1. A presentation by:
Faruq Hunter
Executive VP of International Strategies and Operations
GeniusCo

2. IIBA Sources
IIBA® Business Analysis Competency
Model Version 2.0
“a foundation for a global standard and
awareness of Business Analysis Competency”
Available at: www.theiiba.org
Read Only Copies:
$19.99 for non-members
Free for members

3. Do you agree?
Source: Junior Business Analyst
IIBA® Business Analysis  Limited practical
Competency Model experience in the role
Version 2.0
 Typically need
assistance from more
senior resources

4. Do you agree?
Source: Brad Wray Senior Business Analyst
Via Google Search
 Customer service skills
 Ability to think
strategically
 Breadth of experience

5. Do you agree?
Source:  To move up in the role
www.wisegeek.com you should become a
subject matter expert
in your chosen field

7. BA Developmental Areas
 Business Knowledge
 Industry Knowledge and
Experience
 Organizational Knowledge
Knowledge
 Product Development
Knowledge and Experience
(ie. Software Applications as well as other
products requiring a development and
manufacturing process)
 Ability to acquire new
knowledge

8. BA Developmental Areas
 Traceability
 Coherence and layout
 Scalability
 Note taking
Documentation
 Versioning
 Change Management
 Modeling

9. BA Developmental Areas
 Gathering requirements
 Analysis
 Assessment and Validation
 Change Management
 Brainstorming
Process
 Benchmarking
 Process Engineering
 Development Processes
 Requirements Management Processes

10. BA Developmental Areas
 Creative Thinking  Oral
Communications
 Decision Making
 Teaching
 Problem Solving
 Written
 Systems Thinking Communication
 Ethics  Facilitation and
Negotiation
Soft Skills
 Personal
Organization  Leadership and
Influencing
 Trustworthiness
 Teamwork

12. BA Growth Patterns – Junior BA
Analyst1 - 20 Analyst2 - 20
80
70
60
40
30 20
50
Soft Skills
20 10
Documentation 10
40
Process 40 10 0 10
30 Knowledge
20 20
10
40
0
Analyst1 Analyst2

13. BA Growth Patterns – Intermediate BA
Analyst1 - 45 Analyst2 - 45
180
160
140
50
120
Soft Skills 20
100
Documentation
80 Process
50 20 40 90
Knowledge
60
40
40
50
20
0
Analyst1 Analyst2

14. No two BA’s are the same
Additional Factors that aid to Job Requirements and inner company
operating procedures and culture
hierarchal placement of BA’s

15. Business Analyst Job Profiles
 Entry Level
 Junior
 Intermediate
 Senior
Source: IIBA® Business Analysis Competency Model Version 2.0

17. Junior BA Meetings Will Focus On…
The Junior BA meetings will focus on
growth in areas that are general to
Process
most BA’s.
Areas that are specific to the form of
Documentation engagement will not be covered
Soft Skills

19. Sources of Business Analysis Information

Source: BABOK 2.0 
Agile Development
Business Intelligence
 Business Process Management
 Business rules
 Decision analysis and game theory
 Enterprise architecture
 Governance and compliance framework
 IT service management including ITIL
 Lean and six Sigma
 Organizational change management
 Project management
 Quality management
 Service-oriented architecture
 Software engineering
 Software process improvement
 Software quality assurance
 Strategic planning
 Usability and user experience design