The document outlines essential elements for establishing, operating, and evolving a business analysis practice, emphasizing management buy-in, leadership, and talent management. It details strategies for communication, training, and fostering a flexible team environment while leading by example and adhering to core values. Additionally, it describes methods for measuring success and visualizing the practice's development through a structured approach.

1. Succeeding with Business Analysis Practice
What it takes to establish, operate and evolve a Business Analysis Practice

2. Things that matter!
Prepare Operate Evolve!
• Management Buy-In • Leadership • Leadership
• Charter • Mentoring & Training • Vision
• Talent Sourcing • Talent Management • Growth Map
• Training • Success Mantras

3. Prepare
Management Buy-In Talent Sourcing
•Bridge Communication Gaps •Core Skills (Aptitude,
•Strengthen all customer Attitude, Communication)
facing roles •Alignment to Ethics & Values
•Flexible & Versatile team •Personal Attributes (Flexible,
•Don’t rush into a service Versatile, Proactive, Smart
model Learner)
Charter Training
•Objectives •Induction
•Positioning •Organization Specific (tools,
•Scope of Responsibilities & templates, domains…)
Authorities •Hands-On
•Values & Ethics
•Structure
(SBUs, Domains, Solution
specific)

4. Operate
Leadership
• Nurture the Vision
• Lead by example
Talent
• Review Management
• Establish Guiding • Get right people
Principles • Entry & Evolution
• Remain Hands-On Career Paths
Mentoring & Success Mantras
Training • Enforce Non-
• Constant Process Negotiable Tenets
• Meet once a week, • Measure Success
even if there is no • Encouring knowledge
agenda creation & Sharing
• Small things matter…
set them right!

5. Visualize your Practice!

6. Visualize your Practice!
Three Parallel Tracks of Business Analysis
Two Step
Approach
to
Business
Analysis

7. Visualize your Practice!
Presales
level
scoping
Requirements
Requirements Elicitation, Analysis and
& Change Definition part of SDLC
Management
part of Project
Management

8. Evolve!
• Competency Center
• Diversified focus
• Simple measures of success
• Administrative & Support
infrastructure provided by
delivery side Grow the BA
Pilot your Practice to a
Idea Consultancy
Service
Ideate a
Service Model
Nurture
your Vision
• Cost and Revenue Center
• Focused offerings
Establish
• Revenue and profitability
BA
• Administrative & Support
Practice
infrastructure is your direct
responsibility

9. Thanks for your attention!
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