BABOK ® 2.0 Release Party! Celebrating the first complete release of the BABOK® Guide

Vision and Mission Develop and maintain standards for 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. Vision The world's leading association for Business Analysis professionals Mission © International Institute of Business Analysis™

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

Strategic Goals

Create and develop awareness and recognition of the value and contribution of the role of the Business Analysis Professional

Define the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ™ ( BABOK ® )

Publicly recognize qualified practitioners through an internationally acknowledged certification program

Provide a forum for knowledge sharing

Operational Goals

Ensure the long term viability of the organization

Enable sustainable growth to support the establishment of the IIBA as a worldwide organization

Ensure financial viability to support the implementation and sustainment of the IIBA operational and strategic priorities

Consistently demonstrate value of the organization to IIBA constituents

Why Define the BABOK®? Create a shared understanding 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™

Create a shared understanding 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

What We Did 4½ years of work, hundreds of volunteers, thousands of comments, 200,000 downloads… 5 releases to BA community (1.0, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0 Draft, and now 2.0) Reviewed by experts and practitioners Validated by surveys with thousands of respondents © International Institute of Business Analysis™

4½ years of work, hundreds of volunteers, thousands of comments, 200,000 downloads…

5 releases to BA community (1.0, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0 Draft, and now 2.0)

Reviewed by experts and practitioners

Validated by surveys with thousands of respondents

Definition of Business Analysis “ Business Analysis is the set of 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™

“ Business Analysis is the set of 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.”

Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ® Version 2 © International Institute of Business Analysis™ 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™

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

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” All tasks performed by most BAs © International Institute of Business Analysis™

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”

All tasks performed by most BAs

Techniques Techniques consolidated in 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™

Techniques consolidated in 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

Next Steps Version 2 accomplishes the initial goals we set for the BABOK v2 will be in print later this year Focus shifts to: Extensions Competency Model Online Community to Support BAs We’ll start v3 when we know what needs to change in v2 © International Institute of Business Analysis™

Version 2 accomplishes the initial goals we set for the BABOK

v2 will be in print later this year

Focus shifts to:

Extensions

Competency Model

Online Community to Support BAs

We’ll start v3 when we know what needs to change in v2

And the CBAP®… Exam migrates to 2.0 August 1, 2009 Item writing team currently developing 2.0 exam Exam blueprint will be published later this year If you are certified under 1.6, it remains valid © International Institute of Business Analysis™

Exam migrates to 2.0 August 1, 2009

Item writing team currently developing 2.0 exam

Exam blueprint will be published later this year

If you are certified under 1.6, it remains valid

Questions? © International Institute of Business Analysis™

Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP VP, Professional Development k [email_address] Or contact [email_address] http://www.theiiba.org © International Institute of Business Analysis™ www.theiiba.org | blog.theiiba.org | info@theiiba.org © International Institute of Business Analysis™

Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP

VP, Professional Development

k [email_address]

Or contact

[email_address]

http://www.theiiba.org

Next Webinar Where the Industry is Heading The Journey to Professional Excellence 2009 When : Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT Who : Kathleen B. (Kitty) Hass, IIBA Director Discussion points : Discover the value of business analysis Examine why business analysis is critical to success in the global economy Explore our challenge to close the gap in BA capabilities Discover where the BA industry is going and how we are going to get there Register now at www.theiiba.org

Where the Industry is Heading The Journey to Professional Excellence 2009

When : Tuesday, April 21, 2009

12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT

Who : Kathleen B. (Kitty) Hass, IIBA Director

Discussion points :

Discover the value of business analysis

Examine why business analysis is critical to success in the global economy

Explore our challenge to close the gap in BA capabilities

Discover where the BA industry is going and how we are going to get there

Register now at www.theiiba.org