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Design Thinking for the Business Analyst 

Presenter:Steve Blais, PMP, PMI‐PBAAuthor, Consultant, Teacher and Coach 

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Presenter: Steve Blais, PMP, PMI-PBA

50 years of experience and IT and IT management Provides B/A consulting services around the 

world Author of the book: Business Analysis: Best 

Practices for Success, John Wiley, 2011 Co‐author of the Book Business Analysis for 

Practitioners: a Practice Guide, PMI, 2014 Member of the steering committee for the 

Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, version 3, IIBA, 2015

Frequent contributor of articles for Modern Analyst, including the series of Doctor BA articles

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The Business Analyst as Designer 

As a business analyst do you:define requirements 

or design solutions?

Do you elicit the requirements from the usersor 

do you work with the business community to define problems and solutions?

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BABOK V3 Suggests

Knowledge areas• Elicitation and collaboration• Requirements analysis and design definition• Strategic Analysis 

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BABOK V3 Suggests

Knowledge areas• Elicitation and collaboration• requirements analysis and design definition• Strategic Analysis 

There are no requirements there is only design

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What is Design? 

To create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan [Merriam‐Webster] Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction [Wikipedia]

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What is Design? 

To create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan [Merriam‐Webster] Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction [Wikipedia]

Involves analyzing the results of elicitation sessions and creating representations of those results. When that representation focuses on a solution, the outcome is known as “a design”. [BABOK V3]

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What is design Thinking?

Design thinking is a tool for simplifying and humanizing  the process of creating solutions 

A solution‐based approach that starts with goal instead of problem 

Focuses on• Brainstorming human needs• Empathy with the user• Divergent thinking using multi‐disciplinary teams• Iterative throughout the solution development process

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Design Thinking combines

Empathy

Creativity

Rationality  

• Understand the feelings of others• What, how and why • Observe and engage

• Ideation• Imagination• Illustration

• Prototyping • Evaluation • Testing 

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Design Thinking Stages

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Goals of the Empathize Stage

Fully understand the context of the problem or domain 

Get behind the business process or functional usage

Not just how, but why

The centerpiece of human‐centered design process  

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Empathize Stage Techniques

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Goals of the Define Stage

Identify patterns and connections

Derive alternate theories for solutions 

Define the mission statement or the real problem

Determine the “point of view” 

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Techniques of the Define Stage

how might we…?

Workshops and

focus groups

K-Scripts

Personas

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Ideate Stage

Generate ideas for creative solutions

Harness the full power of the design thinking team • Uncover unexpected areas of exploration 

Create fluency in the solution space

Combine conscious and unconscious minds• Rationality and creativity

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Ideate Stage Techniques 

BrainstormingPattern recognition and Connecting  thedots

Empathy Maps

Affinity Diagrams Journey Maps

Mind mapping

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Goals of the Prototyping Stage

Apply rationality to generated ideas• Scientific method 

Answer questions and raise more questions 

Keep prototyping low resolution and inexpensive• Emphasis on quick and dirty to eliminate or promote ideas

Primary goal:  obtain FEEDBACK 

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Prototyping Stage Techniques 

Franken Prototype 

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Test Stage Goals

More detailed and exhaustive testing of selected solution ideas

Apply critical thinking to all phases of design thinking process • Evaluate the solution and the process that generated the solution 

Not a test of the solution – a test of the idea of the solution 

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Test Stage Techniques 

Focus Groups

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Design Thinking Principles

The human rule – all design activity is ultimately social in nature The ambiguity rule – design thinkers must preserve ambiguity The re‐design rule – all design is re‐design The tangibility rule – making ideas tangible always facilitates communication

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Bottom Line

Thinking in terms of design rather than requirements increases the chance of a successful solution  Increased input and feedback from diverse sources on a continuous basis  contributes to an implemented solution 

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Contact Slide

Steve Blais 561.596.9565 [email protected] Essenceoftheba.com

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Questions Slide 

Questions?

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Contact Slide

Steve Blais 561.596.9565 [email protected] Essenceoftheba.com