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.io
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.