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This much anticipated new edition does not disappoint! The BA Service perspective moves the profession forward in our understanding of how business analysis can be used to best effect within our organisations. From aspiring BAs to highly-experienced practitioners, this book is a must-read for all business analysts. The need to adopt a broader view of business change rather than focusing purely on the IT element has been recognised by organisations for many years. The business change lifecycle reflects this, highlighting the need to ensure that change programmes focus on aligning with, and meeting, business needs. An overview representation of the business change lifecycle is shown in Figure 1.1. The inclusion of ‘T-shaping’ will be of interest to both practitioners and teams that are considering future skills development. Specifically highlighting systems thinking, service thinking and design thinking provides a useful steer for those of us looking to develop and hone our skills further and bring in ideas from adjacent disciplines. A number of additional practical techniques have been included too, including the business model canvas, value stream mapping and customer journey mapping to name just a few. The section covering developing business analysis skills has been altered but to no real significant effect and there is a part at the end talking about the industry qualifications concentrating on the BCS versions. Business analysis has become one of today’s hottest subjects, a real link between a firm’s information technology and business objectives, skilled business analysts contribute to the profitability of companies large and small, in most every industry. Business Analyst training will help you find opportunities in our rapidly changing world, by preparing you with the skills modern companies need to remain competitive.This chapter has now been renamed the business analysis service framework instead of the business analysis process model. This is reflected in the fact that the ‘business analysis process model has now been dispensed with and replaced by the BASF model (as defined before). However, for many years there has been a growing dissatisfaction in businesses with the support provided by technology and the professional change and technology disciplines. This has been accompanied by a recognition on the part of senior management that investments in technology and change often fail to deliver the required business outcomes. While technology has the potential to deliver business improvements, it is often the case that the business requirements are not met in a timely fashion, resulting in limited competitive advantage to the organisation. The Financial Times reported in 2013 that this situation applies to all sectors, with IT projects continuing to overrun their budgets by significant amounts and poor communication between business and technical experts remaining problematic (Mance, 2013). The perception that, all too frequently, information systems do not deliver the predicted benefits continues to be well founded. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS

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Focus groups are now seen as a separate technique and the section on prototyping has been expanded.

Debra is a regular speaker at business seminars and IS industry events and is a Chartered Fellow of BCS. Debra is a founder member of the BA Manager Forum and was the chief architect for the BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis. She is also a sessional lecturer at Henley Business School. Under the situation investigation problem analysis we now have ‘investigate the situation’, ‘understand the strategic context’, ‘identify and articulate business needs’, ‘define problem’, ‘define scope’ and ‘define the rationale’.

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There is a new section on design thinking which covers the design thinking process divergent and convergent thinking as well as the double diamond model. The section on business architecture has been completely removed from this chapter. Under improving business processes it appears to be shorter in the new book however in addition you will find six sigma DMAIC as well as customer experience. Furthermore there is also value network analysis, customer journey maps and lean types of waste. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 3 Newbridge Square , Swindon, SN1 1BY, UK.James Cadle is a Chartered Fellow of BCS and has worked in business analysis and project management for more than 40 years. As a director of Assist Knowledge Development, he has created and presented a range of courses in his specialist subjects. James is a BCS oral examiner and the co-author of several books including Business Analysis Techniques, The Human Touch, Developing Information Systems and Project Management for Information Systems. CONTRIBUTORS There is now a new section covering the T shaped business analyst that fits in just before the competencies of the business analyst. Developments in information technology (IT) have enabled organisations to create information systems that have improved business operations and management decision-making. In the past, this has been the focus of IT departments. However, as business operations have changed, the emphasis has moved onto the development of new services and products. The questions that now need to be asked are ‘What can technology offer to enhance our portfolio of products and services?’ and ‘What needs to change in the organisation if the benefits from a new or enhanced IT system are to be realised?’ This updated edition supports the continued evolution of business analysis and remains the go-to resource for practicing business analysts to turn to throughout their careers. The inclusion of the Business Analysis Service Framework and a wealth of Lean and Agile techniques reflects the customer-centricity of business analysis in today’s world.