Unsolved Problems in Business Analysis IF YOU DONT

Unsolved Problems in Business Analysis IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR FUTURE THE FUTURE WILL CHANGE YOU MAY 2019 1

DISCLAIMER. GENERALISTS VS SPECIALISTS Domain Knowledge Solution Knowledge Hard Skills Soft Skills 2

IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR FUTURE THE FUTURE WILL CHANGE YOU WHERE WE ARE? 3

CASE STUDY 4

THE LIST 1 Demand Qualification 2 Problem Solving 3 Productivity 4 Complexity 5 Efficiency 6 Transparency 7 Customer Engagement 8 Deep Dive into Business Domain 5

DEMAND QUALIFICATION: IS THERE ANY BOK? COMPLEX/HIGH MARGIN We deal with a Pandora Box but each ask which a Customer come up with impacts the way how the demand can be broken down into a work 6

PROBLEM SOLVING: PMBOK 2000 / 2013 7

PROBLEM SOLVING: BABOK V 3 8

PRODUCTIVITY: BABOK CONFIDENTIAL 9

COMPLEXITY: PMI-BA 2015 10

IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR FUTURE THE FUTURE WILL CHANGE YOU CONTENT QUALITY, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE 11

QUALITY CRITERA 12

xx. BOK HEAT MAP #1 13

xx. BOK HEAT MAP #2 14

xx. BOK HEAT MAP other instruction 15

TUPIK (ATLANTIC PUFFIN) 16

IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR FUTURE THE FUTURE WILL CHANGE YOU BA QUALITY MVP 17

PROBLEM IS A PROBLEM: IMPACT 18

DO I REALLY NEED THIS? 19

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE GAPS CONFIDENTIAL 20

NEW HOPE 1. Complex cases knowledge base • Best solutions • Time wise • Price wise • etc. 2. Aggregate cases into segmented frameworks to avoid mistakes 3. Combine all above into BA script 21

COMPLEXITY STUDY IMPACT RISKS ESTIMATES Elicit Dimensions Spot the Uncertainties Provide T-Shirts CONFIDENTIAL 22

THROUGH THE SELF-IMPROVEMENT 1 Demand Qualification 2 Problem Solving 3 Productivity 4 Complexity 5 Efficiency 6 Transparency 7 Customer Engagement 8 Deep Dive into Business Domain 23

BA CENTRIC LOOK 1 KNOWLEDGE / CONTENT QUALITY • Criteria • Complex Examples • Best Practices • Complexity 2 BA QUALITY MVP • Productivity • Transparency • Avoid Mistakes 3 BA CAPABILITIES ENRICHMENT • Complexity Study • Case Study knowledge base converted into BA Scripts • SWAT 24

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