Business Analysis Governance¶

Why This Exists¶

This document defines governance for the Business Analysis Practice.

Owner¶

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value¶

Governance ensures organization knowledge interpretation is consistent, source-referenced, useful for procurement execution, and aligned with domain ownership.

Governance Scope¶

Business Analysis governs:

Organization context interpretation.
Capability analysis methods.
Procurement-ready business knowledge preparation.
Capability gap classification.
Organization Intelligence Graph support standards.
Organizational Memory support standards.
Practice handoff quality.
Organization health input quality.

Governance Boundaries¶

Area	Business Analysis role	Source owner
Organization profile facts	Interpret and identify gaps.	Organization
Capability evidence	Assess readiness and usefulness.	Organization
Graph and memory usage	Prepare and validate context.	Organization and Intelligence
Opportunity matching support	Provide context and fit signals.	Opportunity
Bid evidence support	Provide context and evidence interpretation.	Bid and Organization
Analytics inputs	Provide interpreted health and gap signals.	Analytics owns reporting models.

Governance Workflow¶

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    Facts[Organization facts]
    Review[Business Analysis review]
    Interpretation[Interpretation]
    Gap[Gap signal]
    Handoff[Practice handoff]
    Feedback[Practice feedback]

    Facts --> Review
    Review --> Interpretation
    Review --> Gap
    Interpretation --> Handoff
    Gap --> Handoff
    Handoff --> Feedback
    Feedback --> Review

Governance Rules¶

Analysis must preserve source references.
Gaps must identify evidence basis and business impact.
Organization fact corrections must route through Organization Domain workflows.
Intelligence outputs must not replace Business Analysis preparation standards.
Executive Office coordinates priorities when multiple Practices need Business Analysis support.