https://www.modernanalyst.com RSS feeds for Business Analyst Community & Resources | Modern Analyst 60 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3337/GLOBAL-STRATEGIC-ALLIANCES-ANNOUNCED-TO-FURTHER-SUPPORT-BA-COMMUNITY.aspx#Comments 0 https://www.modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=177&ModuleID=832&ArticleID=3337 https://www.modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3337&PortalID=0&TabID=177 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3337/GLOBAL-STRATEGIC-ALLIANCES-ANNOUNCED-TO-FURTHER-SUPPORT-BA-COMMUNITY.aspx - IIBA® launches new collaborations with four leading organizations - (Toronto, ON) August 20, 2015 – As part of the ongoing commitment to unite the business analysis community to create better business outcomes, International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) is pleased to announce new strategic alliances with four leading, global organizations. IIBA has signed collaborative agreements with BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, BRM Institute, IREB® and Sparx Systems Pty Ltd. IIBA is committed to forging value-add relationships with corporations, associations and business stakeholders to create greater connections and engagements across the business analysis community. These new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) will provide support, products, services and connections to practitioners and their organizations, which will help them deliver a strong BA practice and achieve organizational success. “In order to expand the reach of BA professionals and the association, we are connecting beyond our own community to support the evolution of the role and impact of business analysis,” said Stephen Ashworth, President and CEO. “Bringing together these new alliances and the Members of IIBA will ensure the integration of an industry knowledge base, thought leadership across the different specialties and an expanded portfolio of products and services.” The common commitment amongst these organizations showcase an increasing recognition of the profile and value for business analysis and complementary professions and the role they play in helping organizations achieve greater business outcomes. “We are looking forward to working together with IIBA. There is much we want to accomplish and we will be focusing our attention and energy on taking business analysis to the next level - as a recognized profession,” said Jon Buttriss, CEO, BCS Learning & Development Ltd. “We see a mutual benefit to co-operating and supporting each other’s efforts for the greater benefit of the business analysis community.” Aaron Barnes, Co-Creator of Business Relationship Management Institute stated, “The leading Institutes that provide industry standards and thought leadership such as BRMI and IIBA must collaborate together to clearly define discipline interactions, standard terminology, and provide a solid mutually agreed approach that can be utilized to drive business value around the globe. BRMI is excited to collaborate with IIBA and bring these two very important disciplines together to support our global communities and to assist organizations in driving strong business results.” “The IREB® CPRE® and IIBA CBAP®/CCBA® certification programs perfectly complement each other,” said Stefan Sturm, Managing Director of IREB GmbH. “Working closely together is a logical step, which the community has been asking for. The cooperation between IREB and IIBA will help both organizations to offer increased added value to the Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis communities.” “With this MOU, Sparx Systems is sharing in a unique and exciting global market with IIBA, where challenge and opportunity are accepted in equal measure,” said Ken Harkin, Global Business Development Manager, Sparx Systems Pty Ltd. “We look forward to strong business growth, based on the open sharing of knowledge and ideas between our communities and to improving products and services for the benefit of all our stakeholders.” “Each of these new collaborations will offer our Members and the BA Community increased value, support and connections to the organization’s Members, Chapters, partners and key business stakeholders,” said Ashworth. A backgrounder with additional details regarding each one of the new MOUs is available. Please visit www.iiba.org/MOUs. -30- About IIBA IIBA is the non-profit professional association serving the growing field of business analysis. As the voice of the business analysis community, IIBA supports the recognition of the profession and works to maintain standards for the practice and certification. Through a global network, IIBA connects over 29,000 Members, over 115 Chapters and over 240 Corporate Members to unite a community of professionals to create better business outcomes. In November 2014, IIBA launched a new strategic plan, which includes two key pillars that support greater engagement with the corporate community and a network of complementary associations. www.iiba.org About BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. It brings together industry, academics, practitioners and government to share knowledge, promote new thinking, inform the design of new curricula, shape public policy and inform the public. With over 75,000 members, including practitioners, businesses, academics and students in the UK and internationally, it has a proven track record in enabling business innovation and change