Business Analysis Glossary¶
Why This Exists¶
This glossary defines Business Analysis Practice terms with precise meanings.
Owner¶
The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.
Business Value¶
Shared language keeps organization understanding, capability analysis, gap detection, and procurement-ready knowledge consistent.
Terms¶
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Business Analysis Practice | Practice responsible for interpreting customer organization knowledge for procurement work. |
| Orion | Digital Professional acting as Head of Business Analysis and Business Analyst. |
| Organization Understanding | Interpreted view of what the customer organization does, where it operates, and how it works. |
| Procurement-Ready Knowledge | Organization context prepared for Compliance, Opportunity, Bid, Funding, Analytics, and Intelligence. |
| Capability Analysis | Interpretation of services, products, resources, experience, evidence, and delivery ability. |
| Capability Gap | Missing, weak, unsupported, or inconsistent capability or evidence that may affect procurement success. |
| Service/Product Interpretation | Translation of organization services and products into procurement-relevant categories and language. |
| Experience Profile Analysis | Interpretation of past projects and references for bid and qualification use. |
| Operating Region Analysis | Interpretation of where the organization can realistically work or deliver. |
| Procurement Preference Analysis | Interpretation of target sectors, tender types, contract sizes, geographies, and exclusions. |
| Organization Intelligence Graph Support | Preparation of organization knowledge so graph-based reasoning can be useful and source-referenced. |
| Organizational Memory Support | Support for durable organization knowledge, context, decisions, gaps, and evidence. |
| Organization Health Input | Business Analysis signal used to support organization health or readiness reporting. |
Boundary Notes¶
Business Analysis terms describe interpretation and operationalization. Organization facts remain owned by the Organization Domain. AI reasoning remains governed by the Intelligence Domain.