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Entries for the 'Getting Started as a Business Systems Analyst' Category


» FEATURED: 3 Ways to Conduct Elicitation Even If You Aren’t in a Business Analyst Role
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3 Ways to Conduct Elicitation Even If You Aren’t in a Business Analyst Role In this article, I’ll show you how you can apply three specific business analysis elicitation or requirements gathering techniques as part of facilitating all or part of a meeting even if you aren’t in a business analysis role.

» FEATURED: The BA's Journey - From a Current to a Future State
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The BA's Journey - From a Current to a Future State Many words have been written about the process of business analysis and how it can be performed on different types of projects. There are a multitude of tools and techniques which can be used plus methodologies and frameworks to suit a wide variety of circumstances. This makes it all too easy to get absorbed in the day-to-day detail and forget abou...

» FEATURED: An Overview of Enterprise Analysis
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An Overview of Enterprise Analysis Enterprise analysis (also known as strategic enterprise analysis or company analysis) is defined as focusing “on understanding the needs of the business as a whole, its strategic direction, and identifying initiatives that will allow a business to meet those strategic goals.” 

» Difference Between Systems Analyst and Business Analyst
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Many run into the problem of differentiating between a systems analyst and a business analyst. The differences in some organizations do not exist. In other companies, the comparison is almost an insult. Depending on the business or corporation, there are many differences. The job title is not the only thing with which to compare these two separate ...

» FEATURED: How to Mentor an Aspiring Business Analyst
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How to Mentor an Aspiring Business Analyst You walk into your local IIBA meeting and introduce yourself to a new attendee. They ask you what seems to be one of the toughest questions in the world: “How do I become a business analyst?” Hmm…  How do you become a business analyst?  

» FEATURED: eBook: What is a Business Analyst? ...and why do I need one?
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eBook: What is a Business Analyst?  ...and why do I need one? Worldwide, there are between five hundred thousand and one million people working as Business Analysts...  So why are all types of businesses, from charities to investment banks, hiring so many of them?...  What do they actually do?...

» FEATURED: Starting Your Requirements Education
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Starting Your Requirements Education So you want to be a better requirements analyst. Or maybe you’re completely new to business analysis and you just want to learn what requirements analysis involves, period.

» FEATURED: Dreaming Of A Business Analyst Career: A Personal Journey From QA To BA
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Dreaming Of A Business Analyst Career: A Personal Journey From QA To BA We BA's are occasionally asked, "What do you do?" I try to make a joke out of this innocent question by replying, "Well, what would YOU do with English and writing degrees? I'm a Business Analyst of course." People don’t laugh.

» FEATURED: Creating Business Analyst Resumes for the 21st Century
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Creating Business Analyst Resumes for the 21st Century In an increasingly competitive marketplace, the practice of resume writing is not what it used to be. Resumes must be more clean, concise, and convincing than they were in recent years. Today’s business analysts need every edge they can get.

» FEATURED: What Business Analysts Can Learn from Competitive Sports: The Power of Consistency
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What Business Analysts Can Learn from Competitive Sports: The Power of Consistency While my co-workers know me as a manager of Business and Systems Analysis, others know me as a Triathlete (A triathlon is multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events; most commonly swimming, bicycling, and running).  It was while reading a recent article about Triathlon that I began to draw a ...

» FEATURED: The structure of business analysis documents
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The structure of business analysis documents The structure of business analysis documents isn't a commonly discussed topic. This article will show what documents are produced by a BA and the main sections they contain. These are the main documents produced by a BA over the course of a project...  

» Building (or Becoming) the Ideal Business Analyst
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Building (or Becoming) the Ideal Business Analyst There are as many types of business analyst personalities as there are organizations and projects. The million-dollar questions is, how can a manager match an analyst’s unique skills to the projects that can really benefit from them, helping to ensure a project’s success? How can a manager build stronger, perhaps more suitable skills in his analyst...

» Slow and Steady Will Win the Race For BAs in 2011
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Slow and Steady Will Win the Race For BAs in 2011 Taking a long lens approach to looking at 2011 is an apt metaphor that should serve as a reminder to BAs of the perspective they need to take to in terms of both their professional development and their role in the organization. There’s no better time to take stock and strategize on how to best prepare for the opportunities and the challenges you’l...

» Putting Down the Headset: BA Lessons from Tech Support
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Putting Down the Headset: BA Lessons from Tech Support As I look back on the last nine years of my BA career, I realize just how well that initial reason for leaving the call center, that desire to make a difference for my customers, has served as a guiding light for me as a BA. Providing my customers with tools and processes that anticipate problems they may have has been a goal throughout my years as...

» How to become a high-performance business analyst
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How to become a high-performance business analyst Many business analysts lack a clear strategy to improve their abilities and increase the value they deliver to their organizations. They don't spend any time considering performance goals and envisioning strategies to achieve them, and as a result, they miss opportunities to continue to evolve and grow their role and responsibilities over time. Fo...
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