through its training and certification programmes. BCS offers a comprehensive range of business analysis certifications from foundation through to the Business Analysis Diploma, structured to offer ongoing career-long learning and industry recognition. Worldwide, it has certified over 70,000 Business Analysts, providing a career pathway for all BAs whatever their level of experience. www.bcs.org About Business Relationship Management Institute BRMI is the world's first and only membership, professional development, and certification organization dedicated to serving the global BRM community. BRMI provides world-class professional membership and development programs to advance the art and discipline of BRM and help maximize Business Relationship Management capability in organizations. Business Relationship Management Institute was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in February 2013. www.brminstitute.org About IREB, the International Requirements Engineering Board IREB, the International Requirements Engineering Board - a non-profit organization - is the provider of the CPRE (Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering) certification scheme. The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering represents a carefully elaborated three level certification concept. It addresses practitioners working in Business Analysis, Requirements Engineering and Testing, who place high demands on the quality of their work. It is IREB’s declared goal to foster further education in the field of Requirements Engineering. www.ireb.org About Sparx Systems Sparx Systems is a global software company specializing in high performance visual modeling tools for planning, designing and constructing software-intensive corporate systems. Sparx tools are used by systems designers, corporate planners, business analysts, enterprise architects, standards developers and software engineers. Sparx modeling software is widely used in finance, defense, government, aerospace, automotive engineering, geospatial, entertainment, health, smart grid, aviation, retail and telecommunications. Over 80 per cent of Fortune 100 companies have licensed Sparx Systems flagship modeling tool Enterprise Architect. In the past decade the Sparx user-base has grown from 30,000 to more than 350,000 individuals worldwide. Sparx Enterprise Architect provides robust support for team-wide collaboration, and can scale up from single-user deployment to teams with dozens or even hundreds of collaborators - including remote collaborators. Sparx software is price competitive even when deployed across the entire development team. First developed in 1998, Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect modeling tool was commercially released in 2000, and has enjoyed more than 15 years continuous development and growth. www.sparxsystems.com Interviews and quotes are available. Please contact: IIBA Kristina Fixter Director, Communications and Events 905-487-8023 Kristina.fixter@iiba.org BCS The Chartered Institute for IT Amanda Matheson Press Officer +44 (0) 1793 417 417 amanda.matheson@hq.bcs.org.uk BRM Institute Kayla Barnes Marketing Director & Community Manager kbarnes@brm.institute IREB® Stefan Sturm Managing Director +49 (0) 721 98234590 Stefan.Sturm@ireb.org Sparx Systems Pty Ltd. Scott Hebbard Communications Manager marketing@sparxsystems.com +61 (0) 3 53451140 krisfixteriiba Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:51:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3337 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3320/EXPANDING-THE-REACH-OF-BUSINESS-ANALYSIS-ACROSS-INDIA.aspx#Comments 0 https://www.modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=177&ModuleID=832&ArticleID=3320 https://www.modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3320&PortalID=0&TabID=177 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3320/EXPANDING-THE-REACH-OF-BUSINESS-ANALYSIS-ACROSS-INDIA.aspx EXPANDING THE REACH OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS ACROSS INDIA  - IIBA® Global Tour Visits India-   (Toronto, ON) July 22, 2015 – International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) is pleased to announce that its 2015 Global Tour will be in India July 21-July 30, 2015.  During the tour, Members of the IIBA Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors will be engaging with the local business community and its stakeholders to further examine the opportunities to grow the business analysis discipline in India.   “Over the last year, IIBA has embarked on a transformative journey to provide further value and support the advancement of the business analysis profession,” said Stephen Ashworth, President and CEO. “Our visit to India will allow us to build new opportunities that will help grow the reach and the impact of business analysis across the country.”   The tour involves representatives from the global IIBA organization and the local IIBA India Chapters. The tour will begin in Bangalore, and Members of the Global Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors will also visit Chennai and New Delhi, where they will engage with leaders from academia, government and corporations.   “The connections and collaboration that we are developing in India will play an essential role in IIBA’s growth and delivery of our core purpose: to unite a community of professionals to create better business outcomes,” said Michael Augello, CBAP®, Chair, IIBA Board of Directors. “During our time in India, we will focus on engaging the broader business analysis community in order to understand and address their needs.”   