Between You and Your Business Analysis Career
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I was recently asked by my manager to provide a little input about what it means from an employee’s perspective to be an accessible manager. My input is to be used to help bring some direction into some planned efforts by my organization to address things proactively to ensure maintenance of good employee morale. As [...]
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We business analysts are a starkly independent bunch. We have notions about what’s right, how to do our work, when to get involved in projects, and what we expect from our stakeholders and developers. On top of that, it’s very challenging to develop meaningful measurements of business analyst performance. One of the toughest roles I [...]
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I was surprised again recently when a group of business analysts complained to me that the project manager was upset with them for spending extra time defining the business processes they were working on. The project manager wanted to know where the requirements were so that he could get his technical people at work on [...]
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Dave Schrenk, CBAP has been a business analyst for over 10 years and currently holds the amazing title of Business Analyst Competency Development Consultant for Erie Insurance Group. Dave was kind enough to share his story about what he does, how he landed in such a unique position, and how the CBAP has played a [...]
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Editor’s Note: The Ask a BA / Help a BA series is expanding. So we can continue to handle the flood of new questions, the columnists have agreed to help by providing first answers on occasion. In this post, columnist Doug Goldberg shares his expertise about performance goals. Reader Question: What suggestions do you have [...]
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Reader question: If the Product Manager and the development team are located in two different states, where should the BA reside? I am in a very tough position right with hiring a BA and my development team is in another state. Where should the BA reside to best help the team? Should they be with [...]
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We are finishing up the week with Barbara’s final thoughts for hiring managers on choosing a business analyst. In part 1, Barbara introduced the common mistakes business analyst hiring managers make. In part 2, Barbara shared her views on business skills and soft skills for the business analyst. Technical Skills Technical knowledge is the knowledge [...]
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Editor’s note: Yesterday Barbara introduced some of the common mistakes hiring managers make when selecting business analysts. Today, she provides an introduction into the business and soft skills hiring managers should consider when recruiting for the business analyst role. Business Skills Project Management Project Management skills can best be described as having the skill and [...]
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Editor’s Note: I discovered Barbara’s post on her CRRSP LinkedIn forum . We’ve communicated a lot here about what makes a great business analyst and how hiring decisions are made. In this post, I am excited to bring you a perspective written as advice to the hiring manager. Whether you are a manager, want to [...]
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Nothing is worse than starting a new job with a set of expectations and you don’t know what they are. When you transition from one role to another, how do you set-up the person taking on your job to be successful? It’s important to impart as much knowledge as possible, along with the context of [...]
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