An Overview of Version 2.0 of
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Vision and Mission
Develop and maintain standards for the practice of business analysis and
VisionThe world's leading association for Business Analysis professionals
Mission 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.
Mission
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IIBA Goals�Strategic Goals
� Create and develop awareness and recognition of the value and contribution of the role of the Business Analysis Professional
�Operational Goals
� Ensure the long term viability of the organization
� Enable sustainable growth to support the establishment of the IIBA as a worldwide organization
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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
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
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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
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� 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
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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,
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order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.”
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Value of Business Analysis�It is about understanding:� How an organization works
� Why the organization exists
� What are its goals and objectives
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� What are its goals and objectives
� How it accomplishes those objectives
� How it needs to change to better accomplish objectives or to meet new challenges
�It is about meeting business needs.
�It is about ensuring investment in the right solutions.
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Understanding Scope�Solution Scope� The set of capabilities required to
meet a business need
Project Scope
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�Project Scope� The work required to implement the
solution scope
�Business analysis is required to define solution scope.
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Who else is involved?
Implement-ation SMEImplement-ation SME
Project ManagerProject
ManagerRegulatorRegulator
SponsorSponsor
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Business Analyst
Business Analyst
CustomerCustomer
Domain SME
Domain SME
SupplierSupplier
TesterTester
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Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®Version 2
� Identifies currently accepted practices
� Recognizes business analysis is not synonymous with software requirements
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requirements
� Defined & enhanced by the professionals who apply it
� Captures the sum of the knowledge required for the practice of business analysis as a professionThe set of tasks, knowledge, & techniques required to
identify business needs & determine solutions to business problems.
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What are the major changes?� All content is complete
� 77 tasks consolidated into 32
� Applies to a wider range of methods including Agile, BPM
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including Agile, BPM
� Validated by practitioners and experts
� Surveys of BA community show that content is “generally accepted”
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BA Planning & Monitoring
Identifies tasks Identifies tasks & stakeholders
What do I need What do I need to do?
Purpose Answers the Question
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Understand who needs to be Understand who needs to be engaged & what needs to be
done; monitor progress; coordinate with others
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Elicitation
Elicit req’sElicit req’sfrom stake-
holder groups
What do What do Stakeholders
need?
Purpose Answers the Question
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holder groups need?
Describes the various Describes the various techniques used to elicit
requirements
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Req Management & Communication
Communicate Communicate the outcome;
Identify &
Does everyone Does everyone understand &
agree?
Purpose Answers the Question
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Identify & manage change
agree?
Bring stakeholders to a common Bring stakeholders to a common understanding; formalizes
agreement
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Enterprise Analysis
Understand the Understand the Big Picture
Why are we Why are we doing this?
Purpose Answers the Question
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Provides a context and/or Provides a context and/or foundation on which to evaluate
all future issues & challenges
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Requirements Analysis
Analyze the Analyze the data
What must the What must the Solution do?
Purpose Answers the Question
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Transforms the business need Transforms the business need into clearly described
capabilities
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Solution Assessment & Validation
Ensure the Ensure the best solution is
chosen
Does it do Does it do what it was
supposed to?
Purpose Answers the Question
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chosen supposed to?
Evaluate and choose among Evaluate and choose among alternatives; assess tradeoffs
and options
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Underlying Competencies
Analytical Thinking and
Problem Solving
Analytical Thinking and
Problem Solving
Creative ThinkingCreative Thinking
Behavioral Characteristics
Behavioral Characteristics
EthicsEthics
Business KnowledgeBusiness
Knowledge
Business Principles and
Practices
Business Principles and
Practices
Communication Skills
Communication Skills
Oral Oral
Interaction Skills
Interaction Skills
Facilitation and Facilitation and
Software Applications
Software Applications
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Decision MakingDecision Making
LearningLearning
Problem SolvingProblem Solving
Systems ThinkingSystems Thinking
EthicsEthics
Personal Organization
Personal Organization
TrustworthinessTrustworthiness
PracticesPractices
Industry Knowledge
Industry Knowledge
Organization Knowledge
Organization Knowledge
Solution Knowledge
Solution Knowledge
Oral Communications
Oral Communications
TeachingTeaching
Written Communications
Written Communications
Facilitation and Negotiation
Facilitation and Negotiation
Leadership and Influencing
Leadership and Influencing
TeamworkTeamwork
General Purpose Applications
General Purpose Applications
Specialized ApplicationsSpecialized Applications
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Techniques�Techniques consolidated in their own chapter� 34 techniques described in 2.0
� All techniques listed are performed
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� 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
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