Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) Based on BABOK® Guide

Module 1 – Introduction to ECBA®

Who is a Business Analyst

• Catalyst for change
• Independent assessor
• Overcome internal inertia against change
• Create positive attitude of collaboration
• Self-confident engineer of change
• Creative problem solver
• Excellent communicator

BABOK Guide Six Knowledge Areas:

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring: 

Tasks used to organize and coordinate business analysis efforts. 

Elicitation and Collaboration: 

Tasks used to prepare for and conduct elicitation activities and confirm the results. 

Requirements Life Cycle Management: 

Tasks used to manage and maintain requirements and design information from inception to retirement. 

Strategy Analysis: 

Tasks used to identify the business need, address that need, and align the change strategy within the enterprise. 

Requirements Analysis and Design Definition: 

Tasks used to organize requirements, specify and model requirements and designs, validate and verify information, identify solution options, and estimate the potential value that could be realized. 

Solution Evaluation: 

Tasks used to assess the performance of and value delivered by a solution and to recommend improvements on increasing values.   

Business Analyst Competencies

• Analytical thinking
• Behavioral characteristics
• Business knowledge
• Communication skills
• Interaction skills
• Software applications
• Business intelligence
• Business process management
• Decision analysis
• Enterprise architecture
• Compliance issues management
• Quality control
• Organizational change management
• Project management
• Software improvements
• Strategic planning

Business Analyst Activities

• Understanding enterprise problems and goals,
• Analyzing needs and solutions,
• Devising strategies,
• Driving change, and
• Facilitating stakeholder collaboration.

Knowledge Areas Relationships 

Perspectives:  

• Agile 
• Business Intelligence  
• Information Technology 
• Business Architecture  
• Business Process Management

BACCM Framework
Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) framework for business analysis:

• Change
• Need
• Solution
• Value
• Stakeholder
• Context