Between You and Your Business Analysis Career
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We have all been here. You’ve defined just the right feature or solution to solve a specific business problem. It’s elegant. It’s simple. It’s even got a hint of beauty about it. When you get ready to present it to your technical team for implementation, you get the answer you least expect…”that’s impossible” or it’s [...]
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At last week’s SQuAD conference, Danny Faught spoke about Tearing down the Ivory Tower of Testing. As I understood it, the Ivory Tower is a box that you create around yourself or your department that essentially says, “I can’t work effectively unless….”. In response to false expectations and a fear of failing, we create processes, [...]
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You can logically argue that software requirements save time, save money, and increase the return on your technology investment. I believe all these things to be true, not because I’ve done any quantitative study, but because I’ve directly experienced it in my day-to-day work. But I’d like to focus on what brought me to the [...]
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Many organizations are cutting back on new technology investments in 2009 and you may be wondering what to do with the surplus of business analysts you have on staff to support project work. A BA with exceptional knowledge of the business and strong analysis skills is a valuable asset to your organization. Consider refocusing their [...]
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Looking to embark on a significant IT project and want to ensure that you waste in excess of 500K on a failed project? Look no further for an effective how to. Step 1: Pick a solution. Right now. Google for the latest technologies. Meet with a vendor. It doesn’t quite matter how you pick or [...]
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The journey through our dreams is never easy nor rarely obvious. Expect to course correct. Set your standard to learning from and engaging in every experience. I can’t ever remember not being on this journey. Sure, there have been different forms, opposing viewpoints, and at times I was in a barely self-aware needle-in-a-haystack search. But [...]
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I had the pleasure of attending the Denver IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) meeting Monday night. The speaker, Gordie Ellison, shared some insightful strategies for dealing with difficult people. I got many insights out of this meeting, too many to mention here, but one of the best was when Gordon said “You and I [...]
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So you are interested in becoming a business analyst or maybe you’ve just always thought it would be fun to get more involved in technology projects. If you are on the business side, but are thinking of a technology role, here are some signs you should give business analysis more than a fleeting glance: 1) [...]
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