How it works · Business Analysis

Discover the right needs. Define the right solutions. Deliver the right outcomes.

The AlignX Business Analysis workflow connects requirements to strategy, capabilities, processes, systems, risks, delivery and outcomes, so requirements do not sit in documents. They stay connected from business need to measurable result.

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Every piece of business analysis work follows the same connected path. A trigger enters, AI triage classifies and routes it, specialist workflows do the work, requirements are governed and approved, delivery stays connected, and outcomes are measured and fed back. It all sits on the Connected Enterprise Foundation.

Inside Microsoft 365

In one sentence

The AlignX business analysis workflow takes a requirement from draft through review to approved on one record, with each version, approver and trace link recorded.

The operating model

How work flows, trigger to outcome.

Triggers

Real enterprise events start the work.

A new project or programmeA strategy initiative that needs analysisA business problem identifiedA process improvementA system or solution changeA policy or regulatory changeA vendor or solution assessmentAn operational issueA customer or stakeholder pain pointA data or reporting requirementAn automation opportunityA change request during delivery

AI intake and triage

Context at the front door.

At the single entry point, AlignX captures the work item, links it to strategy, project, capability, process, system and data context, classifies and prioritises it, identifies impacted areas, suggests stakeholders and subject matter experts, detects duplicates and overlaps, recommends the workflow path, highlights risks and dependencies, and extracts context from documents.

Specialist workflows

Purpose-built reviews do the work.

Business need and problem definitionClarify the real problem or opportunity and the desired outcome before jumping to a solution.

Stakeholder and context analysisUnderstand who is involved, affected and makes decisions, and how to engage them.

Current state discoveryDocument how things work today: processes, systems, data flows, policies, pain points and controls.

Requirements elicitation and definitionCapture clear, complete and traceable business, functional, non-functional, data and compliance requirements.

Process and capability analysisConnect requirements to business capabilities and processes, not just systems, linking directly to enterprise architecture.

Option analysis and solution shapingCompare options on cost, value and risk, including build versus buy, and shape the preferred solution.

Impact assessment and traceabilityUnderstand what a change affects across capabilities, processes, applications, data, policy, risk, delivery and vendors, with a full traceability matrix.

Requirements governance and approval

The decision is captured, with lineage.

Requirements are reviewed, prioritised, baselined and approved with clear rationale, versioning and change control, then published and linked to delivery work.

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Delivery support and outcome review

Delivery stays aligned. Outcomes feed back.

Requirements stay connected through design, build, test and implementation, with test coverage validated and changes managed. At the end, expected outcomes are compared to actual, benefits and adoption are reviewed, and lessons feed a future improvement backlog.

Who owns this work

Built for the people who own it.

Secure in your tenant, connected to everything.

It runs inside your Microsoft environment, under your identity and controls, and hands off cleanly to every other AlignX module on the same connected model.

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