IIBA will participate in the BA Convention on July 23-24.  The BA Convention brings together stakeholders from industry, academia, policy makers, and global research firms on a common platform. BA Convention 2015 will explore the theme of “Influencing the Business Growth/Outcome” and the convention will provide tremendous learning and value to attendees.    “The IIBA global stop in India reflects the importance of our dynamic and changing profession across the region,” said Ashish Metha, CBAP®, Regional Director, India. “Today, industries are moving towards digital transformation and adoption, automation and continuous innovations, which has made business analysis a much needed skill. IIBA is geared to support these dynamic demands in India.”   In July, a new IIBA India Chapter was launched to address the growing demand for support, resources and recognition by business analysis professionals and their corporations in India.  There are now two Chapters in India: IIBA Chennai and IIBA Hyderabad.   ----   About IIBA IIBA is the non-profit professional association serving the growing field of business analysis. As the voice of the business analysis community, IIBA supports the recognition of the profession and works to maintain standards for the practice and certification. Through a global network, IIBA connects over 29,000 Members, over 115 Chapters and over 240 Corporate Members to unite a community of professionals to create better business outcomes.   Interviews and quotes are available. Please contact: Kristina Fixter Director, Communications and Events kristina.fixter@iiba.org 905-487-8023   Ashish Mehta, CBAP® Regional Director - India Ashish.Mehta@iiba.org +91 98713 87775 krisfixteriiba Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:10:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3320 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3243/IIBA-LAUNCHES-THE-ESSENTIAL-STANDARD-FOR-BUSINESS-ANALYSIS.aspx#Comments 0 https://www.modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=177&ModuleID=832&ArticleID=3243 https://www.modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3243&PortalID=0&TabID=177 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/3243/IIBA-LAUNCHES-THE-ESSENTIAL-STANDARD-FOR-BUSINESS-ANALYSIS.aspx IIBA® LAUNCHES THE ESSENTIAL STANDARD FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS -BABOK® Guide v3 Now Available- Toronto, ON - April 15, 2015 - International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) is pleased to announce the official release of A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) v3. As the globally recognized standard, BABOK® Guide v3 is an essential part of the business analysis toolkit and is critical to the success of all aspects of an organization by supporting the role of business analysis throughout the strategic, tactical and operational levels. “The global business analysis community has been eagerly awaiting the release of BABOK® Guide v3,” said Stephen Ashworth, President and CEO, IIBA. “As the most comprehensive guide for the global BA community, BABOK® Guide v3 is the essential resource to help practitioners and their stakeholders deliver business value and create better business outcomes.” The expanded scope of BABOK® Guide v3 reflects the evolution of the business analysis profession. It outlines the skills and knowledge business analysis professionals need to create better business outcomes and drive business success. The new guide provides essential direction on areas such as agile, business intelligence, information technology, business architecture and business process management. “By utilizing BABOK® Guide in strategy development, tactical implementation and project management, professionals will be supported to provide the greatest value to their stakeholders,” said Kevin Brennan, EVP, Product Management & Development, IIBA. “Whether someone is starting a career in business analysis or they are an experienced professional, BABOK® Guide v3 is their key resource.” “Version 3 was developed through a rigorous process engaging the global business analysis community,” said Emily Iem, Chairperson, Core Team. “With over 150 contributors and over 5,500 business analysis professionals who reviewed the content, BABOK® Guide v3 incorporates the collective wisdom and experience of experts in the field from around the world.” BABOK® Guide is one of the many ways that IIBA is supporting the business analysis community by providing them access to necessary resources, knowledge and insight. BABOK® Guide v3 is now available in ePub, .MOBI, PDF and hardcopy. Please visit www.babok3.iiba.org. -30- About IIBA IIBA is the non-profit professional association serving the growing field of business analysis. As the voice of the business analysis community, IIBA supports the recognition of the profession and works to maintain standards for the practice and certification. Through a global network, IIBA connects over 28,500 Members, over 110 Chapters and over 230 Corporate Members to unite a community of professionals to create better business outcomes. Interviews are available. Please contact: Kristina Fixter, Director, Communications and Events 905-487-8023 or Kristina.Fixter@iiba.org krisfixteriiba Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3243