Where I'm Going Next on My Journey! Finny Barker has over 20 years - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
My 20-year Journey as a BA: Successes, Pitfalls, Lessons Learned & Tips/Tricks, Where I'm Going Next on My Journey! Finny Barker has over 20 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst and is currently a Business Strategist at Blue
Finny Barker has over 20 years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst and is currently a Business Strategist at Blue Shield of CA. She earned her CBAP in 2016 and is also a Certified Scrum Master and Prosci certified Change Practitioner.
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2000 2010 2005 2015 2018
2004 Speaker at Project Summit BA World 2005
IIBA BABOK v1.0 2017 Certified Scrum Master 2018 Prosci Certified Change Practitioner Blue Shield of CA (6/2016 – Present) Avon Products, NY (2/2001 – 10/2014) 2003 BA Certified B2T Training
TransCentra (10/2014 – 5/2016)
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2014 Layoff 2016 CBAP
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Get your IIBA Certification! Keep a rich toolkit Always keep an open mind Network Step outside of your comfort zone
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https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/business-analysis-process/
The 8-step business analysis process:
Keep it user centric, resist jumping to a solution Try using a Context Diagram
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Commercial Marketing
1.0 Create Line Plan 2.0 Add Product to Line Plan
Regional Product Developer
3.0 Select Regional Interest 8.0 Enter Cluster Estimates 7.0 Select Cluster Interest
Fashion & Home “To Be”
4.0 Update Product Specification 5.0 Submit RFP 6.0 Generate Line Plan Report Global Marketing
Use Case Diagram – The purpose of this diagram is to show how the system interacts with its users (called Actors) and shows the scope of the solution being developed.
Global Marketing
(Jewelry & Watches)Commercial Marketing
Design Briefs, Global Product Menu Regional Product Menu, Final Supplier(s) Region/ Cluster/ Market Interest, Supplier Proposal Safety & Quality Requirements Product Spec Interest, Estimates,Regional Product Developer
Global & Regional Line Plan Cost Approval, Product Attributes Finished Stock Code CM Interest & Estimates Supplier ProposalBI Reporting ePIM Central Master
Product Master Data, Estimates Reference DataeSIM
PERT Product Performance ReportsSupplier
RFP, Product Spec Supplier Proposal Supplier Master DataThird Party Inspection Agent
Final Test Results LEGEND = Global Functional Group = Regional Functional Group = Cluster Functional Group = System = External to Avon Product Master DataGlobal Project Manager Global Safety& Quality Global Supply Chain
Recommended Suppliers Final Spec Approval Product SpecRegional Costing
Preliminary & Final Landed Cost CM Interest & Estimates Product SpecFashion & Home New Product Development
Regional Safety& Quality Regional Project Manager
Context Diagram – Purpose of this diagram is to show the scope and boundaries of the “TO BE” solution in its environment with the external entities (e.g.
people and systems) that provide and receive information to and from the system.
Context Diagram and Use Case Diagram provides the “big picture” and baseline for the project:
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Business Architect BA III (CBAP) BA II (CCBA) Entry-Level BA
Move to Agile practitioner Trusted Advisor Execution Level In project Move to a PM role Enterprise Level Defines direction Defines project
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1. What has your journey (professional growth) looked like so far?
❑ Zig Zag – pointing up? ❑ Zig Zag – pointing down? ❑ Straight line ❑ Upward trend ❑ Downward trend
2. Where do you see yourself going next?
❑ Business Architecture ❑ Project Manager ❑ Agile Practitioner ❑ Process Analyst ❑ Requirements Analyst ❑ Business Systems Analyst ❑ Functional Analyst ❑ Other ❑ I don’t know (and that’s ok)
3. Do you need any repairs or tune-ups? If so, what?