Chapter Meeting: International Institute of Business Analysis Greater Atlanta Discussion: How the BA can pivot to data science

1. The Tipping Point: Elevating Role
of Business Analyst to "proxy"
Data Scientist
Jaleann M McClurg, MPH, CSPO, CSM, CLSSBB
IIBA Atlanta VP, Professional Development

2. BABOK v3.0
Core BA Concepts

3. Market Need for BA Skillset
 Design Thinking - “Human Systems”
 Research Focus
 Digital Product Management – O&M, APPM
 Translation of Strategy to Working Solutions
 Agile Methodology
 Facilitation

4. Data Scientist Skillset

5. Digital Transformation
Focus Areas
 Go-Mobile
 Legacy Systems Modernization
 Customer Focus – UX
 Business Process

6. “BA On Steroids”
Digital Skillset
 Business Needs
 Requirements
 Solution
 Organizational Change
 Customer Behaviors

7. Resources
 IIBA reports
 IIBA Podcast by Ashish Mehta
 IIBA BABOK v3.0
 IIBA Digital BA Whitepapers
 Article – Forbes 2019 “Going Pi-Shaped: How to
prepare the work of the future”
 Article – MIT Sloan Management Review: Getting
Your Employees Ready for Work in Age of AI

8. Technology
 Cloud Platforms (Microsoft, Oracle, Google)
 Salesforce
 SQL
 Python
 R
 SAS
 Tableau
 PowerBI
 ESRI … and more ….

9. What skills do I need?
 Technology – learn to code
 Human Skills
 Cope with ambiguity
 Be creative
 Think strategically
 Coaching
 Inspiration
 Interpersonal
 Problem Solving

10. Resources
 IIBA reports
 IIBA Podcast by Ashish Mehta
 IIBA BABOK v3.0
 IIBA Digital BA Whitepapers
 Article – Forbes 2019 “Going Pi-Shaped: How to
prepare the work of the future”
 Article – MIT Sloan Management Review: Getting
Your Employees Ready for Work in Age of AI

11. Resources
 DAMA DMBOK – Data Management Tools
 IIBA Guide to Business Data Analytics 164p.
 Research Capgemini Digital Transformation
Institute
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12. Contact
 Jaleann M McClurg
IIBA Greater Atlanta
VP, Professional Development
profdevelopment@atlanta.iiba.org
jaleann.mcclurg@outlook.com
404-849-3023