The Business Analysis Assessment Framework

Evaluating an Organization's Business Analysis Capabilities

Assessment Points for Resource Development

  • Foundational Learning

    • One of the most powerful benefits of broad training is that it develops a shared level of understanding across an organization. This shared understanding reduces the amount of time lost to misunderstandings and helps promote the effective sharing of techniques across groups.

  • Train the Leaders

    • Traditional structured training cannot provide the mastery level of the business analysis skill sets that is essential for individuals to be able to act upon what they have learned. Detailed workshops that offer hands-on ways of using techniques on actual initiatives along with mentoring of targeted leaders is an effective way of balancing the need to build deep skills with the costs and time required to build those skills.

  • Recognition

    • The successful adoption of any approach is ultimately dependent upon individuals being motivated to pursue the goals of the effort. Recognition of individuals who have made a significant effort is a primary way that organizations motivate these individuals as well as providing an opportunity for an organization to demonstrate that the value they place on the adoption of the techniques and approaches associated with their business analysis effort.