Business Analysis - Based on BABOK® Guide Version 2 A Pocket Guide
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| Title: | Business Analysis Based on BABOK® Guide Version 2 – A Pocket Guide |
| Series: | Best Practice |
| Author: | Jarett Hailes |
| Text editor: | Steve Newton |
| Publisher: | Van Haren Publishing, Zaltbommel,www.vanharen.net |
| ISBN Hard copy: | 978 90 8753 735 7 |
| ISBN eBook: | 978 94 0180 537 7 |
| Edition: | First edition, first impression, June 2014 |
| Layout and typesetting: | CO2 Premedia, Amersfoort – NL |
| Copyright: | © Van Haren Publishing, 2014 |
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“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
- Peter Drucker
Understanding needs. Defining objectives. Prioritizing problems and opportunities. Selecting the right solution. Ensuring what is delivered is effective. All these activities and more rely on effective business analysis.
The profession of business analysis is rapidly changing and evolving. As organizations realize how crucial it is to be able to successfully manage and deliver change in order to survive and thrive in the global economy, demand for business analysis skills will continue to increase. To this day, people still have difficulty understanding the purpose of business analysis and how it fits with other professions that are involved in the same activities within organizations. In 2003 the International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) was formed to define and develop standards for the profession and help business analysis practitioners (called Business Analysts) improve their skills.
The IIBA developed A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) to provide Business Analysts and other stakeholders a comprehensive understanding of what business analysis is about and how it can be delivered to help organizations meet their objectives. Version 2 of the BABOK® Guide was released in 2009 and helped shift the focus on business analysis from mainly within the Information Technology domain to one that enables all aspects of the organization to improve their performance and deliver solutions to meet their needs. The BABOK® Guide delivers a wealth of information about business analysis, but it can be difficult to know where to start or how to apply its content. Since the profession has evolved since the release of Version 2, there are certain aspects of business analysis that are under-represented in the current version of the BABOK® Guide. The purpose of this pocket guide is to provide a clear, concise summary of the key ideas from the BABOK® Guide while also offering additional competencies (competences), techniques and ways to apply business analysis within organizations.
Current Business Analysts can use this pocket guide as a quick reference to key concepts. Other stakeholders involved in business analysis activities, from C-suite executives to project team members to front-line staff, can use this guide to gain an understanding of the value business analysis has within an organization and how to effectively interact with Business Analysts.
As you review this pocket guide, I en courage you to think about your organization’s mission, goals, and objectives, as well as its current operations, and consider what its key success factors are going forward. From this starting point you can leverage the content from this pocket guide and the BABOK® Guide to ensure your organization focuses its energy on what truly matters and is able to successfully deliver solutions that meet its needs.
May 2014,
Jarett Hailes, CBAP
1.1 Purpose of the Pocket Guide
1.2 What is Business Analysis?
1.3 The Need for Business Analysis
1.7 Knowledge Areas, Techniques and Their Inter-Relationships
1.8 Stakeholders and Their Influence on Business Analysis
2 BUSINESS ANALYSIS PLANNING AND MONITORING
2.1 Plan Business Analysis Approach
2.2 Conduct Stakeholder Analysis
2.3 Plan Business Analysis Activities
2.4 Plan Business Analysis Communication
2.5 Plan Requirements Management Process