Approach
Business analysis, to a recognised standard.
Every engagement is run to the IIBA® Business Analysis Standard as a minimum. The thirty tasks it sets out sit inside a planning step and seven stages.
The engagement
Plan, then seven stages.
Each stage plays in turn. Select one to jump to it.
Before we start
Plan
The analysis approach, who decides what, and how every record, requirement and decision is kept.
- Plan the approach
- Governance
- Information management
Stage 01
Discover
The right people identified and engaged. The need drawn out in working sessions, then confirmed in writing.
- Stakeholder engagement
- Elicitation
- Collaboration
Stage 02
Assess
The business as it runs today: each area, each data source, and the risks around the change.
- Current state
- Risks
Stage 03
Define
The future state agreed. Requirements specified, prioritised, verified, validated and approved, with the measures that will prove them.
- Future state
- Requirements life cycle
- Change control
- Measures
Stage 04
Track
Performance measured from agreed data, at the point of work, against the targets set in Define.
- Solution performance
Stage 05
Model
Design options built and tested with the method that fits the decision, and the potential value of each stated.
- Design options
- Potential value
- Analytical methods
Stage 06
Decide
A recommendation, the change strategy to deliver it, and the actions and communications that go with it.
- Change strategy
- Communication
- Recommended actions
Stage 07
Review
Results analysed against the forecast. Limits of the solution and the organisation assessed, and our own delivery improved.
- Performance analysis
- Solution and enterprise limitations
- Continuous improvement
Need
The problem or opportunity.
Change
What transforms in response.
Solution
How the need is met.
Stakeholder
Everyone the change touches.
Value
What it is worth to them.
Context
The circumstances around it.
30 tasks · 6 knowledge areas · 6 core concepts, traced and evidenced for every engagement. IIBA® is a registered trademark of the International Institute of Business Analysis. Keo Collective is independent of IIBA.
Practice
Three layers of analytics.
All three run on the same data model. Each layer answers a different question.
What happened. How.
Reporting, dashboards and the measures beneath them. The business as it is recorded: by function, period, customer, job, machine, campaign.
- Governed KPI definitions
- Operational and financial reporting
- Dimensional data modelling
- Variance to target and to plan
- Cohort and segment analysis
What is likely. How likely.
Statistical and machine-learning models applied to the same data to weigh each outcome (demand, throughput, conversion, margin, risk) as a probability with a range.
- Time-series forecasting
- Regression and classification
- Probability and confidence intervals
- Anomaly and drift detection
- Survival and churn modelling
What to do. What it costs.
The forecast turned into a choice: scenarios compared, constraints applied, the expected value of each option stated so the decision can be made and defended.
- Scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Capacity and schedule optimisation
- Resource allocation
- Threshold and alert design
How you pay
Lease it monthly, or own it.
Build to lease · small
$99 /month
One focused system: a dashboard, a capture form or a tracker, set up on your data.
Build to lease · medium
$180 /month
Several connected pieces: capture at the point of work, reporting and weekly flags.
Build to lease · full scale
$250 /month
The full system for your operation, with Keo's forecasts and ongoing support.
Build to own
Quoted
You own the system outright. Priced once the business analysis has set the scope.
Business analysis is scoped and quoted per engagement. Lease prices are per month, ex GST.
See the approach on your own business.
A 30-minute call is enough to tell you where we'd start.