Synopsis
Designated by PMI as Recommended Reading for Business Analysts ! This innovative guide shows how the business analyst (BA) role can be executed in collaboration with the project or program manager (PM) role to produce higher quality products, requirements, and success rates, with solutions that deliver business value and products and services that better satisfy stakeholder needs. It evaluates the PM and BA roles current contrasting perceptions and defines the roles they should fulfill.
About the Author
Ori Schibi is President of PM Konnectors, a Toronto-based privately held corporation. This author and speaker is an instructor and part-time professor, Project Management Professional (PMP), and certified PRINCE2 (Practitioner), with an MBA from York University. He co-founded the PMI Southern Ontario Chapter—Business Analysis Community. Ori is a thought-leader and subject matter expert with over 25 years of experience in driving operational and process improvements, software implementations, and complex programs to stabilize business, create growth and value, and lead sustainable change. An underlying theme in Ori's work is value creation through establishing collaborative relations between business and IT and with customers, bridging gaps and building partnerships, and getting teams to focus on the main goals of creating value and customer satisfaction. In addition to the success of his consulting and training work, Mr. Schibi's book, Managing Stakeholder Expectations for Project Success (2013) was recognized as apublication that "significantly advances project management knowledge, concepts, and practice" and was nominated for PMI's coveted 2013 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award. Cheryl Lee is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBASM) and Project Management Professional (PMP), with an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Toronto. As a highly experienced business analysis and project management practitioner and trainer, Cheryl has mastered the ability to harmonize the PM and BA roles in order to deliver seamless and successful implementations. This author, speaker, and passionate business analysis nerd never misses an opportunity to help mentor and inspire other PMs and BAs. She has conducted multiple public webinars and presentations at conferences, chapter meetings, and local colleges and universities. Cheryl's devotion to the profession of business analysis is further demonstrated by her non-profit contributions. She served as a Director with the IIBA Toronto Chapter where she initiated and facilitated the CBAP study group and co-founded the PMI Southern Ontario Chapter - Business Analysis Community, the first Business Analysis Community within a PMI chapter, with her co-author Ori Schibi.
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