Complex Problems in Bite-Sized Chunks
Author: Bill Phillips
This post wraps up this series with a discussion of how the BACCM relates to Solution Evaluation. In its introduction of this knowledge area, the BABOK guide makes an important distinction between Solution Evaluation from either Strategy Analysis or Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - that Solution Evaluation is performed against work that has been … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 6. Solution Evaluation
Because Requirements Analysis and Design Definition has a broader scope than many see envision, including measuring requirements and designs against overall organizational strategy, this Knowledge Area remains essential to Business Analysis. Here is where models, designs, and solutions are documented, revised, and verified. Inputs to this Knowledge Area include the Solution Scope, which represents potential … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 5. Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
When we talk about Strategy Analysis, we are referencing the activities and analysis that is performed to ensure alignment with business goals and to address a business need. We ensure that the need has strategic or tactical importance to stakeholders and that proposed solutions meet the need and fit within the context of the organization's … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 4. Strategy Analysis
According to BABOK v3, the following table represents the application of the Six Core Concepts to the Requirements Life Cycle Management Knowledge Area. BABOK v3, Table 5.0.1: The Core Concept Model in Requirements Life Cycle Management First, we need to clear up the scope of Requirements Life Cycle Management (RLCM). Whenever something is called "Life Cycle," … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 3. Requirements Life Cycle Management
In previous articles, I have discussed how Business Analysis has suffered an identity crisis of sorts. But if there's one area which people think is core to Business Analysis, it is most likely summed up by the Elicitation and Collaboration Knowledge Area. You'd think I'd be cheering for that. Not quite. BABOK V3 Business Analysis … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 2. Elicitation and Collaboration
In 2015, IIBA published it's Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) v3, which places a high emphasis on developing the BA Core Concept Model (BACCM). The BACCM is a significant part of testing for certification. So to better understand the BACCM and how it relates to the Knowledge Areas, I will attempt to explain how … Continue reading BACCM: Impact on Knowledge Area 1. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
J.S. Bach Yes, that Bach. Johann Sebastian. There were others, his children primarily. In many ways, western music is influenced by him more than anyone else in history, including (I can hear the collective gasp) the Beatles. I'm not going to review his impact on music though, but his impact on the beginnings of my … Continue reading Process Begins with Bach
In today’s post, I will discuss The Agile Mindset. You may be thinking, why do they call this a mindset? Isn’t it simply a methodology or framework that is applied to solve a problem? Some clarity is needed to define what is a framework or a methodology. And with that clarity, we will show that Agile … Continue reading Understanding the Agile Mindset
Characteristics of Agile Frameworks The 7 Principles of Agile Business Analysis describe how Agile operates. But there’s another way to look at it. When you see an Agile environment, what are the characteristics of that environment? How can you look in from the outside and say, “That looks like they’re doing some flavor of Agile?” Examples of … Continue reading Examples of Agile Frameworks
According to legend, 17 people went to Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah in February 2001, desiring to codify a document uniting their various methodologies. What they came up with was the Agile Manifesto. Agile Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have … Continue reading Agile, Shmagile – What’s so Great About the Agile Manifesto?
