You are the business analyst for your organization. You are working with several IT professionals to determine all of the connected systems in your organization.
You are creating a mapping of the servers, workstations, printers, and other connected devices and their purposes for an analysis of how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system.
What business analysis process are you completing?
The business analysis process you are completing involves determining how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system. This is best described as creating a Data Flow Diagram (DFD). DFDs are used to map out the flow of information within a system, including how data is processed by different components and how it is transferred between devices such as servers, workstations, and printers. This provides a clear visualization of the data processes within an organization.
BABOK v3 10.13.2: Physical data flow diagrams model all of the data stores, printers, forms, devices, and other manifestations of data. The physical diagram can show either the current state or how it will be implemented.
network topology diagram shows how different devices are connected within a network for example mesh, ring, star, Bus and hybrid. However network topology diagram is not a term used in BABOK. hence DFD is the right answer