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A reader asks: What percentage of a business analyst duties are administrative? Michelle’s response: In my experience, it depends on what part of the project you are in. If you are in the elicitation, stakeholder analysis and requirements gathering stage, I find I spend a larger percentage of my time setting up meetings and writing [...]
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Reader question: Is it a trend that BAs see the project manager role as a natural progression of the BA career path? I have recently took on a role of a BA Lead and held career development sessions with my team. Often most of them cited becoming project managers as their long term goal. I [...]
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Looking for a way to brush up on your management and leadership skills with a limited training budget? Want to hear some fresh ideas about dealing with conflict, creating project success, and working on agile teams? This new teleseminar might be a great opportunity for you. Even though the summit is aimed at project management [...]
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The relationship between Business Analysts and Project Managers is often described as being built on a foundation of “healthy tension”. There is an assumption that PMs focus on project delivery, deadlines and resources – and it will often be considered desirable for a PM to challenge analysis estimates and cut schedules. One concept that links [...]
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At times, this symbiosis can break down. When that happens, it can get as ugly as the re-enactments I’ve seen in documentaries on the wars. The cruel blows of heavy requirements documents and work breakdown structures cast in iron still haunt my dreams from time to time.
This is why we must be vigilant and proactive in our diplomatic relations. This is my olive branch.
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In Roman mythology the god of gates and doors is Janus. In his capacity as god of doorways, he is also the god of beginnings and endings and was used by the ancient Romans to symbolize change and transitions, and the launch of new enterprises. Romans placed statues of Janus near a doorway or paintings [...]
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Laura’s note: Have you ever wondered exactly how a project or IT manager views your activities as a business analyst and why they ask you the questions they do? David Wright recently published Cascade, a book about delivery successful IT projects, especially in a multi-project environment. After spending 25 years in various IT roles and [...]
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I attended the Denver IIBA meeting last month. Wonderful meeting and I found myself rejuvenated by the excitement within the profession. One thing struck me as quite funny. There were several jokes made about project managers. They were light and in good taste, but they definitely created an air of “wow, isn’t life grand not [...]
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