About BA Workbench and how to use it
A free toolkit for business analysts
BA Workbench keeps the core artefacts for one process or initiative in one place. Create a project, then work through five tools that share the same data:
- Stakeholder Map: list everyone involved, with their influence and interest, and track consensus and commitment as you move through the 4C Framework.
- Process & RPA Scorer: score each step on how often it runs, the minutes of manual effort and the error rate, weigh that against how many systems it touches, and get a priority tier and the monthly hours at stake.
- RACI Builder: assign who is responsible, accountable, consulted and informed for each process step, from your stakeholder list.
- Compliance Tracker: log the regulatory and policy requirements that apply, with a reference, the step that satisfies each one, an owner and a status.
- BRD Generator: assemble a first-draft business requirements document from everything above, then copy it or download it as Markdown. Prefer Word? Use the free BRD template.
An example workflow
- Create a project, for example "Vendor onboarding automation".
- Map the stakeholders and agree the real problem with them.
- Score the current process steps to find the automation candidates.
- Assign ownership in the RACI and log the compliance requirements.
- Generate the BRD draft and take it into your review sessions.
Your project data stays in this browser. The methods behind the tools are explained in How to write a BRD and How to choose processes for RPA.