Advance Your Business Analysis Career
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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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I wanted to share a personal story with each of you. Some of you already know it; some of you will be told anew. The reason I’m sharing it is that I am aware that many of you struggle to figure out what to do to get ahead in your careers as aspiring or experienced [...]
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Last week I shared 5 Reasons Mentoring Will Give Your Career a Boost. There are obviously copious benefits to both participants in a mentor-mentee relationship. Mentees learn from experienced guides. Mentors learn by teaching. Everyone comes out ahead. In Angie Perris’ IIBA webinar last week on the BA Mentoring Relationship, she reiterated and expanded upon these [...]
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Professional networking is an important skill that offers many benefits. It enables you to stay in touch with your peers and other professionals, and is a great way to keep up-to-date with the latest tools and techniques that other analysts are using. In my previous article on protecting and building your business analysis career, I [...]
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A reader asks: I have been a developer, and from there moved to doing business analysis. I would call myself a Business Systems Analyst, and love that role. Is becoming an Architect a suitable progression from a BA? I have moved from development to doing business analysis. So, I do understand technology quite well so [...]
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As Business Analysts we work in an environment of constant change. In economic downturns some organizations choose to cut change budgets, and this can affect job security for all change practitioners. Whilst some would argue that there is little job security in Business Analysis, I believe that there is a huge amount of career security. [...]
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Jenni Doyle put together a great how-to for leveraging professional networking as part of your job search. I can’t believe I missed this post back in August. But, late is better than never! Here are a few tidbits to whet your appetite and encourage you to click through and read the post: You wouldn’t walk [...]
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This week I attended the 4th annual WI-BADD (Wisconsin Business Analyst Development Day). It was an amazing event, with 530 business analysts in attendance. I presented at two symposium sessions, first on “Increasing Your Value as a Business Analyst” and second on “BAs can be Difficult People.” Both groups had lots of great comments and [...]
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Ahhhh…the trials and tribulations of life on the Internet! A while back, I wrote an article about learning lessons from mistakes. I have another one to add to that list that I recently learned with the help of a peer who had my best interests at stake. Building a presence on the Internet has become [...]
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Are you using Twitter as part of your professional networking plan? Did you get started on Twitter but are not seeing the value yet? Does it seem to take just way to much time? I hear these frustrations all the time and see them in action. I follow many business analysts who have just gotten [...]
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