Business Analysis Templates & Aides

 At a recent presentation I gave to Project Manager's regarding BA's, they were very interested in seeing a Requirements Traceability Matrix.

BPMN Stencils for Visio 2002 and Visio 2003 (*.vss) and a template (BPMN_Template.vst) of BPMN symbols including:

• Start, End, and Intermediate Events
• Tasks, Subprocesses, and Gateways
• Flow Elements and Artifacts

Improvement of this process at Big Corp began with the manager of the RMA processing team clearly defining the following goals:
»» Average overall processing time not to exceed 7 hour SLA
»» Keep current RMA staffing levels at or below 20 individuals
»» Reduce RMA processing costs by 25%

This is great matrix/mapping between the BABOK v2.0 Knowledge Areas and the business analysis techniques corresponding to those areas.

Great CBAP Preparation Resource: Expandable BABOK V2.0 Mindmap including Knowledge Areas and Associated Tasks, Inputs and Outputs

BPMN is the standard for business process modeling, but business analysts are frequently at a loss for where to begin their process modeling efforts. To help jump-start BPMN process modeling and analysis efforts, we are supplying a set of pre-built models and simulations for popular processes. These models were built through real-world process improvement engagements.

To help jump-start BPMN process modeling and analysis efforts, we are supplying a set of pre-built models and simulations for popular processes. These models were built through real-world process improvement engagements. These models are not expected to match your organization’s own processes, but should help you get a head start on your modeling and process improvement efforts.