BADS is a practical methodology that standardizes how Business Analysts capture intent, translate it into build-ready requirements, and keep documentation accurate as delivery evolves. It strengthens agile, hybrid, and traditional teams without forcing a process change.
BADS organizes documentation into a repeatable flow that you can apply to any initiative — small enhancements, large programs, new products, or platform migrations.
Establish clarity fast: the problem, the context, the stakeholders, and what success looks like. Discovery documentation prevents misalignment before requirements expand.
Convert intent into build-ready documentation: requirements, scenarios, rules, and acceptance criteria that teams can estimate, implement, and test with confidence.
Keep documentation aligned to decisions, changes, and what’s actually shipped — so it remains usable after go-live and supports training, audit, and future enhancements.
BADS standardizes the artifacts teams rely on — so documentation is consistent across projects, analysts, and stakeholders. You can tailor the depth based on risk and scope, but the structure stays recognizable.
These artifacts define why the initiative exists, what success means, and what is in/out of scope — before detailed requirements begin.
Requirements must be unambiguous and testable. BADS emphasizes acceptance criteria, edge cases, and business rules to reduce rework.
Documentation should explain how work flows, what changed, and why decisions were made — while keeping traceability intact.
BADS does not force bureaucracy. It sets a “minimum viable documentation” baseline and a few quality gates so teams can move fast without losing clarity.
Before you write stories, your initiative should have documented clarity on intent, stakeholders, and boundaries. If these aren’t written down, teams will fill the gap with assumptions.
BADS requires that requirements can be validated. Acceptance criteria, edge cases, and business rules are not optional when risk is real.
If documentation is not updated as decisions change, it becomes a liability. BADS includes lightweight practices that keep it usable post go-live.
BADS is designed to flex. A low-risk enhancement might need fewer artifacts; a regulatory or data-heavy initiative needs more structure. The format stays consistent either way.
