This Texavi presentation walks you through the tools, techniques and methodologies to help you master the art and science of Business Analysis. In this presentation, you will learn the core aspects and essential toolkit for transforming into the New-age Business Analyst!

1. Mantras for New-age Business Analysis
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Mastering the Art & Science of Business Analysis

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• Introduction
• What is New-age Business Analysis
• Business Analysis as an art
• Mastering the Science of Business Analysis
• Summary
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• What is New-age Business Analysis
• Business Analysis as an art
• Mastering the Science of Business Analysis
• Summary
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Traditional Business Analysis
• Business Analysis, as a profession has been in existence for
decades and evolved continuously
• BA has kept itself consistent and moving with the times of
Digital, Mobile, Agile, Social age
• The profession of business analysis has an influence just on the
way businesses grow, but also in the development of
products, processes, services and solutions.
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Focus areas of Traditional Business Analysis
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Business Analysis has transformed indeed!
• All through its evolution, Business Analysis has spawned many
disciplines and areas:
o Product management
o Business architecting
o Functional consulting
o Process enhancement
o Change management
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• Introduction
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• Business Analysis as an art
• Mastering the Science of Business Analysis
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The New-age Business Analysis
• Is agile and lean – a “change agent”
• Has thought-leadership
• Is a smart-thinker
• Tech-savvy professional
• Has generic knowledge, focused & specialised skills
• Possesses sound business acumen
• Has deep domain, product, process awareness
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New-age BA breaks the boundaries
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Core of the New-age Business Analysis
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The New-age Business Analysis
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New-age Business Analysis is about...
New-age Business analysis goes beyond the traditional BA…
• Inward looking team  Collaboration & participation
• Supports change  Prepare, respond, manage change
• Product analyst  Owner of product roadmap
• Gather feedback  Continual conversations
• End-user testing  Active user involvement all-through
• Technology-dependent  Technology as an enabler
• Heavy-weight documentation  Optimal communication
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New-age Business Analysis is both an art & a science
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Business Analysis as an art…
• Don’t just analyse the business or products. Pay attention to
the “soft” side as well
• Focus on the “people” aspect
• Separate facts, opinions, observations & preferences
• Behaviours take precedence over wishes
• Give priority to tasks & their performance, not wants & wish-list
• People’s needs, experiences and emotions are more
important than product’s features and functionality
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Focus on the “People”
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The art and craft of New-age Business Analysis
• People’s actions are driven by their motivation and ability
• Customers and users are not the same always. People who
buy the products might be different from those who use them
• Understand the needs, problems and goals of people…these
drive their behaviours
• Focus on problems, needs, challenges and constraints at first.
These would then lead to the optimal solution(s)
• What people say they do is different from what they actually
do
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Many forms of the New-age Business Analyst
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Learning & applying the science of BA
• Business Analysis has transformed into a scientific discipline
• The New-age BA comprises…
o Methodologies and processes
o Languages and notations (UML, BPMN…)
o Tools and techniques
o Industry standards, domain-specific practices
o Case studies, Success stories and Failure scenarios
o Models, measures and metrics
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Empowering the BA with the right Tools & Techniques
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Mastering the Science of New-age BA
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Evolution of Business Analysis
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The New-age Business Analysis Toolkit
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Summary
• Evolution of Business Analysis as a profession
• How traditional BA focused on the core aspects of business,
product and process
• The New-age Business Analysis
• Business Analysis as an art
• Mastering the science of BA
• Texavi’s mantras for the New-age Business Analyst
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