Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Babok Guide v3

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Business Analysis Body of Knowledge

(BABOK® Guide) v3

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Welcome
Kevin Brennan, CBAP®
EVP, Product Management and Development
Reshaping the Future
• Exciting future ahead
• Committed to “Unite a global community of professionals”
• New three-year Strategic Plan launched in Nov 2014
• Our new strategic plan is transformational and provides a
more focused approach
• IIBA’s new direction will bring extensive value and support to
Members, Chapters, Corporate Community, Government,
EEPs and academia

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A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of
Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)
• Core product for IIBA—serves as basis for almost everything else,
including certification, competency model, etc.

• Globally accepted standard for business analysis


• Development began in 2004
• First Major Release was v1.6 in 2006
• Updated to v2 in 2009

• Provides a consensus-based description of business analysis

• Available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and


German

• v2 definitive work on business analysis in projects


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Encompassing the Full Scope of the
Business Analysis Discipline
Version 2 Scope Version 3 Scope
IT Projects IT Projects
Agile (limited coverage) Agile (full coverage)
Business Process Management
Business Architecture
Business Intelligence

• Industry is demanding:
• Process improvement skills
• Strategic thinking and alignment to business goals
• Integration with agile software development methods
• Greater focus on change management

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Process Requirements

• Process was developed based on:


• IIBA experience developing previous versions
• Compliance with CSA, ANSI regulations for standards development
• Information provided by IEEE, PMI, OMG on their experience and feedback
from participants in those processes

• Global core team representing experience in multiple business analysis


disciplines

• Task structure revamped and mapped against 10+ business change


models—allowing for many different lifecycles

• Content run through 3 revision cycles

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Public Review to Publication

• Every section of the BABOK® Guide has been reviewed and


edited by SMEs and technical writers to ensure accuracy,
improve clarity, and address public feedback
• 4500 comments from public, all were reviewed and ⅔ implemented
• Community feedback on new structure largely positive, particularly
from agile and enterprise practitioners
• New and increased content on business cases, financial analysis, and
other techniques based on community feedback
• Images and graphics created for all sections

• Core team has reviewed and approved the revised document


• All team members voted to publish with minor changes from last draft
• CSA/ANSI requirements for standards development now fully met
• On track for release mid-April
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Core Concepts and Unified Terminology

• BACCM
• Uniting a community of
practitioners requires
common terminology
• 6 core concepts kept
recurring

• Relevant from
enterprise strategy to
tactical implementation
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Revised Knowledge Area Structure

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Coming April 15!

Global “Gold
Standard” for
BAs

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