Why Is a Change Required?

Start business analysis with problems and needs

It all starts with a reason for change. Business analysts usually get involved if there is an idea or desire to do something or change something.

To do your job with a business analyst mindset, you must know the answer to the crucial question: Why is this change required?

The answer to the “Why” question will be the driver of change. This answer will define the scope of the initiative or project and the true business requirements for the solution to the problem.

Let’s recall our simple definition of “business” as an organization or enterprise that delivers value to its customers in exchange for revenue. Each business has a business model that defines how value is created and delivered to its customers.

For example, a coffee chain’s business model could be a franchise network of coffee shops across a specific region that sell coffee and food items.

The coffee chain could be a publicly traded company with a goal to generate profit for its shareholders while maintaining its reputation and keeping customers happy.

It could be a non-profit organization established to create a market for fair-trade coffee growers while providing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Each business operates with the ultimate objective of achieving its goals and vision. If any obstacles (internal or external) prevent the business from achieving its goals, it must take action to overcome them.

These obstacles usually fall into one of two broad categories: business problems and business needs.

The business must react to the problem and take action to solve, eliminate or avoid it. Addressing business problems is reactive.

A problem statement may sound like this:

Related posts:

If you do things like this every single day for months/years, it’s almost impossible not to attract success. A guy on Twitter just wrote about how he worked his ass off for 18 months doing…

In the realm of intimate pleasure, glass pleasure wands have gained significant popularity for their elegance, versatility, and unique sensory experience. These beautifully crafted and sensually…

The difference between the conference social where you had those delicious canapes and loved the wine so much you had to ask the bartender for the name and that family reunion where all that was left…