This is the presentation for BABOK version 2 that Kevin Brennan of the IIBA gave in San Diego.

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This presentation was originally made at the Silicon Valley IIBA Chapter meeting in June 2008 by Kathleen (Kitty) Hass from Management Concepts (www.managementconcepts.com).

Kitty is also a new board member at-large for the IIBA.

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From the IIBA website:

"The public review draft of version 2 of the BABOK is now available for download. This document represents a complete draft of version 2 of the knowledge areas contained in the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®. The IIBA would like to thank the many volunteers who have contributed their time and energy to the development of this material since the release of Version 1.6 in 2006.

This draft is being made available to the business analysis community to gather feedback on the content and quality of this material in order that the IIBA™ may assess the current state of the draft and make decisions about which changes should be included in the final release of version 2. The public review will be conducted between March 31, 2008 and May 15, 2008.

We ask that members of the business analysis community or those with an interest in business analysis, whether or not they are members of the IIBA, provide the IIBA with feedback regarding the quality and content through an online survey. The survey will request that you provide us with a rating of the quality of each task, technique, and competency, and provide you with an opportunity to suggest additional tasks and techniques that might be missing from this draft. You may also provide feedback directly to bok@theiiba.org, although we regret that we will be unable to respond directly to such feedback.

Following the completion of the public review, the IIBA will conduct additional surveys to assess the importance of each task and technique to the business analysis community in order to make a final determination of the content that will be included in the final draft. In conjunction with the public review, we are conducting practitioner and expert reviews which will provide us with additional qualitative feedback on the content and quality of this release. When all of the reviews are complete, we will begin revising the text of the BABOK to include the changes suggested by the community, with the final release of version 2 targeted for the third quarter of 2008. The CBAP™ exam will continue to be based on version 1.6 until the final release of version 2. Once version 2 is generally available, the IIBA will announce a date for conversion of the exam.

Thank you for helping us ensure that the BABOK serves the needs of the business analysis community."

This month's content includes:

• IIBA Blog SPotlight
• CBAP Exam schedule for 2008
• International Spotlight

This is a copy of the January 2008 newsletter from the IIBA.  Included in this month's edition are:

• The annoyance of bad terminology - by Kevin Brennan
• Business analysis trends
• The Software Requirements Memory Jogger - reviewed by Carol Deutschlander
• Endorsed education provider update

The IIBA's Senior Leadership Team has started a blog to keep the BA community informed of the work we're doing.

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Since specialized simulation (or prototyping) tools are gaining momentum and visibility in th requirements definition arena, all Business Analysts should understand the pros and cons of using such a tool to automate their (rather manual) work.

The IIBA October newsletter includes the following:

• Writing the book on chapter activities, by Shirley Sartin
• Evolution of a profession, by Julian Sammy
• Writing the CBAP, by Margaret Stephens
• New chapters

Cincinnati IIBA meeting, Tuesday, June 19,2007

Topic: Overview of tools and techniques from the user experience community that can be applied by Business Analysts to improve the quality of their requirements.

Speaker: Challis Hodge, VP of User Experience at Bridge Worldwide here in Cincinnati. Challis is incredibly knowledgeable and an engaging speaker.

So, you've earned your PMP to prove that you can plan and execute work effectively; now what's next? For many it will be the Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP). This credential will help prove that you can identify business needs and find solutions to business problems.

Highlights from this month include annual general meeting review and letter from president Kathleen Barret, BABOK 2.0 overview, an article on requirements simulation, chapter updates, and more.

This is the June 2007 issue of the IIBA Monthly Newsletter - from the IIBA website.

This is a presentation from the IIBA's 2007 Annual General Meeting held in Boston on June 19, 2007.

This is the monthly newsletter from the International Institute of Business Analysts (BAs).  This issue includes:

• BABOK 2.0 Progress Report
• Governance Update
• Tips on Facilitating Reporting Requirements
• Business Unit Focused Business Analyst or Technical Systems (IT) Focused Business Analyst?