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Vancouver Chapter Study Group
BABOK® Chapter 1 – Introduction
October 21, 2015
Jorge Vega, CBAP
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• About me
• Format
• BABOK 2.0
• Frequency
• Type of sessions
• Prep work required
• Professional
Development hours
• Certification Update
TBD
Study Group Sessions
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How prepared are you?
•POP QUIZ!
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1.1 What is BABOK?
1.2 What is Business Analysis?
1.3 Key Concepts
1.4 Knowledge Areas
1.5 Tasks
1.6 Techniques
1.7 Underlying Competencies
1.8 Other Sources of BA Information
Chapter 1: Introduction
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• Globally recognized standard for the practice of business analysis.
• Describes business analysis areas of knowledge, their associated activities and tasks, and the skills necessary to be effective in their execution.
1.1 A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)
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• The set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaisonamong stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
• Understanding how organizations function.
• Defining organizational goals and how to achieve these goals.
• Understanding current state of an organization to define business needs.
• Defining/validating solutions to meet business goals and objectives.
• A Business Analyst is any person who performs BA tasks as described in BABOK, regardless of title.
1.2 Business Analysis
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• Domain – area undergoing analysis• Not necessarily bound by organization or department
boundaries
• Solution – set of changes to the current state made so an organization can meet a business need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity• Optimal solution within given constraints (not perfect
solution)
• Solution often involves IT, but not always
1.3 Key Concepts
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1. A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an objective.
2. A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed documents.
3. A documented representation of a condition or capability as in (1) or (2).
1.3 Key Concepts –Requirement
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• Business Requirements (Enterprise Analysis)
• Stakeholder Requirements (Req. Analysis)
• Solution Requirements (Req. Analysis)
• Functional Requirements
• Non-functional Requirements
• Transition Requirements (Solution Assessment & Validation)
• Mnemonic BSFNT (“bus font” or “Buy Some New Treats”
1.3 Key Concepts –Requirements
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Mnemonic = PEACEUS (different spelling for “pieces”)
• BA Planning and Monitoring
• Elicitation• Requirements Analysis• Requirements
Management and Communication
• Enterprise Analysis• Underlying
Competencies• Solution Assessment
and Validation
1.4 Knowledge Areas
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• Purpose
• Description • A task is an essential piece of work that must be performed as part of business analysis. Each task should be performed at least once during the vast majority of business analysis initiatives, but there is no upper limit to the number of times any task may be performed.
•A task has the following characteristics:•A task accomplishes a result in an output that creates value to the sponsoring organization—that is, if a task is performed it should produce some demonstrable positive outcome which is useful, specific, visible and measurable.
•A task is complete—in principle, successor tasks that make use of outputs should be able to be performed by a different person or group.
•A task is a necessary part of the purpose of the Knowledge Area with which it is associated.
1.5 Tasks
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• Input•Requirements
• Elements
1.5 Tasks
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• Stakeholders
• Output
1.5 Tasks
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• Purpose
• Description
• Elements
• Usage Consideration
1.6 Techniques
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• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Behavioural Characteristics
• Business Knowledge
• Communication Skills
• Interaction Skills
• Software Applications
1.7 Underlying Competencies
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• List of sources BABOK draws from (TBC)
• E.g., Agile Development, BPM, Enterprise Architecture, ITIL, Project Management
1.8 Other Sources of Business Analysis Info
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Study Guides recommended by Jorge
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Quiz & Discussion