Domain

A part of an organization or project with specific terminology.

Business analysts and architects divide a project into domains to break down complexity and define requirements in each domain’s terms.

Domain Examples

Business analysts and architects learn about an organization’s domains to understand its terminology, goals, and processes.

Domain References

  • Domains for Business Analysis

    Breaking down business complexity with domains and subdomains enables more focused discovery and solution development that better fits business needs.
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  • Guiding Business Analysis with Domain Types

    Business analysts pay the most attention to determining requirements in the core domain - those that bring the highest value to the organization.
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  • Two Perspectives of the Big Picture

    Once business analysts gain insight into the organization, they deepen their focus on an organization’s domain, feeding their curiosity with the domain’s terminology, goals, and processes. Finally, they focus on the domain processes, teaming with domain experts to discover how to improve them.
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