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Webinar: Have You Had Your Senior BA Moment?

[ June 10, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The more experienced a business analyst becomes the more they become invaluable to organizations. In today’s business environment many senior business analysts are underutilized and under-challenged. For managers of business analysts, this webinar will provide practical tips and recommendations to organize your team to maximize BA performance.  Understanding how to fully utilize the senior business [...]

Webinar: What?! You Don’t Want to Be a PM?

[ April 22, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] As you progress in your career do you know your options?  Many companies have linear career paths for business analysts where they grow up to be project managers.  Although business analysts and project managers share some skills, the business analysis role has a very different focus than the project manager role.  Some business analysts do [...]

James Bond and Business Analysis

Q: I’ve always tried to teach you two things. First, never let them see you bleed. James Bond: And the second? Q: Always have an escape plan*.   *From the James Bond movie (The World is Not Enough) In case you have never followed the Bond movies, Q was typically an elderly gentleman who would invent and demonstrate all the [...]

The Things We Can Control

2009 was a tough year in many ways. If you were not personally impacted by losing your job or being furloughed, you most likely knew one or more close family and friends that were impacted.

Who performs business analysis work in your organization?

Over the past few years I have been advocating that business analysis is a distinct profession, separate from project management, separate from development, separate from quality assurance. I believe that eliciting, and analyzing requirements; and making sure they are used to create a good quality solution is a full time job. I also believe that if [...]