I am a business analyst for a web development firm. I am putting together an argument for my company to formally adopt enterprise analysis in our process. Problem: I have no proof Enterprise Analysis works. Does anyone know any case studies where Enterprise Analysis performed by a BA according to the BABOK prescriptions actually works? Thank you.

Here are the deliverables:

Here are the activities needed to get those deliverables:

• Describing and understanding the business need
• Assessing capability gaps in the organization
• Determining the most feasible business solution approach
• Defining the resulting solution scope
• Defining a business case for the proposed solution

Hi Tony

I appreciate your feedback. I think the BABOK assumes that the activities you describe are already in place via a separate process called Enterprise Architecture (which may or may not have involved a BA). My problem is finding proof that Enterprise Analysis *as described in the BABOK* works. Let me restate the BABOK's decription in my own short-hand: 

Enterprise Analysis is a prescribed process (details omitted here) of taking a project from its initiation to the point where it's handed to a Project Manager. Enterprise Analysis delivers an GO/NO-GO argument in the form of a Business Case (but also devliers other useful information like stakeholder analysis, busness requirements, organization capabilities, etc.).

The BABOK makes a big deal about Enterprise Analysis, and I'm personally willing to buy into it at this point. For me to bring change to my organization though, I simply need to present proof (testimony, case studues, etc.) that it works. Has anyone tried it? Thanks.

-Mike