An initial perspective on the business area has to be obtained to prepare the analysis of the business. The project team builds an initial model of the business area; additional information will be gathered from users later in the project.
Strategic business information is obtained from the products of the Enterprise Modeling stage, if available. These may take the form of interview worksheets or material stored in the repository. Strategic business information will include a decomposition of the functions within the business area and an overview of the entity types that the functions involve.
Strategic business information should also include the following:
* Business objectives
* Business strategies
* Goals
* Critical success factors
* Performance measures
* Information needs
Business documents such as the annual report, business plans, organization charts, job descriptions and operating manuals will provide an insight into the nature of the business area; these documents should be obtained and reviewed, then placed in the project's information library.
Another major source of information is the project team members' own knowledge of the business area, which will be drawn upon in subsequent subtasks.
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