The Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™) describes the relationships among the six core concepts. The following table describes the usage and application of each of the core concepts within the context of Solution Evaluation.
Table 8.0.1: : The Core Concept Model in Solution Evaluation
| Core Concept | During Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, business analysts… |
| Change: the act of transformation in response to a need. | recommend a change to either a solution or the enterprise in order to realize the potential value of a solution. |
| Need: a problem or opportunity to be addressed. | evaluate how a solution or solution component is fulfilling the need. |
| Solution: a specific way of satisfying one or more needs in a context. | assess the performance of the solution, examine if it is delivering the potential value, and analyze why value may not be realized by the solution or solution component. |
| Stakeholder: a group or individual with a relationship to the change, the need, or the solution. | elicit information from the stakeholders about solution performance and value delivery. |
| Value: the worth, importance, or usefulness of something to a stakeholder within a context. | determine if the solution is delivering the potential value and examine why value may not be being realized. |
| Context: the circumstances that influence, are influenced by, and provide understanding of the change. | consider the context in determining solution performance measures and any limitations within the context that may prohibit value from being realized. |
The Solution Evaluation knowledge area includes the following tasks:
- Measure Solution Performance: determines the most appropriate way to assess the performance of a solution, including how it aligns with enterprise goals and objectives, and performs the assessment.
- Analyze Performance Measures: examines information regarding the performance of a solution in order to understand the value it delivers to the enterprise and to stakeholders, and determines whether it is meeting current business needs.
- Assess Solution Limitations: investigates issues within the scope of a solution that may prevent it from meeting current business needs.
- Assess Enterprise Limitations: investigates issues outside the scope of a solution that may be preventing the enterprise from realizing the full value that a solution is capable of providing.
- Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value: identifies and defines actions the enterprise can take to increase the value that can be delivered by a solution.
Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation pg. 166