The past decade saw an explosion in demand for business analysts. Back in 2010, data-focused companies were still relatively new and analytics weren’t as commonly used. Since then, however, data…
“Hey, I am looking for some guidance on the CBAP certification. I gave it a couple of attempts, once in earlier 2017 and the recent one was two days ago.…
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use and benefits of Mind Maps for business analysis. The 5W mind map uses the journalists’ five questions (Who, What, Where,…
The Business Analyst and Project Manager are team players on a project. As is common the Business Analyst and Project Manager sometimes have conflicting approaches during a project. Having frequently…
Business process modeling is an incredibly powerful technique and one that is core to the BA toolkit. Modeling a process enables us to understand how the work ‘flows’ between teams…
There is no doubt that these are challenging times and a lot of people in our community are facing hardships right now. But there is also an immense amount of…
Have you heard of an agile business analyst? Does this even make sense? Agile is to move quickly. How can a business analyst (ba) move quickly when he is loaded…
I have been increasingly confronted with students who are trying to transition from waterfall to agile and more and more students who ask, “What’s waterfall?†Those who have never experienced…
There is little doubt that social media platforms have created new ways for people to interact with each other. Whether it’s staying in touch with friends, exchanging holiday snaps, or…
Many companies end up reinventing the wheel when it comes to business planning. They either create convoluted business plans that are hard to read or try to map out their…
