Free Business Analysis Templates: Requirements, Stories, Rules
Free business analysis templates: business case, SWOT, as-is/to-be process, gap analysis, SIPOC, value stream map, requirements, story map, use cases, business rules, data dictionary and traceability.
Understand the need
Business Case: Compare options, costs, benefits and the recommended investment.
SWOT Analysis: List internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats.
Process Analysis (As-is / To-be): Compare each step of today's process with the improved process.
Gap Analysis: Show the gap between current and future capabilities and how to close it.
SIPOC: Scope a process at a high level: suppliers, inputs, process, outputs and customers.
Value Stream Map: Measure process time and waiting time at each step to find waste.
Elicit and collaborate
Elicitation Plan and Log: Plan elicitation sessions and record outcomes and follow-ups.
Specify requirements
Business Requirements: List requirements with their type, priority, source and acceptance criteria.
User Stories: Describe user needs with testable acceptance criteria.
User Story Map: Arrange stories under user activities and slice them into releases.
Use Case Specification: Describe how an actor uses the system to reach a goal, step by step.
Business Rules Catalogue: Record business rules separately so they can be reused and changed safely.
Data Dictionary: Define each data element: meaning, format, allowed values and source.
Definition of Ready: Agree what a backlog item needs before the team takes it into a sprint.
Trace and validate
Requirements Traceability Matrix: Connect needs, requirements, deliverables and test evidence.