Advance Your Business Analysis Career
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A reader asks: Hello, I am very interested in becoming a business analyst, the only problem is I have no idea where to begin. One main question I have is what do I need to study in college that can lead me to the point of becoming a BA? I understand that the term “BA” [...]
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Just a quick update on our goal for 50 BAs in 2012. While we’re still waiting for our very first entrant for the 2012 Registry, we’ve added 2 BAs to the 2011 Registry, helped many rethink their transition plans in last week’s webinar, and are taking registrations for our next Launch Your Business Analysis Career course. Who [...]
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Looking to find your first business analyst job in 2012? Not sure how to overcome your experience gap or what training or certifications will help you break into our profession? If so, this complimentary webinar is for you! Join us for a Complimentary Webinar After attending this complimentary webinar you will be able to: Decide [...]
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A reader asks: What is the difference between business analysis and business development? Michelle’s answer: Business development is just that; the growth of new or existing business. It is usually associated with the sales team within an organization. Sales and marketing are responsible for growing existing business – so finding areas of customers that have [...]
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Just a quick update on our goal for 50 BAs in 2012. This past week, we’ve added 2 BAs to the Registry, one to 2010 and one to 2011. New BAs! Evan Wise had a varied career as an implementation manager, systems analyst and developer before applying for his first contract BA position. He leveraged our [...]
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Real goals have numbers. I’ve been talking about helping BAs advance their careers for a long time. Now I’m ready to do something measurable to make a contribution to our profession. As you may have read in Monday’s post about my BHAG (that’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal – thanks JL for the correction!), I’m set on helping [...]
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Reader’s Question: I have been working in the medical and spa industry for over 10 years. It seems every position I have involves some BA type duties from rewriting policy and procedure manuals to doing efficiency studies. I need to find a mentor to assist me in turning all this random experience into a BA [...]
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A reader writes: It’s tough to get a BA post with just 5 months experience. I was working as Business Analyst in the Travel Domain. It was my first position as a BA. Before I had experience in Sales in different fields. The company did not have the right technology in place. They used to [...]
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I first heard from Shannon McKenzie via email. She was kind enough to send me a thank you email for writing How to Start a BA Career. After some BA training, a revamped resume, and a short job search, just a few months later we find Shannon in her first BA job as Senior Emerging [...]
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A reader asks: In order to elicit and elaborate requirements, communicate, facilitate, negotiate, present, etc., is there an advantage to being introverted or extroverted in personality? Michelle’s answer: What a great question and honestly I believe that you can find advantages for both personalities when you are a BA. As with all people, everyone reacts [...]
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Recently posted: How to Start a Business Analyst Career eBook – now available on Kindle and Nook!
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