GLOSSARY
|   Activity  | 
    A unit of work performed as part of an initiative or process | 
Assumption | 
    Assumptions are influencing factors that are believed to be true but have not been confirmed to be accurate.  | 
  
Attribute | 
    A data element with a specified data type that describes information associated with a concept or entity.  | 
  
 Benchmarking | 
    A comparison of a process or system’s cost, time, quality, or other metrics to those of leading peer organizations to identify opportunities for improvement.  | 
  
 Brainstorming | 
    Brainstorming is a team activity that seeks to produce a broad or diverse set of options through the rapid and uncritical generation of ideas.  | 
  
Business Analysis | 
    Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.  | 
  
Business Analysis Approach | 
    The set of processes, templates, and activities that will be used to perform business analysis in a specific context.  |