Description: Challenge (Opportunity & Risk) represents a possibility to gain benefits or expect losses. Define clear monetary criteria (with positive or negative effects). Challenges become roots for all next changes in Enterprise Architecture.

Value: Estimation brings clarity to the decision-making process. Propose a solid foundation for ROI calculation, prioritization, and help us to arrange limited resources and attention.

When to apply: Key challenges must be defined as soon as possible, highly recommended to conduct challenge analysis during the very first business analysis steps.

Key pitfalls: Each challenge comes with both negative and positive effects. In many cases, challenges come with a set of positive and negative factors. Missed factors could create major risks in the projects.

Data Model:

• Challenge Data Model
• Effect Data Model