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A Strategic Mandate
John
E.
Parker
CVO,
Enfocus
Solu7ons
Inc.
Agenda
BABOK
V2
BABOK
v3
Business
analysis
is
the
set
of
Business
analysis
is
the
prac9ce
tasks
and
techniques
used
to
of
enabling
change
in
an
work
as
a
liaison
among
organiza9onal
context
by
stakeholders
to
understand
the
dening
needs
and
structure,
policies,
and
recommending
solu9ons
that
opera9ons
of
an
organiza9on
&
deliver
value
to
stakeholders.
recommend
solu9ons
that
enable
the
organiza9on
to
achieve
its
goals.
Business Analysts
Approximately of business analysts report to the business and the other
report to IT
Business Analysts have many titles and perform many functions from
strategic to tactical
Many people that perform business analysis activities do not think of
themselves as business analysts
IIBA estimates that there are over 1 million business analysts in the United
States, of these only 1/10 of 1% are certified
Business Analysis
Business analysis is relatively new role and immature in comparison to
more established roles such as project management and systems
development. (For example, the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001; IIBA
was created in 2004)
Business analysis must integrate with systems development
methodologies BA practices may be different depending on the SDM
Business Analysis in many organizations focuses only on requirements
and ignores other business analysis activities.
BABOK V3, to be released in early 2014, will bring more change and
confusion.
Benet
Decrease
cost
Lowers
salary
costs
due
to
collabora9on
between
dierent
units
(BAs
can
ll
in
for
each
other)
Lowers
overhead
costs
due
to
sharing
documenta9on
and
training
materials
across
the
organiza9on
Lowers
IT
costs
due
to
suppor9ng
informa9on
systems
across
the
organiza9on
in
using
standardized
processes
and
deliverables
5.0
5 Focus on innovations used to gain competitive advantage Innovating
4.0 Managed
4 Enterprise portfolio managed for business value
3.0 Aligned
3 Valuable solutions are delivered and
aligned with the business
2.0 Defined
2 Business requirements
defined and managed
1.0 Initial
1 Process unpredictable,
poorly controlled and
reactive
Business
Analysis
Business
Analysis
Planning
and
Monitoring
Elicita?on
Requirements
Management
and
Communica?on
Development
Lifecycle
SOW
Business
Case
Solu9on
Requirements
1.
2.
3.
4.
Analyze
Problem
Determine
Target
Assess
Capability
Dene
Business
or
Opportunity
State
&
Performance
Gaps
Requirements
(Vision)
Expected
Business
Outcomes
5.
6.
7.
8.
Conduct
Determine
Evaluate
Iden9fy
&
Dene
Stakeholder
Enabling
Changes
Solu9on
Op9ons
&
Features
People,
Process,
Analysis
Innovate
Technology
,
Governance
9.
10.
11.
Priori9ze
Features
Prepare
Business
Prepare
Business
&
Determine
Case
&
Benets
Analysis
Plan
Solu9on
Scope
Realiza9on
Plan
There
are
many
tools
on
the
market
that
address
some
aspect
of
business
analysis,
but
most
address
only
a
small
part
of
the
spectrum
of
business
analysis
responsibili9es.
Many
organiza9ons
use
Microsoh
Word
and
SharePoint
for
business
analysis.
These
are
good
tools
in
the
right
circumstances,
but
using
them
for
business
analysis
is
like
using
a
hammer
and
screwdriver
to
construct
a
skyscraper.
Most
tools
focus
exclusively
on
the
development
team
while
ignoring
stakeholder
and
business
needs.
Por[olio
Requirements
Project
Management
Management
Management
Reference
AYachments
Visualiza9ons
Documents
Descrip7on:
Business
analysis
methods
are
All
ve
types
of
requirements
More
advanced
business
Given
standard
performance
Business
analysts
work
with
not
well
established
and
are
dened
and
managed
in
a
analysis
techniques
are
used
baselines,
business
analysts
business
units
to
link
dened.
Deep
fragmenta9on
consistent
way.
to
address
business
and
can
now
measure,
benchmark
enterprise
goals
and
exists
across
the
organiza9on
-
Business
requirements
organiza9onal
change.
All
and
evaluate
performance
strategies
to
programs.
one
area
does
it
one
way
while
Stakeholder
projects
are
now
aligned
with
across
the
enterprise.
Business
analysts
work
as
another
unit
is
following
a
requirements
business
goals
and
objec9ves.
Enterprise
por[olio
internal
consultants
with
dierent
process
for
gekng
the
Func9onal
requirements
management
prac9ces
are
business
units
to
evaluate
same
thing
done.
Things
get
Nonfunc9onal
used
to
manage
business
innova9ons
to
gain
a
done
through
individual
eort
requirements
benets
across
the
compe99ve
advantage.
as
opposed
to
a
standardized
Transi9on
requirements
enterprise.
process.
Capabili7es:
Elicita9on
Business
analysis
planning
Project
por[olio
Business
Model
/
Solu9on
scope
and
management
management
Capabili9es
Analysis
Requirements
Solu9on
analysis
Process
por[olio
Compe99ve
market
development
Business
case
development
management
analysis
Requirements
Business
rules
Service
por[olio
Enterprise
por[olio
management
Business
process
management
management
PM
Partnership
improvement
Innova9on
Stakeholder
Organiza9onal
change
management
engagement
&
IT
service
strategy
and
design
communica9ons