Workflow Automation for Business Analysts

Goals

The role of the Business Analyst can have a high value impact to an organization when engaged correctly.

Their key goal is to 'join the dots' between business requirements and IT delivery, to ensure project success.

Challenges

Bridging the gap between the business and IT can often be challenging. The Devil's Advocate view is that business departments get frustrated with IT when they believe they are not prioritizing their projects, not delivering them fast enough and don't deliver what they asked for. IT, on the other hand, are frustrated with the volume of requests from the business and the constant changing of requirements, as they see it.

How Can FlowForma Add Value for Business Analysts?

Project Success Delivery

Forget waterfall delivery. To be honest, forget Agile scrums and sprints! This is all about Test and Learn delivery. With FlowForma Process Automation, you can build out your online solutions quickly, play it back to the business teams, test, refine, learn and keep turning this wheel until you go live. This is guaranteed success - no more long specifications where everyone debates about change requests, projects become delayed and maybe get canned because the business has changed since you originally defined the solution!

Reduced Project Cost

You are now the key person in the project, armed with a tool that will let you build out the digital process for the business without needing developers – this is great – but guess what – no more large project team costs! So now you are delivering these projects in a faster time at a fraction of the cost to the business.

Process Challenge: Centralized and Integrated Systems

FlowForma Process Automation sits on top of Microsoft SharePoint®, either on-premise or online. This means the workflow tool is by default integrated into an organizations active directory to access any data or documents available on SharePoint.

What our customers say

The ability to create workflows quickly, with governance from IT without being reliant on them, is critical. It's a game-changer.

Martyn McKechnie

Head of Digital Identity, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS

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We rebuilt a process in around a week, as opposed to the month we would have needed with the old application – that's a 75% efficiency improvement.

Dave Pritchard

Systems Analyst, Eurofound

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One of the biggest advantages was building on our existing systems while gaining far greater control. FlowForma's powerful customization makes work easier across the business and makes my job easier too.

Robbie Molloy

Product Manager, Aon

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We needed to move beyond Nintex. With FlowForma, we didn't just replace; we improved. The platform is easier to use, highly customizable, and scales with our needs.

Will Johnson

Head of Information Services, Morley College London

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Business Analyst FAQs

Can a business analyst build workflows without a developer?

Yes. FlowForma Process Automation is a no-code tool, so a business analyst can build out the digital process for the business without needing developers, and without a large project team.

Where does FlowForma store process data and documents?

FlowForma Process Automation sits on top of Microsoft SharePoint, either on-premise or online. It is integrated with your organization's active directory by default, and can access any data or documents already available on SharePoint.

How do I document a process for sign-off?

Flow Snapshot automatically outputs the visual flow and the functional specification documents for a process into Microsoft Word, so you can distribute them for review and sign-off.

How long does it take to build a process?

It depends on the process. Eurofound rebuilt a process in around a week, compared with the month it would have taken on their previous application — a 75% efficiency improvement.

Do I have to write a full specification before I start building?

No. The approach is test and learn: build the solution quickly, play it back to the business teams, then test, refine and learn until you go live — rather than debating change requests against a long specification written months earlier.

Can process owners make their own changes?

Yes. Process owners can be trained in the basics of FlowForma to build simple processes and make small changes themselves, which frees the business analyst to focus on more complex work.

Build and Optimize Workflows Without Needing IT Support