Strategic tools help organizations understand their current state, define their future state, and determine the initiatives required to bridge the gap.

This involves reviewing existing system documentation, business plans, and contracts. It helps analysts understand the current state without disrupting daily operations. 12. Focus Groups

: Hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be executed by the project team.

: Evaluates requirements based on customer preference, categorizing them into Basic, Performance, and Excitement needs.

Defines roles (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) for specific tasks.

: Formal acceptance of completed project deliverables by stakeholders. Evaluation, Estimation, and Financial Metrics

: Documenting current operational procedures before changes or optimizations are applied.

This tool assesses industry attractiveness and profitability. It measures competitive rivalry, supplier power, buyer power, the threat of substitution, and new entrants. 7. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix

Elicitation techniques are used by business analysts to research and discover requirements from stakeholders, users, and existing systems.

: Extended RACI adding Verifier and Sign-off roles to validation workflows.

: Creating fictional archetypes representing core segments of system users.