic environmental analysis. Conducts SWOT, PESTLE, and Porter's Five Forces analysis. Creates structured strategic assessments with competitive positioning and environmental scanning.

PROACTIVELY use for value stream analysis. Analyzes value streams using Lean principles to identify waste, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities. Creates current/future state maps with flow efficiency metrics.

Multi-technique business analysis orchestration using BABOK. Coordinates 14 techniques across strategic analysis, problem solving, planning, and design into comprehensive analysis packages.

Benchmarking and competitive analysis techniques. Compares performance, processes, and practices against industry standards, competitors, and best-in-class organizations.

Business model design using Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas. Creates 9-block canvases with structured analysis for business model innovation and startup validation.

Business capability modeling using BABOK Business Capability Analysis. Creates hierarchical capability maps (L1-L3) linking strategy to architecture with Mermaid visualization.

Data modeling with Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), data dictionaries, and conceptual/logical/physical models. Documents data structures, relationships, and attributes.

Decision modeling using decision tables, weighted scoring matrices, and decision trees. Structures complex decisions with clear criteria, alternatives evaluation, and outcome prediction.

Design Thinking methodology for human-centered innovation. Covers the 5-phase IDEO/Stanford d.school approach (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test) with workshop facilitation and exercise templates.

Estimation techniques including analogous, parametric, three-point, and expert judgment methods. Provides effort, cost, duration, and complexity estimates for projects, features, and tasks.

User and customer journey mapping for experience analysis. Creates journey maps with touchpoints, emotions, pain points, and opportunity identification.

Prioritization techniques including MoSCoW, Kano model, weighted scoring, and value-effort matrices. Ranks requirements, features, backlog items, and investment decisions.

Process modeling using BPMN notation and flowchart patterns. Creates process diagrams with activities, gateways, events, swimlanes, and decision points for workflow documentation.

Risk analysis using risk registers, probability/impact matrices, and mitigation planning. Identifies, assesses, and manages project, business, and technical risks with structured response strategies.

Create or update a risk register with identification, assessment, and mitigation planning. Supports project, business, and technical risks.

Problem solving using Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams and 5 Whys technique. Identifies root causes systematically and recommends corrective actions.

Stakeholder identification, analysis, and management using BABOK techniques. Creates Power/Interest matrices, RACI charts, and communication plans.

Strategic environmental analysis using SWOT, PESTLE, and Porter's Five Forces. Creates structured assessments with Mermaid visualizations for competitive positioning and strategic planning.

Lean value stream mapping for identifying waste and optimization opportunities. Creates current/future state maps with cycle time analysis and improvement recommendations.