Level 3 — BADS Expert
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BADS Expert — Documentation Governance.

Move from “doing documentation” to leading the standard for how documentation works across your BA practice, project teams, and product lines.

What you’ll learn

BADS Expert focuses on how to use BADS as a framework for a team or organization — not just your own documents.

1. Designing a documentation standard

Translate BADS into a practical standard for your environment, balancing consistency with flexibility across teams.

  • Define which artifacts are mandatory, optional, or situational.
  • Apply BADS without overburdening teams.
  • Align documentation expectations with leadership.

2. Governance & review

Establish lightweight governance that actually gets used, instead of heavyweight processes that get bypassed.

  • Design practical review processes for key artifacts.
  • Set clear, objective quality criteria.
  • Support audits, compliance, and risk reduction.

3. Coaching and enabling BAs

Help BAs and product roles adopt BADS in a way that supports their work instead of feeling like extra reporting.

  • Provide feedback that improves documentation instead of rewriting it.
  • Build a shared vocabulary around documentation quality.
  • Make BADS part of onboarding and coaching plans.

4. Integrating BADS with tools & processes

Map BADS artifacts into your tooling and delivery models so the standard fits how teams already work.

  • Connect BADS to Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and more.
  • Align documentation with agile, hybrid, or project-based delivery.
  • Measure the impact of better documentation over time.

5. Roadmap for practice-wide adoption

Plan a phased rollout of documentation standards and communicate changes to leadership, delivery teams, and stakeholders.

  • Start small and expand with visible wins.
  • Use pilot projects to refine your approach.
  • Make BADS part of your long-term practice strategy.

Ready to lead documentation standards, not just follow them?

Enroll in BADS Expert and put a clear, practical documentation standard at the center of your BA practice.

Enroll now — $199