BABOK Version 2

An Overview of Version 2.0 of the BABOK ® Guide Kevin Brennan Cover this area with a  picture related to your presentation. It can be humorous. Vice President, Make sure you look at  the Notes Pages for Professional more information Development about how to use the template. © International Institute of Business Analysis®

2 Vision and Mission The world's leading association for Vision Business Analysis professionals Develop and maintain standards for Mission the practice of business analysis and for the certification of its practitioners IIBA is an international not-for-profit professional association for business analysis professionals. © International Institute of Business Analysis™

3 IIBA Goals Strategic Goals Operational Goals    Create and develop  Ensure the long term awareness and recognition viability of the organization of the value and  Enable sustainable growth contribution of the role of to support the the Business Analysis establishment of the IIBA as a worldwide organization Professional  Ensure financial viability to  Define the Business support the implementation Analysis Body of and sustainment of the IIBA Knowledge™ (BABOK®) operational and strategic  Publicly recognize qualified priorities practitioners through an  Consistently demonstrate internationally value of the organization to acknowledged certification IIBA constituents program  Provide a forum for knowledge sharing © International Institute of Business Analysis™

4 Why Define the BABOK®? a shared understanding Create of business analysis.  It defines the BA role  It says what a BA needs to be able to do  It describes the techniques that a BA should be able to use  It describes the competencies that are required to be effective © International Institute of Business Analysis™

5 Definition of Business Analysis Analysis is the set of “Business tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.” © International Institute of Business Analysis™

6 Value of Business Analysis is about understanding: It  How an organization works  Why the organization exists  What are its goals and objectives  How it accomplishes those objectives  How it needs to change to better accomplish objectives or to meet new challenges is about meeting business needs. It is about ensuring investment in the It right solutions. © International Institute of Business Analysis™

7 Understanding Scope Scope Solution  The set of capabilities required to meet a business need Scope Project  The work required to implement the solution scope analysis is required to Business define solution scope. © International Institute of Business Analysis™

8 Who else is involved? Project Regulator Manager Implement- Sponsor ation SME Domain Supplier SME Business Customer Tester Analyst © International Institute of Business Analysis™

9 Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® Version 2  Identifies currently accepted practices  Recognizes business analysis is not synonymous with software requirements  Defined & enhanced by the professionals who apply it  Captures the sum of the knowledge required for the practice of business analysis as a profession The set of tasks, knowledge, & techniques required to identify business needs & determine solutions to business problems. © International Institute of Business Analysis™

10 What are the major changes?  All content is complete  77 tasks consolidated into 32  Applies to a wider range of methods including Agile, BPM  Validated by practitioners and experts  Surveys of BA community show that content is “generally accepted” © International Institute of Business Analysis™

11 BA Planning & Monitoring Purpose Answers the Question Identifies tasks What do I need & stakeholders to do? Value Understand who needs to be engaged & what needs to be done; monitor progress; coordinate with others © International Institute of Business Analysis™

12 BAP&M Structure © International Institute of Business Analysis™

13 Elicitation Purpose Answers the Question Elicit req’sfrom What do stake-holder Stakeholders groups need? Value Describes the various techniques used to elicit requirements © International Institute of Business Analysis™

14 Elicitation Structure © International Institute of Business Analysis™

15 Req Management & Communication Purpose Answers the Question Communicate Does everyone the outcome; understand & Identify & agree? manage change Value Bring stakeholders to a common understanding; formalizes agreement © International Institute of Business Analysis™

16 RM&C Structure © International Institute of Business Analysis™

17 Enterprise Analysis Purpose Answers the Question Understand the Why are we Big Picture doing this? Value Provides a context and/or foundation on which to evaluate all future issues & challenges © International Institute of Business Analysis™

19 Requirements Analysis Purpose Answers the Question Analyze the What must the data Solution do? Value Transforms the business need into clearly described capabilities © International Institute of Business Analysis™

21 Solution Assessment & Validation Purpose Answers the Question Ensure the Does it do best solution is what it was chosen supposed to? Value Evaluate and choose among alternatives; assess tradeoffs and options © International Institute of Business Analysis™

23 Underlying Competencies Analytical Behavioral Business Communication Interaction Software Thinking and Characteristics Knowledge Skills Skills Applications Problem Solving Business Creative Thinking Principles and Oral Facilitation and Practices Ethics Communications Negotiation General Purpose Applications Decision Making Industry Knowledge Personal Leadership and Learning Teaching Organization Influencing Organization Knowledge Problem Solving Specialized Applications Written Trustworthiness Teamwork Communications Solution Knowledge Systems Thinking © International Institute of Business Analysis™

24 Techniques consolidated in Techniques their own chapter  34 techniques described in 2.0  All techniques listed are performed by a majority of BAs today  Includes all commonly used elicitation and analysis techniques  Cover most situations a BA is likely to encounter© International Institute of Business Analysis™

25 www.theiiba.org | blog.theiiba.org | info@theiiba.org Brennan Kevin  kevin.brennan@theiiba.org  Or contact  bok@theiiba.org  http://www.theiiba.org © International Institute of Business Analysis™