Changing Change: BABOK v3 and the Future of Business Analysis

Kevin Brennan, CBAP

Chief Business Analyst and EVP

IIBA

3

Versions 1.0 to 2.0

The BABOK® Guide was

developed from 2004–2009.

Why do a Version 3?

Traditional BA Space

Challenges to Project-Centricity

Pre-Project Project Post-Project

Enterprise Analysis

Requirements Analysis

Solution Assessment & Validation

Rationale Delivery Benefits

5

Changing Expectations of BAs

IT Value Drivers Business Skills Gaps

1 Enabling Business Strategy Thinking like the Business

2 Optimizing Business

Processes Thinking strategically

3 Driving Innovation Communicating Effectively

42% …of CIOs rated business analysis as the top techical skills gap in their organization in Deloitte’s 2013 CIO Survey.

What’s New In Version 3?

70+ 85+ 3251

5 3

Internal Review

Comments

130K Words Perspectives

Authors

Years in

the Making

Internal

Reviewers

July

11

Last Day for

Public Feedback 20 Countries 15 Industries

BABOK® Guide Architecture

Core Concepts

Knowledge Areas and Tasks

Perspectives

BA Core Concepts

BABOK® v3 Knowledge Areas

Strategy Analysis

Change Strategies Future State

Option 1

Option 2

Risk

Opportunity

Cost Benefit

Solution

Risks and Uncertainties

Current State

Business Need

Requirements Analysis & Design Definition

Architecture

Design Requirements

Solution Evaluation

Measure Analyze

Assess Limits

• Enterprise

• Solution

Act

Elicitation and Collaboration

Elicitation Communication

Requirements Life Cycle Management

Prioritize

Assess

Consensus Trace

Maintain

Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

Approach

Governance Stakeholder Engagement

Information Management

Monitoring & Improvement

Perspectives

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Business Analysis

Information Technology

Agile

Business Architecture

Business Process Management

Business Intelligence

Information Technology

Agile

Business Architecture

Business Process Management

Business Intelligence

One Profession, Many Disciplines

IT

EntArch

Systems

Analyst

Decision

Systems

BI

IT BA

EntArch

Agile

Product

Owner

Business

Relationship

Manager

Business

Architect

Process

Analyst

Enterprise

Project Technology Business

Enterprise

Project

Technology Business

“To unite a community of professionals to create better business outcomes.”

IIBA Mission