Using 2 real life cases in large Canada Insurance organization, M. Falardeau will present how he used different tactics to significantly increase productivity of his business analysis team. Some of the tactics include maturity assessment, BABOK 3.0 methodology implementation, use of requirement management productivity tools, knowledge transfer levers like community of practices, and other management support technics in a software package driven organization. A real business analysis function transformation initiative that led to 25% productivity gains in delivering requirements. He will also illustrate a case where combining BABOK 3.0 with new OMG standards like BPMN-DMN-CMMN made a real difference in AGILE design environment, for instance through the use of reusable requirement artefacts and use of “Lean” techniques.

Here are the 3 key takeaways for the audience:

1. How to quickly increase the maturity of a business analyst team
2. How to convince senior management to invest in the business requirements reuse, significant business assets
3. Make the right choice of business requirements artifacts for different project contexts