Business problems are usually complex in nature - from developing a new product to deploying an internal applications, there's a lot to take into account. When taken as their component parts and reassembled, though, these "single problems" are often a matrix of problems that can be attacked in discrete phases. That's what solid business analysis does; it brings the high-level problems into focus.
Combining sound business analysis, qualitative risk analysis, ecosystem analysis1, and a architecture profile allows for formation of a context analysis, a unique Fending Group deliverable. Using this approach, disparate analyses are aggregated in an true overlay that draws a clear picture of the problem and possible solutions. This is a set of living documents that inform planning for the rest of your project.
1 "Ecosystem analysis" may be an unfamiliar term - it is a hybrid of marketplace analysis (solutions commercially available to your competitors) and your existing application portfolio. Those two are often treated separately, but that usually doesn't make sense.
