What’s available As part of supporting professional development everywhere and getting the word out about Bridging the Gap resources, it’s my pleasure to be able to offer professional association chapters a complimentary copy of the following eBooks: How to Start a Business Analyst Career ($20 value) How to be a Contract Business Analyst ($15 value) [...]
I’m excited to be partnering with BATimes to offer this new webinar on discovering and communicating your value as a business analyst. For those of you who have purchased The Promotable Business Analyst, we’ll be focusing on the concepts in Chapter 1 “Your Value as a Business Analyst”. Because this is a webinar format, I’ll [...]
Alex Papworth has opened a new survey for business analysts. As he describes in his latest blog post, he’s trying to reposition his mentoring and training opportunities to best meet the needs of business analysts — that means you! Alex has been a contributor to Bridging the Gap, helping get the word out about The [...]
Last month, IIBA announced its plans to release a new certification targeted at intermediate-level business analysts. The new program opens up certification to more professionals by reducing the knowledge and experience requirements required for the CBAP®. Here are the details for the webinar. Unlike most IIBA webinars, this one is open to the public. Monday, [...]
This past week has been a learning experience for me. I’ve completed what I consider my first true product launch and you were all involved. Whether you saw a tweet, received an email (or two or three or four) or viewed a blog post about career development (or all of the above0, you were touched [...]
If you are subscribed to our newsletter, you already received notice that today is the final day I can offer The Promotable Business Analyst at the introductory price. I’ve gotten a bit of flack for that message — people asking “why?” This deserves an answer — so what follows is my complete thought process on [...]
Last August, Adriana Beal and I started an email exchange about the need for a resource that helped business analysts at all levels apply the career-minded philosophy in How to Start a Business Analyst Career. Today, I’m excited to announce that a solution to this problem, The Promotable Business Analyst, is now available. What started [...]
I’m excited to announce that Bridging the Gap reached a new milestone just this morning. There are officially 1500 newsletter subscribers. Sometime in the last few months we’ve also begun to exceed 20,000 monthly page views and 10,000 monthly visits. There are over 8,000 unique individuals who visit this site each month. While these stats [...]
On May 4th at 6pm EST, Alex Papworth will be hosting a free webinar on the Six Essential Steps to Deliver Your First Use Case Model. A great entry-point for new and senior business analysts alike, Alex will take you through the following activities: Identify stakeholders Identify source materials Define actors Define high level use [...]
It’s my great pleasure to introduce you to Michiel Erasmus, blogger and postcaster of the Business Analyst Podcast. Michiel and I had the opportunity to speak awhile back. He hosts a podcast where he interviews business analysts about their work and their style. On his blog, you’ll find some familiar names, including Doug Goldberg, Jonathan [...]