BABOK ® Guide v3:

The Essential Standard for

Business Analysis
A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of
Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) v3

• The only globally recognized standard for the

practice of business analysis

• Essential resource as it defines the skills and

knowledge required by business analysis
professionals

• BABOK® Guide reflects the collective

knowledge of the global business analysis
community

• Access to a free downloadable copy of BABOK®

Guide v3 is one of the many benefits of
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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
• Work began on V3 in May 2011

• Provides a consensus-based description of business analysis

• V2 available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and

German

• V2 definitive work on business analysis in projects 3

Major Changes

1. The BA Core Concept model (BACCM®)

2. Requirements and Designs

3. The Perspectives

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Content Changes

4. Reorganisation of KAs and tasks

5. Changes in Underlying Competencies

6. New techniques

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Major Changes

1. Business Analysis Core Concept Model™

(BACCM™)
Definition of Business Analysis

Business analysis is the practice of enabling change in an

enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that
deliver value to stakeholders.

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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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Core Concepts
Concept Description
Change The act of transformation in response to a need.
Need A problem or opportunity to be addressed.
Solution A specific way of satisfying one or more needs in a context.
Stakeholder A group or individual with a relationship to the change, the
need, or the solution
Value The worth, importance, or usefulness of something to a
stakeholder within a context.
Context The circumstances that influence, are influenced by, and
provide understanding of the change.

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2. Requirements and Designs

Requirements and Designs

• A requirement is a usable representation of a need.

Requirements focus on understanding what kind of
value could be delivered if a requirement is fulfilled.

• A design is a usable representation of a solution.

Design focuses on understanding how value might be
realized by a solution if it is built.

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Requirements and Designs

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Requirements and Designs

• Both requirements and… designs can be:

• Elicited • Specified
• Communicated • Modelled
• Traced • Verified
• Maintained • Validated
• Prioritised • Organised
• Changed • Analysed
• Approved • and more …

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Requirements and Designs

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Requirements and Designs

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Requirements and Designs

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Requirements and Designs

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Major Changes

3. The Perspectives
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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Perspectives

• Perspectives in version 3 are:

• Agile
• Business Intelligence
• Information Technology
• Business Architecture
• Business Process Management

• These perspectives:
• do not represent all possible perspectives
• represent some of the more common views of business
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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Business Analysis Scope
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Impact on Knowledge Areas

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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Breadth of Change
• Depth of Change
• Value and Solutions Delivered
• Delivery Approach
• Major Assumptions
• Business Analysis Scope
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Impact on Knowledge Areas

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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Business Analysis Scope
• Change Sponsor
• Change Targets
• Business Analyst Position
• Business Analysis Outcomes
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Impact on Knowledge Areas

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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Business Analysis Scope
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Agile – Approaches and Techniques
• Business Intelligence – Methodologies and Approaches
• Information Technology – Methodologies
• Business Architecture – Reference Models and Techniques
• Business Process Management – Frameworks, Methodologies, and
Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Impact on Knowledge Areas

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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Business Analysis Scope
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies Example:

• Impact on Knowledge Areas

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Structure of Perspectives

• Change Scope
• Business Analysis Scope
• Methodologies, Approaches, and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Impact on Knowledge Areas
Example:

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 Perspectives Connect BABOK® to BA Practice

Enterprise

IT EntArch Business
EntArch
Architect

Business
Relationship
Manager
BI

Product
Decision Owner
Systems

Process
Systems IT BA
Analyst
Analyst

Project
Technology Business
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Over to Rich
Content Changes

4. Reorganisation of KAs and tasks

5. Changes in Underlying Competencies

6. New techniques

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Content Changes

4. Reorganisation of KAs and tasks

Revised Knowledge Area Structure

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BABOK Knowledge Areas
Version 2.0 Version 3.0
BA Planning and Monitoring No change
Elicitation Elicitation and Collaboration
Requirements Management Requirements Life Cycle
and Communication Management
Enterprise Analysis Strategy Analysis
Requirements Analysis Requirements Analysis and
Design Definition
Solution Assessment & Solution Evaluation
Validation
Underlying Competencies No change
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Business Analysis Beyond Projects

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Structure of Tasks

• Purpose Example:
• Description
• Inputs
• Elements
• Guidelines/Tools
• Techniques
• Stakeholders
• Outputs

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Structure of Tasks
Example:
• Purpose
• Description
• Inputs
• Elements
• Guidelines/Tools
• Techniques
• Stakeholders
• Outputs

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Content Changes

5. Changes in Underlying Competencies

Underlying Competencies

• Underlying competencies have the following structure:

• Purpose
Example:
• Definition
• Effectiveness Measures

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Content Changes

6. New techniques
Techniques
• Techniques have the following structure:
• Purpose Example:
• Description
• Elements
• Usage Considerations

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Technique Name or Focus Change
Version 2.0 Version 3.0
Benchmarking Benchmarking and Market
Analysis
Data Dictionary and Glossary Data Dictionary
Data Dictionary and Glossary Glossary
Structured Walkthrough Reviews
Risk Analysis Risk Analysis and
Management
Scenarios and Use Cases Use Cases and Scenarios
User Stories User Stories
Requirements Workshop Workshops

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New Techniques
Version 3.0 Relation to 2.0
1. Backlog Management
2. Balanced Scorecard
3. Business Capability Analysis
4. Business Case Task in v2
5. Business Model Canvas
6. Collaborative Games
7. Concept Modelling
8. Data Mining
9. Decision Modelling Split from Decision Analysis
10. Financial Analysis Element in Decision Analysis
11. Mind Mapping
12. Prioritization Part of Prioritize Requirements
13. Process Analysis Split from Process Modeling
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14. Roles and Permissions Matrix Expanded from RACI Matrix
15. Stakeholder List, Map, or Personas Expanded from Stakeholder Map
IIBA® Certification

What’s coming?
IIBA® Certification
• Certification ensures a path of success, recognition and opportunity

• An IIBA certification can help support a practitioner’s career path and broader
market opportunities

• With a proven level of competence in the principles and practices, certification

offers recognition of professional competence and a commitment to career growth
and learning
• CBAP® Certified Business Analysis Professional™
• CCBA® Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™

• IIBA certification program and exams will be updated to align to BABOK® Guide
and incorporate feedback from the community in the months following the release
of v3

• IIBA is committed to ensuring our certification remains the industry standard in

the BA profession
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Changes to the Certification Programme

• November 2015: Revised certification framework

• Multi-level structure – increasing maturity levels
• Competency-based learning outcomes
• Streamlined and simplified application process

• Q3 2016: Implementation of new certification programme

• Q1 or Q2 2016: Expect announcement of exam cut-over date

• 4 – 6 months ahead of cut-over date

• Sometime in 2016:
• Linking of existing certificates to new levels
• Recognition of existing certificate holders’ credentials
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