This document discusses careers in business analysis and beyond. It outlines the speaker's background in BA training and conferences. It then discusses the maturing profession of BA and how skills in requirements analysis, problem-solving, and strategy execution can lead to careers in project management, portfolio management, and business advising roles. The document emphasizes developing a mix of professional, business, and personal skills and obtaining certifications to advance in the BA field or transition to roles like change director, business architect, or management consultant. It provides examples of career paths and profiles for heads of customer experience, IT program directors, and change portfolio directors that BA experience can prepare individuals for.

1. BA careers and beyond
Lawrence Darvill
Business Consultant
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My Background
Advisor within BA training
field – AssistKD
Director of the BA Manager
Forum
Organiser – BA of the Year
Award
Committee member –
European BA conference

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Your Careers Talk
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The profession
The organisation
The individual
Business Analysis Maturity Model

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Bridging
• Project
• Requirements
• Business
translation
Challenging
• Pre-project
• Problem-solving
• Strategy execution
Advising
• Portfolio
• Value delivery
• Outcomes
The Third Wave of Business Analysis

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Skills Mix

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Professional Business Personal
25%
25%
50%
Skills Mix

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Career Planning

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Maturity
Standards
CertificationsPublications
Maturity in Business Analysis

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• Soft Systems Methodology
• Unified Modeling Language
• Requirements Engineering
Standards
• BCS certificates
• BCS Diploma
• IIBA
Certifications
• BCS BA books
• Requirements/Modelling books
• BABOK
Publications
Maturity in Business Analysis

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BA Foundation
& Practitioner
certifications
International
Diploma in
Business
Analysis
BA
Professional
Certifications
Advanced
Diploma in
Business
Analysis
Expert BA
Award
Extended BA Certification Scheme
CBAP

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BA Manager
Forum defines
Standard
Employer
support x 10
Submission to
government for
approval
Decision
expected June
2016
Development and approval process
BA Apprenticeship Scheme

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• Business Architecture
• Data Analysis
• Agile Business Analysis
• Advanced Requirements Engineering
Professional/
Analytical skills
• Benefits Planning & Realisation
• Business Finance
Business skills
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Team Leadership
People skills
Advanced BA Diploma Certifications

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The Expert BA Award

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Higher Level Skills - Case Example 1
Deliverable
Salt for winter
roads
Multiple new
partnerships
and supporting
processes
Skills
Creative Problem
Solving
Leadership &
Influencing
Value
Lives saved
Safer roads

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Higher Level Skills - Case Example 2
Deliverable
Recommendations
on organisational
structure
Skills
Strategic Analysis
Organisational
Architecture
Business Case
Value
Costs saved and staff
retained
The right strategic
decision made

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• Requirements definition and
management
• Strategic Analysis and Execution
• Portfolio management
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Modelling
• Business System investigation
• Business case development
• Benefits management
• Business Architecture
• Risk Management
Professional skills:
Exploring the Skills

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Exploring the Skills
• Business domain
• Market awareness
• Organisational Architecture
• Organisational Structure/Culture
• Business Finance
• Commercial Awareness
Business skills:

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Exploring the Skills
• Stakeholder relationship
management
• Negotiation and conflict
management
• Leadership and influencing
• Mentoring and coaching
• Presentational skills
• Creative problem solving and
resolution
Personal skills:

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Beyond BA
Change Director
Head of Customer
Experience
Commercial
Director
BA Coach and
Trainer
Product Manager Business Architect
Head of Solutions
Architecture
Head of Data
Management
Head of Standards,
Methods and Tools
Management
Consultant
Head of Digital
Services

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Beyond BA
• Director – Business Analysis
• Business design manager
• Senior BA
• Improvement manager
Example Profile 1
Head of Customer Experience –
Managing all customer affecting
change – global telco company.
A skilled communicator with the proven ability to influence, partner
with senior leaders, develop a strong network of contacts throughout
the industry and gain support and commitment from board members,
managers and employees across the business.

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Beyond BA
Example Profile 2
IT Programme Director
Lead change, strategic alignment,
producing and owning business
cases. Large transport provider.
• Programme Director
• Head of IT Service management
• Head of Business Analysis
• Project Manager
• Business Analyst

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Beyond BA
Example Profile 3
Change Portfolio Director
Direction of multi-million change
portfolio – concept to full
implementation. Senior
stakeholder engagement. Leading
finance house.
• Change portfolio director
• Head of delivery and analysis
• Head of BA
• Principal BA
• BA Consultant

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Summary
BA career in its own right
Stepping stone to other careers
Maturing profession

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Questions…