A large health care provider has recently purchased and installed a solution that automates some of the activities that coordinate patient recovery activities. A business analyst (BA) is in the…

Risk Analysis and Management focuses on identifying and planning for potential future risks before or during a project, not on continuously recording and handling threats within an already-deployed and operating solution.

Root Cause Analysis is a reactive technique used to investigate the underlying cause of a problem after it has occurred, not a mechanism for ongoing recording and handling of performance threats.

Solution Performance Analysis is the BABOK technique used to assess how well a solution delivers against its expected business value on a continuous basis. It provides a structured mechanism for the BA to monitor performance metrics, record identified threats, and handle them as the solution operates over time. This technique is explicitly designed for ongoing evaluation of a live solution rather than a one-time assessment.

Solution Scope defines the boundaries and capabilities of a solution at the outset of analysis; it is not a technique for monitoring or managing threats to an operational solution.