Requirements under control before delivery.
I step in when projects get stuck in meetings, scope turns soft and IT builds past the business. Not as a note-taker, but as an entrepreneur with a business-analysis focus and real mandate ownership: bring clarity in, friction out, decisions onto the table and acceptance into a workable state.
Typical high-pressure situations
Not comfort analysis. Clean business analysis where ambiguity burns money.
Business and IT do not mean the same thing
Everyone nods in the meeting. Two weeks later it is clear that everyone understood something different. That is exactly where my work begins.
Scope keeps expanding and nobody stops it
New requests slip in as side notes. Priorities tilt. Budget and timeline erode. I sharpen the boundary again.
Acceptance becomes political instead of verifiable
When criteria are missing, every go-live turns into a matter of opinion. I translate delivery into verifiable acceptance.
Not more text. More control.
Scope, terminology, decisions
I define terminology cleanly, remove contradictions and bring open points into a form that can actually be decided.
As-is / to-be with real downstream viability
Not a model for its own sake, but a target picture that can actually support delivery, testing and operations.
UAT and acceptance without fog
Acceptance criteria, test logic and traceability are set up so that acceptance does not turn into a struggle over interpretation.
What strong business analysis looks like early on
The difference does not show up in prettier slides, but in noticeably less friction between business, IT and decision-makers.
Terminology becomes reliable.
Ambiguities, double meanings and contradictions are cleared out early before they become expensive in delivery and testing.
Decisions become easier.
Open points no longer hang diffusely in the room, but in a form that can actually be decided.
Acceptance becomes preparable.
Discussion turns into verifiability: with clear criteria, traceable test logic and less room for interpretation.
Delivery gets direction.
Teams no longer work against assumptions, but along a reliable frame for delivery, testing and go-live.
Business analysis across DACH.
If the project is stuck on unclear requirements and missing clarity, let us talk.
No intermediary chain. No softened profile. Direct contact with Roman Mayr by email at info@x25lab.com.