Advance Your Business Analysis Career
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Sergey Korban has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has hands on experience in business analysis, project management and software development management. He is passionate about making businesses more effective and enjoys presenting complex information visually to make it more accessible. I recently had the chance to ask him a few [...]
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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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Karl Wiegers is Principal Consultant with Process Impact in Portland, OR, and has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, project management and process improvement. He is the author of several technical books and most recently, a memoir of life lessons called Pearls from Sand: How Small Encounters Lead to [...]
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Michiel Erasmus is the host of the Business Analyst Podcast and has recently found his first business analyst role. I’m honored to share his story with you — the ups and the downs — and I hope his story inspires you as you create your own path to business analysis. The career before business analysis [...]
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Kent has been doing business analysis activities in some shape for 15 years and held the BA title for the first time 12 years ago. He is currently trying on the title “Business Advisor” at his own company – Knowledge Bridge Partners – a Business Analysis consulting, mentoring, and training company. His goal is to [...]
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We are looking for possibilities through the lens of the user. Editor’s Note: This relationship started when I queried on Twitter for some help planning a usability study. Leslie Shearer led me to Patrick Quattlebaum, Chief Experience Officer at Macquarium. Patrick graciously suggested a few books. It turned out that Patrick was speaking about BA/UX [...]
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At last week’s Denver BAWorld, I had the great pleasure of sitting in Dr. Laura Kesner’s presentation on Enterprise Analysis. I’m sharing it here as a success story because that’s how I see it. Laura and her colleague BA have expanded the business analyst role in their organization and leveraged the opportunity to build their skills and [...]
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Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of my interview with Ellen Gottesdiener of EBG Consulting. In our first interview, I shared Ellen’s insights on BA learning and professional development. Today we focus on what BAs can learn from consulting about becoming a great BA. We also learn Ellen’s answer to my favorite question: “How do [...]
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Editor’s Note: Bridging the Gap is piloting a new content feature today — BA Success Stories are designed to highlight business analysts across the globe who are making things happen and taking forward steps in their careers. Interested in sharing your story? Contact me with your idea! This week we meet Kimberley Heath. Kimberley has [...]
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This week we have the opportunity to meet with Aaron Whittenberger, a Certified Business Analysis Professional(R) with over 20 years in the IT industry and 12 years as a consultant. Aaron currently consults with STAR BASE Consulting and blogs about IT Consulting and Business Analysis. Aaron discovered the business analysis profession just a few years [...]
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