Elicitation Overview and Techniques in Practice
Elicitation helps leaders turn a broad concern into reliable evidence for action. It explains how to prepare, combine interviews, workshops, observation, document analysis, surveys, and prototypes, confirm findings with stakeholders, and use AI safely to support rather than replace purposeful conversations (IIBA, n.d. a; GDS, 2025).
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Elicitation Overview and Techniques in Practice Definition
Elicitation is the planned practice of drawing out, exploring, and confirming information from stakeholders and other sources so leaders can understand a change before acting. It uncovers needs, outcomes, pain points, rules, assumptions, constraints, priorities, risks and readiness. Techniques include interviews, workshops, observation, document analysis, surveys, focus groups, interface analysis and prototyping. Findings should be analysed, compared with evidence, and confirmed with the people affected before decisions are made (IIBA, n.d. b; BCS, n.d. a).
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- BCS (nd a) 5 key techniques and skills to master as a business analyst. Available at: www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/5-key-techniques-and-skills-to-master-as-a-business-analyst/
- BCS (2025) Bias in business analysis. Available at: www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/bias-in-business-analysis/
- Government Digital Service (GDS) (2014) 6 case studies: using research and data to improve a live service. Available at: userresearch.blog.gov.uk/2014/09/17/6-case-studies-using-research-and-data-to-improve-a-live-service/
- Government Digital Service (GDS) (2025) Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government. Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-playbook-for-the-uk-government/artificial-intelligence-playbook-for-the-uk-government-html
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