Business Strategy Evaluation

Definition

Business strategy ealuation is the quality control task during which the customer organization’s business strategy is evaluated.

Objectives

The typical objectives of the business strategy evaluation task are to:

• Determine if the customer organization’s business strategy is:
  • Complete.
  • Consistent with its digital branding strategy and technical strategy.
  • Effective.
  • Efficient.
• Determine if the deliverable business strategy work products are:
  • Correct.
  • Complete.
  • Consistent (internally, externally with other work products, and externally with related conventions).
  • Understandable.
• Identify defects in the deliverable business work products so that:
  • The defects can be fixed.
  • Defect trend analysis can be performed to improve the process and staff training.
• Determine if the associated requirements engineering and architecting tasks are:
  • Completed.
  • Effective.
  • Efficient.

Preconditions

The business strategy evaluation task can typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The strategy inspection team is adequately:
  • Staffed.
  • Trained in the business strategy evaluation task.
  • Trained in its associated techniques (e.g., inspection).
• At least one business strategy work product is ready for evaluation.

Completion Criteria

The business strategy evaluation task is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The following business strategy work products have passed their evaluations:
  • Requirements Set:
    • Customer Stakeholder Profile
    • Customer Analysis
    • Competitor Profile
    • Market Analysis
    • User Profile
    • User-Task Matrix
    • User Analysis
    • Business Vision Statement
    • Glossary
  • Architecture Set:
    • Business Object Model
    • Business Process Model
    • Business Organization Chart
    • ApplicationBusinessCase
    • Application Strategy
    • Relationship Strategy
    • Business Architecture Document
    • Business Transition Plan
    • Reuse Strategy

Steps

The business strategy evaluation task typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an incremental, iterative, parallel manner:

• The business strategy team informally evaluates their work products in accordance with the associated technique(s) used.
• The strategy inspection team formally evaluates these business strategy work products in accordance with the associated technique(s) used.

Techniques

The business strategy evaluation task can typically be performed using the following techniques:

• Desk Checking
• Inspecting

Work Products

The business strategy evaluation results in the production of the following work products:

• Quality Set:
  • Inspection Reports
  • Inspection Summary Reports

Guidelines

• Inspecting tends to be the most effective quality evaluation technique for identifying defects.
• Evaluations can be incremental and are typically iterative.