Rising importance of Business Analysis when performing projects

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1 Rising importance of Business Analysis when performing projects A state-of-the-art view on Business Analysis HJB Getting in Control

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3 Your Presenter More than 30 years experience in project/program/portfolio management and business improvement. Specialist in aligning IT to new or revised business strategies and improving success rates of delivering projects. Worked as a business improvement consultant for Philips, KPN, Rabobank International, KLM, ABNAmro, AMGEN, Proximus, HSBC, Shell, ING, HP, Rasgas, QIA, Al Elm, Zadco, Etisalat and many others. Bart Bernink Tel : CEO HJB Getting in Control 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 3

4 Topics Trends Business Analysis Business Analysis phases Why business Analysts The future Certification 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 4

5 What changes do we see Organizations face more complex issues, with IT expected to help the business side weave together multiple kinds of technology to solve those business challenges. IT is becoming more commoditized and more outsourced, and as it does so, its main value to the organization becomes analytic rather than procedural. With the easy value from technology already achieved, IT now needs to show the business it can leverage technology for ever more strategic uses, thereby elevating the role of the business analyst. 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 5

6 Business Analysis Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. AS-IS Business strategy TO-BE - Organisation - Policies - Processes - Products - Customers - IT architecture BABOK Toolkit - Organisation - Policies - Processes - Products - Customers - IT architecture Initiatives solution feasibility business case 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 6

7 The Route to Follow Business need analysis Solution vision creation Leading Role Elicit, analyse and document requirements Needs report Develop solution Supportive Role Validate solution Implement solution Leading Role Acceptance notification 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 7

8 The Business Analyst Any person who performs business analysis tasks. Unlike the rest of IT, business analysts are directly assigned to business units, even if they still report to IT. Analysts, therefore, are often viewed as the premier source of IT expertise within the organization and are typically expected to have the communications and social skills that go along with that responsibility. 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 8

9 Why so many IT project fail Business Analysis Related Lack of User Input 12.8% Incomplete Requirements 12.3% Changing Requirements 11.8% Lack of Executive Support 7.5% Technology Incompetence 7.0% Lack of Resources 6.4% Unrealistic Expectations 5.9% Unclear Objectives 5.3% Unrealistic Time Frames 4.3% New Technology 3.7% Other 13.9% 31% of the projects were cancelled before ever getting completed Standish Group Research 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 9

10 Business Analysis Benefits Benefits for the organization Benefits for the triple constraint 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 10

11 Benefits for the Organization Increased likelihood of accomplishing the business strategy Improved work processes, systems, and products producing greater cost savings, more accurate schedules, and an increase in customer satisfaction More effective communication and collaboration among stakeholders throughout the organization Clearer understanding of the stakeholder needs Improved productivity and efficiency in requirements analysis Improved flexibility to respond to project complexity Improved ability to accommodate requirements changes Better decision making at all levels of the organization Increased stakeholder involvement and satisfaction 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 11

12 Benefits for the solution provider Project Manager Deliver benefits to the marketplace around sound requirements, which reduces costs by preventing poor scope definition Minimize the number of change requests a project will undertake and consequently prevent unnecessary scope creep Decrease the time it takes to bring products to market and increase competitiveness in both the marketplace and internally with employees 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 12

13 What makes a good Business Analyst? Experts expects its business analysts to be able to: help the business side create solution requirements, write test scenarios and plans, manage projects from the business point of view, Implement the new solutions and support the organization in using the applications in the correct way possess enough technical knowledge to support the solution provider and bring business knowledge to IT projects. Organizations demand more and more certified Business Analysts 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 13

14 IIBA Certification IIBA has established and currently operates a certification program for BAs, known as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP ) To become a CBAP, BAs must complete 7,500 hours of hands-on work experience in business analysis in the past 10 years 21 hours of professional development in the past 4 years A written examination with questions based on BABOK content 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 14

15 PMI-PBA certification Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate s degree or the global equivalent) 7,500 hours of business analysis experience 2,000 hours working on project teams* 35 contact hours of education in business analysis or Bachelor s degree or the global equivalent 4,500 hours of business analysis experience 2,000 hours working on project teams* 35 contact hours of education in business analysis *Project experience can include your business analysis experience. A current PMP or PgMP will satisfy this requirement but is not required for the PMI-PBA. 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 15

16 Certification in Zagreb KTC International has organized 4 BA courses in Zagreb in 2015 Business Analysis for Project Managers in February Business Analysis for Project Managers in May Business Analysis 2.0: Strategic Enterprise Analysis in September The Agile Business Analyst Masterclass, happening tomorrow It accounts for more than 100 people eligible for CBAP/PMI-PBA Exam! To pass the exam we organize BA Exam Prep Workshop on February 25-26, 2016 here in Hotel Antunovic! Applications & details are with Goran Krstulovic 12 november 2015 PMI Congress Croatia 16

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