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» FEATURED: It’s a New World for the Business Analyst: We need to Grow up Fast!

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It’s a New World for the Business Analyst: We need to Grow up Fast!

In many organizations, culture and conventional wisdom make it difficult for the BA to break out of mostly tactical roles within projects. However, in many ways, the future competitiveness of your organization (and consequently of your future employment) depends on it! So don’t blink or you will miss out on the best BA opportunity of your career.

» The 21st Century BA: From Tactical Requirements Manager to Creative Leader of Innovative Change

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The 21st Century BA: From Tactical Requirements Manager to Creative Leader of Innovative Change

Welcome to the new series of articles on the BA as the 21st Century Creative Leader. It was a perfect storm. As we entered the second decade of the 21st century, we found ourselves struggling to adapt. ... It is no coincidence that the business analysis profession is taking hold to address many of the 21st century business challenges.

» FEATURED: Top 10 Key Business Analysis Trends For 2012

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Top 10 Key Business Analysis Trends For 2012

I’m pleased to continue to uphold: the unveiling of this year’s top 10 business analysis trends. This year business analysts (BAs) will need not only the balanced portfolio of technical and business skills they have been perfecting, but also a more comprehensive perspective in order to meet the challenging business environment of 2012.

» FEATURED: Ambiguity, Uncertainty or Both?

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We have always been fascinated by the exceptional business analysts who can create order out of total chaos. The ones who can ask those great questions, who can figure out what’s important and what’s less so, who can synthesize lots of information, put it all into their magic hat and come out with requirements that make sense to all the stakeholder...

» FEATURED: eBook: What is a Business Analyst? ...and why do I need one?

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eBook: What is a Business Analyst? ...and why do I need one?

Worldwide, there are between five hundred thousand and one million people working as Business Analysts... So why are all types of businesses, from charities to investment banks, hiring so many of them?... What do they actually do?...

» “Why?” versus “Why Not?”

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One day I found that my husband posted an interesting status on Facebook and it made me think of how these two simple questions can produce different results based on the situations. My husband’s quote is as follows: "We can ask the question "Why?" or think of how to make it happen and say "Why not?"

» The Role of the Implementation Consultant – 3 things you must know !

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The Role of the Implementation Consultant – 3 things you must know !

Congratulations! You've just won your first large client and you are being chosen to play the role of the Lead Implementation Consultant for the engagement. You are being chosen because you are, at your core, an excellent BA and have a very high level of expertise about the product or solution that has just been sold.

» FEATURED: Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

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Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

As agile methods become widespread in organizations, it’s not surprising to see the idea of the business analyst as a dispensable role taking root among IT project teams. After all, in agile approaches, tasks typically performed by a business analyst, such as requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, are replaced by a conversation betwe...

» FEATURED: Dreaming Of A Business Analyst Career: A Personal Journey From QA To BA

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Dreaming Of A Business Analyst Career: A Personal Journey From QA To BA

We BA's are occasionally asked, "What do you do?" I try to make a joke out of this innocent question by replying, "Well, what would YOU do with English and writing degrees? I'm a Business Analyst of course." People don’t laugh.

» FEATURED: Creating Business Analyst Resumes for the 21st Century

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Creating Business Analyst Resumes for the 21st Century

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, the practice of resume writing is not what it used to be. Resumes must be more clean, concise, and convincing than they were in recent years. Today’s business analysts need every edge they can get.

» FEATURED: What Business Analysts Can Learn from Competitive Sports: The Power of Consistency

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What Business Analysts Can Learn from Competitive Sports: The Power of Consistency

While my co-workers know me as a manager of Business and Systems Analysis, others know me as a Triathlete (A triathlon is multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events; most commonly swimming, bicycling, and running). It was while reading a recent article about Triathlon that I began to draw a ...

» FEATURED: The Wasted Interview?

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Once while teaching a business analysis elicitation course, a student in the class asked me, “Have you ever had a wasted interview with a stakeholder?” The question took me back, a surprise; a question I had not been asked before.

» FEATURED: Are you ready to wear your UX hat when duty calls?

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Are you ready to wear your UX hat when duty calls?

In an ideal world, all software projects would have an interaction designer or user experience (UX) specialist working with the team to ensure that the product is designed in a way that truly satisfies the needs of end-users. In a software project with separate business analyst and interaction designer roles, the work of these professional is compl...

» FEATURED: How to Study for and Pass the CBAP® Exam in 24 hours

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How to Study for and Pass the CBAP® Exam in 24 hours

On February 12, I wrote and passed the CBAP exam on the first try. I had completed my application way back in September but hadn’t been able to find an exam sitting date that I felt would give me enough time to study. I finally decided in December that I would never find the perfect time so I set the date for early February and told myself I’d find...

» Building (or Becoming) the Ideal Business Analyst

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Building (or Becoming) the Ideal Business Analyst

There are as many types of business analyst personalities as there are organizations and projects. The million-dollar questions is, how can a manager match an analyst’s unique skills to the projects that can really benefit from them, helping to ensure a project’s success? How can a manager build stronger, perhaps more suitable skills in his analyst...

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