The Work Does Not End at Release Solution Evaluation and the BA as Guardian of Value

The Work Doesn't End at Release: Solution Evaluation and the BA as Guardian of Value 

Go-live is often treated as the finish line, but the value a solution was meant to deliver is only realized after release. Business analysis doesn't stop at handoff; it continues into a formal, often overlooked discipline: Solution Evaluation. 
 

This webinar explores Solution Evaluation as its own BABOK knowledge area, and why the business analyst's role extends well beyond delivery. Using the BACCM's emphasis on value as a core concept, we'll examine how BAs can close the loop between what was built and what was actually needed, and how that evaluation feeds back into strategy, making the work a continuous cycle rather than a one time deliverable. 
 

What we will cover 

- Why value lives after go-live: Understand the BACCM view of value as the central concept in business analysis, and why "shipped" doesn't mean "done." 

- Solution Evaluation as a distinct discipline: Explore Solution Evaluation as a standalone BABOK knowledge area, with its own techniques, deliverables, and place in the BA's ongoing responsibilities. 

- Technical success vs. real outcomes: Learn to distinguish "it works technically" from "it delivers the outcome we needed," and why teams conflate the two. 

- Closing the loop back into strategy: Examine how evaluation findings should feed back into organizational strategy, turning delivery into a continuous improvement cycle. 

- Recommending the next move: Understand the frameworks for deciding whether to enhance, replace, or retire a solution based on evaluation results. 

This session is relevant for: 

- Business analysts and BA leads 

- Product managers and product owners 

- Delivery and project managers 

- Anyone responsible for post-launch solution performance 

Participants will gain a clearer understanding of: 

- Why Solution Evaluation deserves the same rigor as requirements and design 

- How to distinguish technical success from delivered value 

- Practical criteria for recommending enhance, replace, or retire 

- How to build evaluation into ongoing strategy, not just a post-mortem exercise 

Speaker: Gunel Ragimova, CBAP, Business Analyst at CIGen 

Date & Time: September 9th, 5:00 PM CET, hosted on Microsoft Teams 

Join us live 

Bring your questions about post-launch value, evaluation frameworks, or the enhance/replace/retire decision, Gunel will be answering them live. Register now to save your spot for this session: