A justification for a course of action based on the benefits to be realized by using the proposed solution, as compared to the cost, effort, and other considerations to acquire and live with that solution.
Interface analysis is used to identify where, what, why, when, how, and for whom information is exchanged between solution components or across solution boundaries.
Role and permission allocation involves identifying roles, associating these with solution activities, and then denoting authorities who can perform these activities.
Functional decomposition helps manage complexity and reduce uncertainty by breaking down processes, systems, functional areas, or deliverables into their simpler constituent parts and allowing each part to be analyzed independently.
A backlog occurs when the volume of work items to be completed exceeds the capacity to complete them.
Financial analysis is used to understand the financial aspects of an investment, a solution, or a solution approach.
Item tracking is used to capture and assign responsibility for issues and stakeholder concerns that pose an impact to the solution.
Data mining is used to improve decision making by finding useful patterns and insights from data.
Risk analysis and management identifies areas of uncertainty that could negatively affect value, analyzes and evaluates those uncertainties, and develops and manages ways of dealing with the risks.
Acceptance criteria are used to define the requirements, outcomes, or conditions that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders.
Decision analysis formally assesses a problem and possible decisions in order to determine the value of alternate outcomes under conditions of uncertainty.