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I received offline feedback from quite a few people that going down to the right depth consumes 20% of the project cost - something which business is unwilling to spend just to get scope defined and mitigate risks of cost escalations. Businesses need to realize spending 20% of project costs to get scope defined unambiguously is a better deal than seeing a failed project due to premature commitments. There is a chance after investing to get the scope sorted out you realize you cannot afford the cost of the project, but you at least have an option to rethink your strategy, work out a solution with your IT team or IT partner that can be delivered within your budget... you have the opportunity to apply the [Iron Triangle!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Management_Triangle) Going Agile resolves the concern of investing in scoping and focuses on delivering the product from very early stages of investments, however it doesn't resolve the concern of getting an upfront estimate for budgeting IT costs. It is important that we as business analysts educate the business that there are no silver bullets in IT projects and work with them to determine a right equilibrium. At the same time, it is essential that BA community comes up with innovations to reach unambiguous scope in lesser time and effort. Tools that help focus on analysis and automatically generate formatted documentation, tools that help bridge onsite/offshore divide with powerful collaborative features, tools that are easy for business users to grasp and help them do effective reviews and commenting within the tool, wireframing tools that provide visualization of end-to-end functional flow...... I am trying to hunt for such tools and will keep posting my assessment whenever I find a good one, and I welcome your feedback about tools that have worked best for you. - - - ### Similar Blog [![Committing to Estimates](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3443235852-jpg/blog-files/cone_of_uncertainty.jpg)](https://blog.e-zest.com/committing-to-estimates/) [Committing to Estimates](https://blog.e-zest.com/committing-to-estimates/) [In one of my recent discussions on](https://blog.e-zest.com/committing-to-estimates/)[IIBA](http://www.iiba.org/imis15/IIBA/Home/IIBA_Website/home.aspx) group in [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/), related to whether BA's should be involved in estimation, a point came ... By Vinay Pandey Feb 07, 2012 [![The role and importance of CPQ in digital commerce](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/The%20role%20and%20importance%20of%20CPQ%20in%20Digital%20Commerce.jpg) The role and importance of CPQ in digital commerce B2B commerce has overtaken B2C commerce in multiple markets. It is also worth noting that B2B continues to be inspired by the B2C ... By Vinay Pandey Oct 27, 2017](https://blog.e-zest.com/the-role-and-importance-of-cpq-in-digital-commerce) [Security vs Flexibility vs Automation vs Compliance (Part – 2) In continuation from my previous post, let me share few stories about Security vs Compliance vs Flexibility.... By Vinay Pandey Aug 28, 2012](https://blog.e-zest.com/security-vs-flexibility-vs-automation-vs-compliance-part-2/) [Security vs Flexibility vs Automation vs Compliance (Part - 1) Everybody who has been in IT Industry long enough would have played the balancing game between factors mentioned in the title of ... By Vinay Pandey Jul 24, 2012](https://blog.e-zest.com/security-vs-flexibility-vs-automation-vs-compliance/) [Key Attributes of Business Analysis Tools](https://blog.e-zest.com/key-attributes-of-business-analysis-tools/) [In my post on](https://blog.e-zest.com/key-attributes-of-business-analysis-tools/)[Need for Innovative Tools in Business Analysis](https://blog.e-zest.com/blog/need-for-innovative-tools-in-business-analysis/), I touched upon the need for innovative tools that can shorten ... 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