Business Analysis Foundations: Strategy Analysis

Synthesize the set of steps and techniques for performing strategy analysis in your work environment.

Introduction

• Increase success with strategy analysis
• Who is this course for?

1. Understanding Strategy Analysis Basics

• What is strategy analysis?
• Getting started when your company doesn't perform strategy analysis
• Strategy analysis key concepts

2. Analyzing the Current State

• Analyze current state
• Technique: Determining root cause
• Technique: Business model canvas
• Technique: SWOT analysis
• Technique: Process modeling

3. Defining the Future State

• Define future state
• Identifying solution options to analyze
• Technique: Elicitation
• Technique: Constraints, assumptions, risks, and dependencies
• Technique: Gap analysis
• Technique: Financial analysis of solution options

4. Assessing Risks of Solutions

• Assess risks
• Technique: Risk analysis and management

5. Defining the Change Strategy

• Define change strategy
• Technique: Business cases

Conclusion

• Supporting project initiation
• Revisiting strategy analysis when changes arise