Resources

The Negotiation Planner assists in the preparation for an upcoming negotiation using a systematic approach by guiding the negotiator through the essential preparation steps: defining objectives and background information, identifying key questions and information gaps to address, mapping out all potential trading variables controlled by each party, evaluating those variables in terms of their cost-value relationship, establishing optimistic/realistic/bottom-line settlement ranges for each variable, and planning the meeting approach including potential trades and "what if" scenarios.

The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Canvas provides a way to collaborate, discuss and the activities that need to happen and challenges that will arise at the start of an initiative for each of the stages in planning and monitoring.

The Problem Statement Canvas provides focus and frame for a problem that allows ideas to be compared and ensure that scope is contained. It may cover many different “problems” so that we can then define and review our scope.

A Use Case clearly and consistently documents a system's functional requirements, making it easier for stakeholders to understand the system's intended behaviours and interactions. The header defines the use case, the main flow identifes the happy path and follows the sequence of actions and outcomes and the exceptions and actions are triggered from the main flow (they are the other or alternate scenarios).

The Communications Roadmap is a lightweight strategic planning tool that outlines the approach and methods for communicating key messages and obtaining feedback from stakeholders on a regular basis.

The Lean Initiative Canvas is a simple one-pager used to facilitate a discussion about a new feature or capability from a user's perspective that is used to make decisions around prioritisation and planning. This should be completed as a collaborative activity.

A Persona allows us to create empathy for customers and to provide insights into who the audience is, what their expectations and behaviours are likely to be, and how to craft an effective user experience and allow us to relate to then and stand in their shoes. There will be a persona for each unique type of customer or user.

The Product Owner / Business Analyst Action Plan allows those with roles in analysis and/or product to document an action plan in relation to improving their skills and behaviours.

A Product Stakeholder Map is a visual representation that identifies and categorises the various individuals, groups, or organisations that have knowledge on or connections in relation to a product, helping to prioritise engagement strategies and manage relationships effectively.

A Stakeholder Map is a visual representation that identifies and categorises the various individuals, groups, or organisations that have an interest in or influence on an initiative, helping to prioritise engagement strategies and manage relationships effectively.

A Rolling Roadmap is a planning tool that connects the strategy to the planning of work that continuously updates and evolves as time progresses by rolling to the left, typically maintaining a consistent time horizon by adding new future items that are less detailed the further out the plan stretches as well as removing completed or outdated items on a consistent basis.

Success Tradeoff Sliders allow us to understand and prioritise the most important dimensions of a product or initiative from most fixed to most flexible so that we can work on the most important things. This is a collaborative exercise between the team and the stakeholder and no two sliders can be at the same level.