BA = Beauty is Accuracy

The Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA), offered by the International Institute for Business Analysis (IIBA), became available in 2003. This certification is specifically designed for Business Analysis professionals with 2 to 3 years of experience in the field.

The Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) certification, offered by the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB), became available in 2007. Since then, more than 73,000 professionals across 100 countries have successfully passed the CPRE Foundation Level examination

Requirements are the bridge in both IREB and in IIBA

CPRE FL 3.0 -- Hans van Loenhoud

Nowadays (2016), IT systems are developed according to an Agilelish approach. That means that a system evolves by iterations, based upon a mysterious, living thing, the backlog. This backlog is fed and tamed by a superman: The Product Owner. It contains all requirements as user stories, nicely arranged by business value.

So, when the project is stopped because time or money runs out, the users get exactly the system they wanted – more or less …

The funny thing about these fairytales is that both have the same happy ending: the system lived long and the helpdesk was happy (after the first hectic months). And the users? They got used to it; that’s why they’re called users ...

#Elicitation elicitation

Syntax

• Tom Gilb’s Planguage
• Michelle Banawan Context Free Grammar