We use the best Business Analysis practices for software development to bridge a gap between the business needs and the IT team.
Solution vision
Requirements description
Exact project estimation
Release planning
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Business Analysis Stage is a groundwork for every software development project. It helps to reveal the project potential and estimate possible risks and assumptions as well as to find the best technical solution and insights for the project implementation. That is what business analysis is for.
REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION AND CLARIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION AND CLARIFICATION
Capturing the right requirements at the Discovery Phase builds a solid foundation for its future success.
Industry & competitor analysis
Technical research
Analysis
Specification
USER INTERFACE DESIGN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
USER INTERFACE DESIGN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
Working out the most efficient user flow patterns to ensure the target actions are completed easily by each type of user.
Information architecture (IA)
Wireframes of major pages
Reports
PROTOTYPING AND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WORK
PROTOTYPING AND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WORK
Evaluating the potential of the future web and mobile application to satisfy business needs and meet all business requirements.
UI prototype
System prototype
Detailed mockups
DOCUMENTATION & ESTIMATION
DOCUMENTATION & ESTIMATION
All results of the Business Analysis Phase will be documented and joined in one document -"Requirements Specification" (SRS) which includes
Software requirements analysis
Project risk assessment
Feature list and mockups
Implementation budget and deadline
Business Analysis Services Results
Document describing the project and its project boundaries
Project requirements specification
Technical specification and requirements
Product use cases
User stories
User Interface Prototypes
Project estimation and timeline
If you want to be sure that all the wishes for the future software product are taken into account and structured competently, we can do this for you. Our IT Business Analysts take you through a business analysis stage, after which you can already turn to product development without the risk of remaining incomprehensible or breaking deadlines!
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Process of Business Analysis
01
Plan Business Analysis Process
02
Define Scope
03
Elicit Requirements
04
Validate Requirements
05
Analyze Requirements
06
Document Requirements
Must-have Elements of Discovery Phase of Projects
Industry Analysis
When developing a product, it is necessary to take into account features of the industry where it will be applied. Rules that work for one industry will not always work in the other. At the Discovery Phase, study of your industry specific business processes allows implementation of the best practices and tools.
Competition Analysis
One of the parts of business analysis is research of your competitors, reengineering of ready-made solutions to identify valuable points that can be improved and implemented in the product development process.
Technical Research
There are no two identical projects and each product includes certain business and technical requirements that must be taken into account at the very early stages of development. The result of the Discovery Phase of the project will be a list of recommended technologies and frameworks to use.
technical Documentation
Tech specification is a crucial part of a project. The success and on-time completion of the project as well as its future development highly depends on how thoroughly the project is clarified and described, how correctly it is reflected in the technical specification.
Discovery Phase Benefits
A well-done business analysis or discovery phase results in 2 main benefits for clients' businesses: reduced cost of Implementation and increased potential benefits as well as.
Reduce costs as much as 50%
Improve quality
Decrease out-of-cycle rework
Cut time-to-market by 20%
Focus on value to deliver
Shorter project funding approval time
Consistency across project delivery
Business Analysis as Integral Part of Software Development
Business analysts are a link between all project participants: a project manager, analyst, designers, developers, testers and you and your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to commonly asked questions
When should I use Business Analysis Services?
The best time to go through Discovery Phase is at the start of any major project, especially when there is not enough information gathered about the market or users. We also recommend keeping the business analyst as a part of the IT team to keep the requirements and the software up-to-date and optimized for your business’s needs.
Why is pre-development Discovery Phase necessary?
There are 2 key reasons:
The first one is to help the business create the whole picture the final solution, the goals which businesses want to achieve and how they can estimate the success of project in the
The second one is to provide the design, development and QA teams with all necessary information required to build the right groundwork (e.g. - architecture) and to release the application within the timeline and budget.
How does ongoing Business Analysis differ from the initial Business Analysis (Discovery Phase)?
Discovery Phase is the time when we work on the project analysis and planning. It is a very active phase, both for our clients and our team, when we perform lots of sessions. Ongoing business analysis isn’t so time-intensive we just need to support the requirements up-to-date to the business changes.
What is covered in a Business Analysis session?
Each session is usually devoted to the analysis of some business process (e.g. order entry, processing, invoicing, etc) or to the discussion of our Business Analysts discoveries from industry and/or competitors research. Also, during such sessions we discuss your questions/comments.
How long is an analysis session?
Usually a session takes 1-2 hours if they are performed online. However, sometimes we make offline sessions which take a few days.
Our Happy Clients
Yuriy Semenchuk
Business Car General Director
When looking for a strategic IT-partner for the development of a corporate ERP solution, we chose SumatoSoft. We are pleased to mention that the work is done to the full extent, on time and on a high quality level.
We recommend SumatoSoft as a reliable partner in the sphere of development and implementation of complex business solutions.
Michael Karbushev
Evolv Senior Director of Engineering
They are very sharp and have a high-quality team. I expect quality from people, and they have the kind of team I can work with. They were upfront about everything that needed to be done.
I appreciated that the cost of the project turned out to be smaller than what we expected because they made some very good suggestions. They are very pleasant to work with.
Paul S. Chun
Rivalfox GmbH CTO
The Rivalfox had the pleasure to work with SumatoSoft in building out core portions of our product, and the results really couldn’t have been better.
SumatoSoft provided us with engineering expertise, enthusiasm and great people that were focused on creating quality features quickly.
Ekaterina Bromberg
MyMediAds.com Co-Founder
Together with the team, we have turned the MVP version of the service into a modern full-featured platform for online marketers. We are very satisfied with the work the SumatoSoft team has performed, and we would like to highlight the high level of technical expertise, coherence and efficiency of communication and flexibility in work.
We can say with confidence that SumatoSoft has realized all our ideas into practice.
Damian Gevertz
Widgety Founder & CEO
We tried another company that one of our partners had used but they didn’t work out. I feel that SumatoSoft does a better investigation of what we’re asking for. They tell us how they plan to do a task and ask if that works for us. We chose them because their method worked with us.
Yury Haverman
BoxForward Founder
SumatoSoft team not only knew well how to build a partnership-based working process, but also offered sensible suggestions and advice helping us to reach the long-term business goals.
We are completely satisfied with the results of our cooperation and will be happy to recommend SumatoSoft as a reliable and competent partner for development of web-based solutions.
Andrey Kubka
Mediatron Product Technology Manager
SumatoSoft team not only knew well how to build a partnership-based working process, but also offered sensible suggestions and advice helping us to reach the long-term business goals.
We are completely satisfied with the results of our cooperation and will be happy to recommend SumatoSoft as a reliable and competent partner for development of web-based solutions.
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