https://www.modernanalyst.com RSS feeds for Business Analyst Community & Resources | Modern Analyst 60 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/893/Specialist-Training-Company-Trebles-Course-Bookings.aspx#Comments 0 https://www.modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=177&ModuleID=832&ArticleID=893 https://www.modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=893&PortalID=0&TabID=177 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/893/Specialist-Training-Company-Trebles-Course-Bookings.aspx Despite fears that employers may be cutting back on expenditure, leading specialist training and recruitment company Business Analyst Solutions, has seen a dramatic year on year rise in the number of course bookings at its training facility on Farringdon Road, London.  Course bookings for February 2009 trebled compared with February 2008 and this trend looks set to continue through to the next financial year with encouraging forecasts for March and April.   Business Analyst Solutions has a dedicated team of professionals, experienced in business analysis and change management and runs open courses covering a wide range of related subjects.     Peter Kovacs is Managing Director of Business Analyst Solutions: “We had prepared ourselves for what we thought could be a tough year. But our evidence shows that employers understand the need to continue to invest in their staff even during uncertain financial times. We are delighted that we are continuing to take bookings from both new and existing customers and the fact that our predicted figures for the start of the new financial year are also up on last year is very encouraging.”   Business Analyst Solutions training offering has built on the idea of practical learning and skills development and aims to provide an end to end programme to take the delegate right through from basic tools and techniques to supporting them as they progress into a more strategic role. Courses can be delivered in-house and Business Analyst Solutions will work with each client to understand their needs and build a training programme which is tailored to the organisation.   For further information on Business Analyst Solutions training, recruitment or consultancy services call 0845 166 2161 or visit the website at www.ba-solutions.co.uk.   -ENDS-    katehall Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:32:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:893 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/803/Could-2009-Be-the-Year-of-the-Business-Analyst.aspx#Comments 0 https://www.modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=177&ModuleID=832&ArticleID=803 https://www.modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=803&PortalID=0&TabID=177 https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/News/tabid/177/ID/803/Could-2009-Be-the-Year-of-the-Business-Analyst.aspx   As we experience increasing change in the workplace, the role of the business analyst is becoming more important than ever before. Managing change in the current climate is essential to ensure your company’s survival and there are many ways a business analyst can help. Leading training and recruitment specialist Business Analyst Solutions has seen a rising trend for recruiting and training permanent business analysts rather than contractors, who are more costly on a day to day basis. Managing director Peter Kovacs believes that 2009 could become the year of the Business Analyst.   Here, Peter offers an explanation as to the role of the Business Analyst (BA) and gives advice on how you and your business could benefit by employing a BA to help you ride out the economic storm.   “The BA role is a communicative position with a need for great mediation, tact and relationship building skills.” Explains Peter; “But first and foremost a BA is responsible for identifying and managing change.   “Businesses in the UK are experiencing lots of changes at the moment and there are many topical areas where the use of a BA can help. From company mergers and acquisitions to retail outlet closures and job losses, the principles of business analysis remain the same but the role may vary according to the specific issue.”   COMPANY MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS This involves huge change which will impact on staff, customers, data, communication strategies and IT systems. The BA role will help manage this change at all levels from strategic through to detailed change. For example when two banks merge, how will they manage their two sets of IT mortgage systems? Should they merge the two systems, keep them separate and build interfaces or build a new system. A BA will work with all the stakeholders to analyse the requirements or the organisation.    CHANGES IN LEGISLATION Sudden and unexpected legal changes such as the recent reduction of VAT can be difficult to implement quickly and successfully. A BA can help to implement such changes in the most effective way and may also design a temporary process while necessary IT changes are being made.   STRATEGIC CHANGE Companies should and will be making changes to their strategies in order to survive the current climate. Changes in strategies will create projects for change. A good BA will understand existing and new corporate visions and also understand these from different perspectives within the organisation. It is probably the only role that is in a unique position to consider the whole end to end process.   RETAIL CLOSURE M&S recently announced closure of several stores. Closing stores is a big project and several BAs will be involved in managing the changes.                  JOB LOSSES A BA can help to ensure that the process of redeploying staff, or making them redundant, is efficient. This also serves to help make the process less painful for the individuals involved.   REDUCING COSTS This is obviously a key area for most employers at the moment and improving processes such as debt collection and management are vital in maintaining a healthy cash flow.   With more than 20 years experience of working as and with business analysts Peter is convinced that employing good BAs can make a real difference to the future of your business. He comments: “Companies that view the current downturn as an opportunity rather than a threat are more likely to survive in the long term. They will adjust their business model, streamline and simplify and this is an essential part of the business analyst skill requirement.”   For further information on Business Analyst Solutions training, recruitment or consultancy services call 0845 166 2161 or visit www.ba-solutions.co.uk   katehall Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:32:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:803