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CATWOE Technique – is a simple technique that can be used to stimulate thinking about:
• what the business trying to achieve
• what problem we are trying to resolve
• what solution we implement
CATWOE is a Mnemonic
Customers
Actors
Transformation Process
World View
Owner
Environmental Constraints
HEPTALYSIS Analysis – is used to perform an in-depth analysis of businesses goals & possibilities
Heptalysis is the modeling concept that discusses the fundamental elements of the business ventures
and suggests the ways to systemize the results and the assessment process.
HEPTALYSIS 7 Factors are:
Market opportunity
Product/solution
Execution plan
Financial engine
Human capital
Potential return
Margin of safety
THE POPIT Model
Organisation: People:
the management structure, roles, the staff members responsible for implementing
responsibilities and resources the business processes and carrying out the
Processes: work of the organisation
the business processes used to deliver the Technology:
organisation’s products and services to the hardware and software systems used to
customers, and to support its work support the work of the organisation
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Diving into Business Analysis
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MOST/VMOST Analysis – is used to perform an internal environmental analysis to ensure that problems
Customer is going to work on are aligned with his vision of future.
You can conduct a VMOST analysis both for an existing business and for proposed changes.
MOST/VMOST Components
Vision – This is organization's purpose, in terms of its values or how it goes about doing business.
It should inspire staff, and help customers understand why they would want to use the company's
products or services.
Mission – This is also organization's purpose, but expressed in terms of key measures that must
be reached to achieve your vision.
Objectives – These are specific goals that Customer must meet to achieve the mission.
Strategy – This is the overall plan Customer should follow to meet organization's objectives.
Tactics – These are specific sets of actions needed to execute your strategy.
SWOT/TOWS Analysis –both are used to analyze the external environment (threats and opportunities),
and your internal environment (weaknesses and strengths).
At a practical level, the only difference between TOWS and SWOT is that TOWS emphasizes the external
environment whilst SWOT emphasizes the internal environment.
SWOT/TOWS Components
Strengths – What are the advantages? What is currently done well?
Weaknesses – What could be improved? What is done badly?
Opportunities – What good opportunities face the organization?
Threats – What obstacles does the organization face?
PEST Analysis
PEST Analysis helps to analyze the Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural, and Technological changes in
business environment.
This helps to understand the "big picture" forces that affect business and shape business environment.
PEST Factors
Political
Economic
Social
Technological
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Diving into Business Analysis
Marina Melnik
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