October 22, 2009 – 3:03 pm –
Tuesday the Wisconsin IIBA Chapters hosted a BA Development Day called WIBADD! What a great event. Over 400 BAs gathered in the Alliance Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin to share their experiences and knowledge. The event was extremely well run and provided everyone with lots of networking opportunties. Door prizes included two WI game systems [...]
July 14, 2009 – 9:45 pm –
Hot off the Presses from the IIBA® is the new Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) Handbook with some helpful information if you are considering IIBA® certification. The Handbook includes a good overview of the IIBA, the certification requirements, exam preparation recommendations, as well as the Knowledge Area percentages used for the new v2.0 of the [...]
April 2, 2009 – 4:23 pm –
The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®) is the collection of knowledge within the profession of Business Analysis and reflects current generally accepted practices. As with other professions, the body of knowledge is defined and enhanced by the Business Analysis professionals who apply it in their daily work role. The BABOK® Guide describes Business Analysis areas of [...]
November 22, 2008 – 7:49 pm –
Please take 15 minutes to take the new IIBA BA role delineation task survey. You do not need to be an IIBA member to take the survey. Your responses will influence the BABOK V2.00 new exam questions and knowledge area question percentages. Let your voice be heard. For more information refer to this blog http://blog.theiiba.org/2008/11/babok-version-2-task-survey-your.html
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January 14, 2008 – 9:00 am –
When I was in South Africa last fall, a systems engineer told me about an organization called INCOSE. I was not familiar with it but he told me that they had many of the same goals as the IIBA so I decided to take a look.
Some information from their web site (http://www.incose.org/):
The International Council on [...]
September 4, 2007 – 9:00 am –
A BA's understanding of how business stakeholders do their work is very critical to gathering the right requirements to meet their business goals. A BA, like a detective, investigates until he or she has uncovered the details about how the business operates: the good, the bad and the ugly. It's true we need to understand the business [...]
July 16, 2007 – 9:02 am –
I am really excited about the proposed upcoming changes to the IIBAs BABOK. Kevin Brennan, VP of the Body of Knowledge has posted a diagram on his blog http://www.bainsight.com/ and on the new online community Catalyze http://www.mycatalyze.com/ so take a look. Three of the knowledge areas will be renamed and some of the content will be moved. I [...]
May 29, 2007 – 9:00 am –
Applying for the CBAP (IIBA BA certification) is a bit daunting. The application process requires that you show that you really do have more than 5 years business analysis experience. This is very important because we, as a profession, want the certification to be meaningful and strong. We know that simply memorizing a bunch of [...]
May 3, 2007 – 4:11 pm –
B2T Training Tip
If you made it through the application process then you are half way home. There is no need to get overly anxious about the exam. But, since you are probably like me, you are still very anxious. I hope the Q & A below helps relieve some of that anxiety.
Q & A
Question: How many [...]
April 27, 2007 – 9:00 am –
B2T Tip
We created a CBAP study group to discuss the BABOK in our organization. Here's how we structured it and what we learned:
Assign each Knowledge Area to one or two BAs – they will facilitate the session on their KA
Schedule 1 1/2 hours per session
Schedule dates/KAs ahead to give everyone time to prepare
Require participants to [...]
