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03/09/2026

📣 BABOK® Summary Explanation: Free PDF Download, CBAP, CCBA exam prep

Looking to ace your CCBA® or CBAP® exams with the IIBA? 🤔📝

Introducing the BABOK® Summary, a valuable resource provided by Agora Insights Ltd, an IIBA Endorsed Education Provider. 📑💼

Developed by Alan Maxwell (CBAP®), this document provides a summary of the 600+ pages of the BABOK® v.3 guide, providing key learning objectives to assist with exam preparation for the ECBA, CCBA, or CBAP exams with the IIBA®.

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The BABOK® Summary is a free downloadable document for those wantin...

03/09/2026

📁 Get your free BABOK® Summary now!

Developed by Alan Maxwell (CBAP®), this document provides a summary of the 600+ pages of the BABOK® v.3 guide, providing key learning objectives to assist with exam preparation for the ECBA, CCBA, or CBAP exams with the IIBA®.

https://bit.ly/BABOK_summary

Thank you Alan.

03/09/2026

📑 How do Business Analysts add value?

Here we have listed some resources that show the added value that business analysts brings to an organisation.

We hope you find them helpful!
▪️ How a Business Analyst can add value to a project in 2022
▪️ Understanding the impact of the Business Analysis role
▪️ Linking your plan to the organization's strategy

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02/09/2026

📑 What is Business Architecture?

According to your BIZBOK guide, business architecture "represents a holistic, multi-dimensional business view of capabilities, end-to-end value delivery, information, organizational structure, and relationships among these business views and strategies, products, policies initiatives and stakeholders.

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02/09/2026

📑 Myth 1 - Business Architecture is only for Large Organisations

Business architecture is not just for large organisations – in fact, it can be used by businesses of all sizes. The key benefits of business architecture are that it can help organisations to understand and improve their business, regardless of size. Business architects use a variety of simple and complex tools and techniques to capture an organisation's structure, value stream, policies, capabilities, and more which can then be used to identify areas for improvement.

Business architecture can help small businesses improve, create business blueprints, and become more efficient. For example, a business architect could help a small business develop new strategies for product development by creating business blueprints that show how the company's capabilities and initiatives are related. By establishing efficient business practices and defining the relationships between stakeholders and roles, they can ensure that new products and services offered by the company match its strategic business plan.

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02/09/2026

The Power of Doodles: Why Simplicity Wins in Communication

Dr. Raj Ramesh shares how simple, hand-drawn visuals often outperform polished stock imagery in connecting with people and simplifying complexity.

In conversation with Deirdre Caren, Omar Gawad, and Alain Picard, he explores how doodles help us co-create, communicate, and cut through the noise—especially in a world shaped by AI and rapid change.

💡 Key Insights:

✔️ People relate more to imperfect, human visuals
✔️ Visuals support clarity in complex conversations
✔️ Simplicity is a strength in enterprise communication

📖 Read the full blog: https://bit.ly/4ct1exu

.ai

02/09/2026

📑 Use Case vs User Story

When you working to understand what requirements, acceptance tests, and acceptance criteria should go in each of these large, long lists of product backlog items, it can be overwhelming. This is the value of the Use Case, and it is why, even as we move towards more agile environments, it can be beneficial to learn the skill. There are two commonly used formats to describe an application. One is called a Use Case, and the other is a User Story.

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02/09/2026

Build for the Future: The Power of Architecture

In this discussion, Deirdre Caren speaks with Pierre Hadaya about the power of architecture in shaping the future. They examine the influence of AI and emerging technologies on the architectural landscape, highlighting the importance of integrating architecture into various fields for sustainable and efficient development.

Pierre shares valuable insights on how thoughtful architectural design can tackle ongoing challenges and prevent the repetition of past issues seen with various systems.

👉 Discover the full video and explore more on our blog: https://bit.ly/3ZJfJZn

01/09/2026

📑The Worst of Times with AI: Navigating Job Displacement and Wage Compression

AI is reshaping the job market, displacing roles across industries. In May 2023 alone, AI caused 3,900 job losses in the US, with projections suggesting up to 300 million full-time jobs could be replaced globally.In this blog, Deirdre Caren discusses:

🔴 Job Displacement and Wage Compression
🔴 Psychological and Social Impact
🔴 Unequal Impact Across Industries and Demographics

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.ai

01/09/2026

📑 Current State Analysis

You may believe that this step should be simple and quick because all that is required to conduct current state analysis is to look around and then move on to a solution. After all, the people within the organisation are constantly immersed in the current state. However, it is precisely because of this immersion that this step is required. Our role as business analysts is to remove assumptions about what is perceived and provide information that is based on an understanding of the business need and how it relates to how the enterprise operates today. This assists us in visualizing the baseline and the context for change.

In this section, we will discuss why it is critical to begin current state analysis, the differences between capabilities and processes, and some techniques for mapping the current state.

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