Jun 23, 2019

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Many years ago, I was a little league baseball coach. If you have ever had this experience, you quickly discover that the learning opportunity goes both ways between player and coach. For example, it was the first game of the season and we were the visiting team. At the top of the second inning, the...

Three Modes of Business Analysis Consulting

A business analysis consultant might perform three types of roles when working with clients: expert, pair-of-hands, and collaborator. Each of these represents a different kind of i...

Boosting Your Confidence as a Business Analyst

The ability to build and exude self-confidence can contribute to success in many areas of our lives from personal to professional. Unfortunately, many business analysts who are beg...

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Dan Tasker

Requirements In Context Part 2: The Functional View From 10,000 Feet

In Part 1 of this series it was stated that the overall objective of these articles is to improve the quality of requirements produced by business analysts. Following the adage that “Context is Everything” it established that a number of different contexts...

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Alice Bolingeryn

Sections in a Functional Layout for an Entry Level Job Resume

Clearly, the most important step in getting a job is being selected for an interview, and a key part in that process is having a resume that stands out from others. For many people, creating a good enough resume is an obstacle in achieving this, and so one way to address this problem may be to get a professional to create one for you. J...

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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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MA Blog - Selected Posts

6 Traits Of A Great Business Analyst (And How To Interview For Them)
Whether or not you have ever been a Business Analyst yourself, if you work with enough Business Analysts over time you learn what sort of characterist... Read More...

Why I Do This
I was at a talk yesterday by American artist Lawrence Weiner. He spent half the time saying there was nothing he had to say about his art; the next ha... Read More...

When the Client Isn't the Customer
Usually when a Business Analyst is working on a project the client (which I’ll define as the party or stakeholder who receives the benefit of the Anal... Read More...

Templates & Aides

Templates & Aides: find and share business analysis templates as well as other useful aides (cheat sheets, posters, reference guides) in our Templates & Aides repository. Here are some examples:
* Requirements Template
* Use Case Template
* BPMN Cheat Sheet