Building a BA Center of Excellence Gain Momentum...Produce Results!

 Who is Momentum, Inc.  What we do  What is a Business Analysis Center of Excellence  BACoE Components  People, Processes, Tools & Techniques  What’s Next  Prepare for your BACoE  Question and Answers  Contact Information

Momentum is a management consulting firm. We provide services that help our clients reduce costs and produce better quality products and services through management consulting, process improvement, project management, and implementation support. Women Owed Business 40% Federal 40%State 20% Commercial Award Winning – Best Places to Work; Fastest Growing Business Best Practice Oriented – PMPs, CBAPs, Certified Subject Matter Experts Involved in the Local Community- Dress for Success, Coalition Against Domestic Violence Human Resource Based – Wellness Program, Health and Life Insurance Benefits

 Award-winning Management Consulting Company  Business of the Year, 2008  One of the Fifty Fastest Growing Companies in PA, 2008 and 2009  Technology Company of the Year Finalist, 2009  Best Place to Work in PA, 2007 and 2008  Specializing in  Management Consulting  Process Improvement  Project Management  Implementation Support

 Certified, Experienced Resources  Project Management Professionals (PMP®)  Certified Business Analysis Professionals (CBAP®)  Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®)  Training Professionals  Endorsed Education Provider (EEP™) for IIBA®  Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) for PMI®

What is a Business Analysis Center of Excellence Gain Momentum...Produce Results!

 Business Analysts  Capable of providing services across the gamut of business analysis practices  Center of Excellence  A established center that exists to bring about an enterprise focus to many business issues, for example, data integration, project management, enterprise architecture, business and IT optimization, and enterprise-wide access to information

Business Analysts works with stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.  Understanding how an organization works  Why does the organization exist?  What are its goals and objectives?  How does it accomplish those objectives?  How does it need to change to better accomplish those objectives or to meet new challenges?  It is about defining the scope of solutions to business problems

The IIBA is an international non-profit professional association for business analysis professionals. Vision: To be the world's leading association for Business Analysis professionals Mission: To develop and maintain standards for the practice of business analysis and for the certification of its practitioners

 Create and develop awareness and recognition of the value and contribution of the role of the Business Analysis Professional  Define the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®  Publicly recognize qualified practitioners through an internationally acknowledged certification program  Provide a forum for knowledge sharing History

 Definition  The BABOK® is the collection of knowledge within the profession of Business Analysis and reflects current generally accepted practices.  Knowledge Areas (BABOK ® )

A Business Analysis Center of Excellence wears many different hats and can assist any organization in a multitude of ways:  Methodology – Providing a clear definition of standard approaches for business analysis planning, mentoring, and execution as well as tactical project assistance  Best Practices – Creation and maintenance of company and industry best practices for business analysis  Learning and Professional Development - Management of a standard competency model and associated training curricula, certifications, competency assessments, formalized role definitions, and practices for knowledge sharing  Tool Standards – Information on useful and approved tools for the preparation of business analysis artifacts and the management of those artifacts  Assists the business in requirements elicitation and management, and provides assistance with business modeling

Millions of dollars allocated to information systems – development and enhancements Federal and state requirements to monitor spending and demonstrate value More work with less resources to perform it Struggling economy creates more need in private and public organizations

 Establishes enterprise standards, procedures, governance  Standardizes infrastructure, development methods, and operational procedures  Increases business agility, i.e., the ability to adapt quickly as the environment changes  Reduces risk, complexity, redundancy, and support complexity  Aligns business and IT  Enables re-use and faster time-to-market  Presents one face to the customer

People, Processes, Tools & Techniques Gain Momentum...Produce Results!

People Process Tools & Techniques Organizational Placement Skills & Competencies Professional Development Role Definition Organization & Management Support Enterprise AnalysisElicitation Solution Assessment & Validation Req. Management & Communication Planning & Monitoring Requirements Analysis Modeling ToolsRequirements Repository Software Applications Elicitation Techniques Planning & Estimating Tools BACoE COMPONENTS

 Includes:  Placement of BACoE within the organization so it is positioned to provide services to business areas and IT  Development of business analysis skills so all BAs have adequate training to perform their tasks successfully  Awareness and support across the organization of the BACoE so it will be utilized to its fullest extent

 Includes:  Development or refinement of processes to accommodate Elicitation, Analysis, Solution Assessment and Validation, and Requirements Management and Communication  Development or refinement of templates that support each of the BA processes  Establishment of a methodology that outlines the inputs, outputs, and interrelationships of the BA processes

 Includes:  Development of a requirements repository to support access, analysis, and traceability of requirements  Establishment of modeling standards to ensure that requirements models promote understanding by the business and IT  Knowledge and access to software applications that support the BA processes

 Determine the best approach for organization’s needs  Assess current practices and develop Center of Excellence  Provide business analysis tactical support and guidance through practitioners  Determine how a BACoE could best support/fit your Organization’s needs.  Assessment process to identify a business analysis team's existing skill-set  Identify methods in which additional skills can be developed through on the job training opportunities  Implement best practices  Incorporate a business analysis methodology into other established IT methodologies including Project Management Life Cycles and Software Development Life Cycles  Communication process to convey the tangible benefits of a BACoE to the leadership of the organization  Contact us for assistance (do we need this slide?)

 People  Customized Training  Mentoring and Coaching  Organizational Assessment  Process  Process Assessment  Methodology Development/Refinement  Tools & Techniques  Solution Evaluation and Recommendations  Implementation Support

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