4 Things To Consider Before Hiring A Business Analyst For Your Project

May 19, 2019

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I like to compare a business analyst to an architect. While the architect asks questions about design, budget, and personal preferences of a person who wants to build a house; similarly, the business analyst interacts with business owners to know and understand their needs. A business an...

Breaking the Complex Down to Simple

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Arash

The Importance of Operational Decisions

It may sound routine, but the importance of operational decisions cannot be underestimated. After all, not a day goes by without even the smallest business making dozens, if not hundreds of operational decisions that may affect the bottom line. Elevate these to large scale companies and we are talking thousands, if not millions of actions that impa...

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Trividh Patel, CBAP

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