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Have you read PMI's Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide?

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Kristin Jones Social Media Specialist III| PMI Newtown Square, Pa, United States
Hi all,

I'm wondering who here has read PMI's Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide. What are your thoughts on it? Did you feel that it provides valuable information? What type of audience does it attract?

Thanks for your input!
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Cheryl Lee Business Analysis and Project Management Consultant and Instructor| Knowledge Adapters Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
I absolutely love that it is full of practical examples and my absolute favorite parts are the collaboration points between the PM and BA sprinkled throughout the guide!

I've conducted a few webinars on the practice guide and the PMI-PBA certificate and it attracts the hybrid PM/BAs, BAs and PMs. I can see how this guide would be particularly attractive to the hybrid PM/BAs, because of the collaboration points.

I also appreciate the common use of terminology between this guide and the PMBOK. When going through BABOK V3, there is terminology that doesn't align with the PMBOK which can sometimes make it difficult for PMs and BAs to communicate if they're speaking different languages.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
It is a good piece of work. Mainly about practice more than theory. If you are start working as BA take a look at IIBA´s BABOK V2 (not V3).
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Seema Sonkiya Head Business Analysis Practices, PMI-PBA trainer| iZenBridge Consultancy Private Limited Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
The Business Analysis practice guide is simple to understand especially the overall flow of each domain. Simplicity is the key. After getting flow of each domain one can refer recommended books for greater insight of tools and techniques.

Another significant part is collaboration points between project manager and business analyst, that makes PMI-PBA a unique product. The main focus in defining collaboration points is to avoid duplication of efforts between PM and BA, however there is greater emphasis on business need and strategy along with benefits and value in PMP changes 2015, that doesn't reflect properly in business analysis practice guide in terms of collaboration points
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Nadia Itraish Project Manager| Freddie Mac Mclean, Va, United States
Can you please provide me with a link to the PMI''s Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide? Thanks.
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Sonia Boutari PM Consultant| Consultant Rome, Switzerland
I found it very interesting indeed but I regret the approach: domain-based rather than process-based like in all other standard guides. I wonder whether PMI is thinking about it.
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Steven Zachary Director| Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta, Canada
It's a great bridge between the PMBOK and the business analysis practice. It will be a great foundation for the upcoming business analysis standard.

I'm not all the way through it yet, but what parts I have finished have been well done.
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Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
it is on my to do list ... planning to become a PBA next year ... ,;)

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