Guidelines/Tools and Techniques

The guidelines/tools and techniques used to define and document the future state.

• Define Future State - Uses Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria, Balanced Scorecards, Benchmarking and Market Analysis, Brainstorming, Business Capability Analysis, Business Cases, Business Model Canvas, Decision Analysis, Decision Modeling, Financial Analysis, Focus Groups, Functional Decomposition, Interviews, Lessons Learned, Metrics and KPIs, Mind Mapping, Organizational Modeling, Process Modeling, Prototyping, Scope Modeling, Surveys and Questionnaires, SWOT Analysis, Vendor Assessment and Workshop techniques to document a future state description including business objectives and potential value.

• The Future State Description – Uses Business Constraints, the Current State Description, Metrics and Key Performance Indicators and the Organizational Strategy as guidelines.

The relationships between these guidelines, tools, techniques and the Future State Description are detailed in the BABOK under the Guidelines and Tools and Techniques sections of the Define Future State task.

Workers

The people involved with performing the Task Name task.

The relationships between these roles and the Future State Dewscription are detailed in the BABOK under the Stakeholders section of Define Future State task.

Customer - Consumes the future state solution state.

Domain Subject Matter Expert - Provides insight into a potential future state.
End User - Uses the implementation of the future state.
Implementation Subject Matter Expert - Provides information about the feasibility the future state.
Operational Support - Supports the operation of the future state.

Project Manager - Plans the implementation of future state.
Regulator - Contributes laws, regulations, and rules to be adhered to in the future state.
Sponsor - Ensures funding to support moving towards the future state.

Tester - Validates the functionality and quality of the future state.

Supplier - Contributes to the future state.