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Breakthrough business analysis : implementing and sustaining a value-based practice /
Traditional business analysis jobs are going away and are not coming back. BA tools are growing up, and typical BA tasks are being automated and commoditized. Instead of being regarded as documenters, BAs are being sought out to focus on strategy, innovation, and leadership. Breakthrough Business An...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tysons Corner, Virginia :
Management Concepts Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; About the Author; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introducing the Value-Based BA Practice Framework; 21st Century Challenges; Breakthrough Practices for the 21st Century; Emerging View of Business Analysis; BA Practice Implementation and Sustainability Framework; Putting It All Together; Part I Readiness: It's All About the Culture; Chapter 1 Is Your Organization Ready?; Assessing the Culture in Your Organization; Building the Business Case for the BA Practice; The Anatomy of a Business Case; Establish the BA Practice Governance Structure.
- Manage to the Business CaseFirmly Establish the BA Practice Lead Role; Putting It All Together; Chapter 2 Are You Ready to Be a Value-Based BA Practice Lead?; Be a Positive Politician; Create Your Political Management Plan; Build and Maintain Your Network of Supporters; Assess the Environmental Risks; Use Experts to Help; Where Does the BA Practice Lead Reside?; Where Does the BA Team Reside?; Putting It All Together; Part II Implementation: It's All About the Fit; A Home for Your BA Practice; A Capable BA Team; Effective BA Practice Standards.
- Chapter 3 Establishing a Home for Your BA PracticeThe Business Analysis Center of Excellence; Implementing the BACOE; BACOE Models; The Formal BACOE Model; Where to Start?; Putting It All Together; Chapter 4 Building Your BA Team; Step 1: Assess the Complexity of Projects and Programs; Step 2: Determine the Mix of BAs Needed to Build Your Capable BA Workforce; BA Workforce Supporting Competencies; Build Your Capable BA Workforce for Levels 1 and 2: Low to Moderately Complex Projects; Build Your Strategic BA Workforce for Levels 3 and 4: Highly Complex Programs and Projects.
- Step 3: Establish/Refine Your Formal or Informal BA Career PathPutting It All Together; Chapter 5 Determining the Current State of Your BA Practices and Closing the Gaps; Step 1: Assess the Maturity of Your Current BA Practice Standards; Step 2: Develop a Two-Year Roadmap and 12-Month Plan to Close Gaps and Build Effective, Lean BA Practices; Step 3: Conduct Periodic BA Practice Maturity Assessments and BA Workforce Capability Assessments; Putting It All Together; Part III Sustainability: It's All About the Value; Chapter 6 Running Your BA Practice Like a Business.
- Visioning: The Inspiration for Your BA PracticePlanning: The Beacon for Your Journey; Modeling: The Blueprint of Your Practice; Growing: Continually Increase the Maturity of Your BA Practice; Valuing: Your Scorecard for Performance and Strategy Management; Putting It All Together; Chapter 7 Measuring the Effectiveness of Your BA Practice; Project Performance Measures; Quality Performance Measures; BA Process Performance Measures; Putting It All Together; Chapter 8 Focusing on Innovation; Embrace Creative Leadership; Welcome Change; Foster Innovation; Leverage Complexity.