Between You and Your Business Analysis Career
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Explaining the role of the Business Analyst to those not involved in Change can be a real challenge. I have always found it useful to use analogies, but I’ve never been able to find an analogy that quite fits the BA role. I’ve heard and used many – from a BA being like a nurse [...]
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Our most recent addition to the 2011 Registry is Michal Swartz. I really love Michal’s story because she harnessed an opportunity in her current role to do business analysis work, setting up an opportunity to do business analysis within her current organization. Here’s her transition story. Michal Swartz was a technical writer before she was a [...]
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Many aspiring business analysts start applying to business analyst positions only to find themselves getting calls for the job they used to do (or are currently doing), and not the BA job they want to be doing in the immediate future. Why does this happen? When you apply to a job, recruiters add your resume [...]
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In everything I do, I find myself “being a BA.” It turns out I’m not alone. Last week, Bridging the Gap reader Janet Wood shared the following insight on our “What should I study in college to become a business analyst?” post. I often tell people that I learned all my BA skills when I was reading parenting [...]
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Question from the BA Community: I’m part of a small business and I’m wondering how to best use the services of a BA. I know there are a lots of kinks to iron out of what we are doing in running our business, yet at the same time it feels like we need almost group [...]
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A reader asks: My BA career path has been sporadic and not well defined. I was first put into a Six Sigma role and passed a black belt test but shortly after the company I work for discontinued the Six Sigma program. Now I am just a regular BA with Six Sigma experience but have [...]
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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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A reader asks: What is the best way to/how to tackle behavioral interview questions? Laura’s answer: Honestly. I thought about ending the post with this one-word answer. But then I just couldn’t do it. So let’s take a step back and address the underlying components of this question. What is a behavioral interview question? Behavioral [...]
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