Comments on: Managing Your Business Analysts http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/07/14/managing-your-business-analysts/ Connecting Business Requirements to Technology Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barbara http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/07/14/managing-your-business-analysts/comment-page-1/#comment-2589 Barbara Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:26 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/142/managing-your-business-analysts#comment-2589 Rajendra, Thank you for reading our blog and such a G8 (great?) question. This is not an easy question. Business analysis is a very broad and complex profession. It requires many different types of skills. At B2T Training, we offer a complete curriculum to teach people how to "think" and perform well in the role of a business analyst. We teach many analytical tools and provide different tips for how to improve your work, your team relationships, your communication and your results. Some recommendations that I have for you are to continue reading our blogs, to go read some resources from our download page; the bridge magazine issues are available. Also, my book Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis will be available from J.Ross Publishing in October. I recommend may want to get involved with an IIBA chapter if there is one in your area for networking and business analysis support and I recommend that you download the IIBA BABOK. Go to the website www.theiiba.org for more information. Once last tip that is at the heart of G8 business analysis is excellent communication, written and verbal. We can always improve the way we communicate with everyone on our projects. Best of Luck to you and thank for visiting our website. Barb Rajendra,
Thank you for reading our blog and such a G8 (great?) question. This is not an easy question. Business analysis is a very broad and complex profession.
It requires many different types of skills. At B2T Training, we offer a complete curriculum to teach people how to “think” and perform well in the role of a business analyst. We teach many analytical tools and provide different tips for how to improve your work, your team relationships, your communication and your results. Some recommendations that I have for you are to continue reading our blogs, to go read some resources from our download page; the bridge magazine issues are available. Also, my book Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis will be available from J.Ross Publishing in October. I recommend may want to get involved with an IIBA chapter if there is one in your area for networking and business analysis support and I recommend that you download the IIBA BABOK. Go to the website http://www.theiiba.org for more information.

Once last tip that is at the heart of G8 business analysis is excellent communication, written and verbal. We can always improve the way we communicate with everyone on our projects. Best of Luck to you and thank for visiting our website.

Barb

]]> By: Ben Warsop http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/07/14/managing-your-business-analysts/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 Ben Warsop Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:14:53 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/142/managing-your-business-analysts#comment-2588 One of the challenges for those managing Business Analysis was summed up very neatly by a commentator on one of my blog posts who said that if you don't have soft skills it is impossible to recognise them in other people. So an IT delivery organisation that's bad at the soft-side of Business Analysis, tends to stay that way. If you are tone deaf, you can't pick the good players out in an audition. There's no easy way to solve this one - especially if the conductor is the one who's tone deaf. And you are SO right about letting go. I've improved leaps and bounds since I've learned to stop myself when time's up! Cheers Ben One of the challenges for those managing Business Analysis was summed up very neatly by a commentator on one of my blog posts who said that if you don’t have soft skills it is impossible to recognise them in other people. So an IT delivery organisation that’s bad at the soft-side of Business Analysis, tends to stay that way. If you are tone deaf, you can’t pick the good players out in an audition. There’s no easy way to solve this one – especially if the conductor is the one who’s tone deaf.

And you are SO right about letting go. I’ve improved leaps and bounds since I’ve learned to stop myself when time’s up!

Cheers

Ben

]]> By: Real estate software http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/07/14/managing-your-business-analysts/comment-page-1/#comment-2587 Real estate software Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:14:34 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/142/managing-your-business-analysts#comment-2587 Hi Friend, I found your blog as well as your site when i was searching on Google for "Busness Analyst" ,and your result comes with in 10 results. The things i want to say that i am looking for the site blogs that will support us to analysis our business , what process in analysis will throughly give a better result and what not ? I read your blogs 2-3 time and find some valuable things that how can i stop worse things to do. but can any one tell me what actually we should do as a business analyst?? Thanks i am waiting for a g8 reply :) Rajendra Hi Friend,

I found your blog as well as your site when i was searching on Google for “Busness Analyst” ,and your result comes with in 10 results.

The things i want to say that i am looking for the site blogs that will support us to analysis our business , what process in analysis will throughly give a better result and what not ?

I read your blogs 2-3 time and find some valuable things that how can i stop worse things to do. but can any one tell me what actually we should do as a business analyst??

Thanks i am waiting for a g8 reply :)

Rajendra

]]> By: Adrian Marchis http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/07/14/managing-your-business-analysts/comment-page-1/#comment-2586 Adrian Marchis Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:23:53 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/142/managing-your-business-analysts#comment-2586 Hi Barbara, I could not agree with you more! You're confirming many of the things which I've come across in my many years of managing analysts such as: * don't try to achieve perfection - good enough, on time and within budget, is what we are a looking for, * learn/reuse techniques, methods, and templates from other BAs, * never stop learning: blogs, articles, training courses, etc. Thanks for sharing! - Adrian Adrian Marchis Publisher, ModernAnalyst.com http://www.modernanalyst.com Hi Barbara,

I could not agree with you more!

You’re confirming many of the things which I’ve come across in my many years of managing analysts such as:
* don’t try to achieve perfection – good enough, on time and within budget, is what we are a looking for,
* learn/reuse techniques, methods, and templates from other BAs,
* never stop learning: blogs, articles, training courses, etc.

Thanks for sharing!
- Adrian

Adrian Marchis
Publisher, ModernAnalyst.com
http://www.modernanalyst.com

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