CHAPTER 5
Determining the Current State of Your BA Practices and Closing the Gaps
Along with a team of capable, credible business analysts and a well-placed and influential BACOE, a successful BA practice requires effective, lean methods and tools. Use the experience and talent of your BA team to assess, develop, and improve BA practices. Focus on all aspects of your practices, including people, process, and tools.
In this chapter we present the critical steps to determine the current state of your BA practices and to build a roadmap to increase the maturity of your methods and tools:
• Step 1: Assess the maturity of your current BA practice standards.
• Step 2: Develop a two-year roadmap and 12-month plan to close gaps and build effective, ...
