IIBA PD Structure and Goals

IIBA Professional Development
Operational Overview
Sept 2009

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Introduction
Kevin Brennan, cbap®
V.P. Professional Development, IIBA®
Responsible for
IIBA® Standards (BABOK® Guide and Extensions)
EEP™ Program
IIBA Community Network
Career Centre
Delivering PD Opportunities to IIBA® Members
BA Experience
Over 10 years as a business analyst
Has used many different methodologies and worked in several industries
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Professional Development Mandate
Drive improvement in the practice of business analysis by:
Creating a cycle of continuous learning and improvement in business analysis practices
Ensuring that BAs have access to readily available, high-quality education
Enabling business analysts to be effective in helping organizations succeed at their goals and objectives
Ensuring organizations understand how to support and enhance the practice of business analysis
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Standards
Accountabilities
Develop IIBA Standards
Maintain the BABOK Guide
Plan extensions, best practice guide
Collaborate with other associations to align standards development
Publish and distribute standards
Conduct research into new methods, areas of interest
Co-ordinate updates and changes with Certification
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EEP Program
Accountabilities
Improve quality of business analysis education provided by third parties
Assess providers and courses against defined quality criteria
Help EEPs improve courses that fail to meet our criteria
Assess EEP courses against standards developed by Certification to pre-qualify them for PD hours
Ensure EEPs comply with the EEP Code of Conduct
Resolve complaints brought against EEPs
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New Media
Accountabilities
Develop content for distribution through new media channels including:
Community Network
Webinars
Podcasts
Newsletters
Integrate and manage content across channels
Use new media tools to help facilitate communication among IIBA stakeholders and IIBA
Identify and assess new tools that can be used to deliver PD information to BA community
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Structure
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BABOK Guide
Goals for BABOK v2.0 were:
Simplify Structure and Integrate KAs
Address 3 Key Target Groups
Agile
Now: 40% of BAs working on Agile projects
Business Process Management
Now: 45% of BAs working on BPM projects
Project Management
Now: Collaboration with PMI
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2009 Objectives
Standards
Publish v2 of the BABOK Guide
Begin development of additional material
Extensions (Agile BA, Enterprise BA)
Support for organizations (competency model, CMMI, best practices in BA management)
New material and frameworks
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2009 Accomplishments
Complete
Published v2 of the BABOK Guide
Launched Community Network
Improved administration of EEP Program
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