Track 1:
Core Competencies for a BA - The IIBA Body Of Knowledge

BA Fundamentals

The BA Fundamentals knowledge area covers the knowledge and skills all BAs should have that are not unique to the profession. It describes general business knowledge, problems solving skills, negotiation and facilitation, and more. A person who has a grasp of the BA fundamentals can act as an effective user representative to a project team and is ready to learn the specialist tasks that will make them a good BA.

Kevin Brennan, PMP, IIBA BOK Committee Member

Enterprise Analysis: Selecting and Managing Projects for Value

This knowledge area of the Business Analysis Book of Knowledge provides the knowledge and skills needed to conduct the activities performed during the Enterprise Analysis (EA) phase of the Business Solutions Life Cycle (BSLC). Enterprise Analysis activities begin after the executive team of the organization develops strategic plans and goals, continue until information is gathered to propose new initiatives to management for a go/no go decision whether to select, prioritize and fund a new project, and end after the benefits of a change initiative are measured and analyzed.

Kathleen B. (Kitty) Hass, PMP, IIBA BOK Committee Member

Requirements Planning and Management

This knowledge area of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge provides the knowledge and skills needed to plan and manage the requirements of a project. It includes planning which activities to perform, what deliverables to produce, how to control changes to those deliverables, as well as which stakeholders to involve.

Some of the tasks performed during Requirements Planning and Management include the following:

• Identifying key stakeholders and their relationship to the project
• Defining the risk approach
• Selecting and estimating requirements activities
• Managing requirements scope
• Measuring and reporting on requirements activities
• This interactive presentation will use role plays to demonstrate key concepts.

Elizabeth Larson, PMP, Richard Larson, PMP, IIBA BOK Review Committee

Requirements Elicitation

The Requirements Elicitation knowledge area describes eleven techniques commonly used by BAs to explore, discover and draw out the user's needs. Knowing each technique's purpose, process and usage considerations enables the BA to select and execute the appropriate elicitation technique(s).

• Overview of Requirements Elicitation KA
• Preparing for eliciting requirements
• Identifying which elicitation techniques are utilized in other Body of Knowledge KA tasks
• Mini-workshop to match applicable, complementary elicitation techniques to sample projects

Mary Gorman, IIBA BOK Committee Member

End of Day

Day One Track Sessions

Track A:
Core Competencies

Track 1:
Core Competencies for a BA - The IIBA Body Of Knowledge

Track B:
Advancements in Project Management

Track C:
People Side & Leadership

Track 2:
The BA role within the Enterprise

Track D:
Techniques, Tools and Trends

Track 3:
Advancements, Techniques & Trends This Track will be Chaired by IRISE

Track E:
Enterprise

The Big Picture, Tying the Technical Side
and the Business Side Together