5. Summary
The Business Analysis Standard
The Business Analysis Standard is the foundation for effective business analysis. It describes how Business Analysis as a discipline:
- is used in many industry contexts to deliver exceptional business outcomes;
- promotes practical application of good practices, processes, methodologies, and techniques;
- provides a starting point to build organizational standards.
It describes how Business Analysis as a practice:
- focuses on driving value for both organizations and customers through analysis and applying key competencies;
- can be used at different levels, including strategic, initiative, or delivery, to produce desired results;
- offers a variety of career paths for business analysis professionals, both new and seasoned.
People who understand business analysis and have a high degree of proficiency and competency can leverage those skills and experience in a variety of careers.
The Business Analysis Standard:
- provides a quick, concise, and valuable introduction to the business analysis discipline;
- defines foundational terms;
- demonstrates the range of initiatives that benefit from good business analysis;
- emphasizes the equal importance placed on requirements and designs;
- identifies traceability as a way to connect a team’s work to the overall strategy;
- introduces the BACCM™ as a construct for effective business analysis;
- emphasizes the importance of mindset as a prerequisite for good business analysis;
- illustrates that building the mindset requires a deliberate application;
- identifies foundational competencies and techniques;
- introduces the 30 business analysis tasks within six knowledge areas;
- provides examples of how the 30 tasks apply to numerous business contexts and across all types of initiatives.
