Business analysis is a dynamic field that offers a diverse range of career pathways. With cross-transferable skills in analysis, business, and communication, business analysts are well-positioned for future career progression. Here are some of the many exciting career opportunities available in this field: Business analysts can move into more senior roles within Business Analysis such as senior business… Read More »
Introduction This article is about the collaboration required between the project manager and business analyst. They both contribute to project delivery but from different perspectives. Summary of the different responsibilities. A project manager has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. Their focus is on delivery within scope, budget, timescales and… Read More »
Using business analysis techniques have the following benefits: Techniques can be applied with no/little reliance on business knowledge as it provides a structure to follow and provides guidance on the questions to be asked. Cross transferable across companies and industries. Usually internationally recognised standardised formats and notation. Saves time as same technique can be re-used each time without… Read More »
With the Business Analysis Conference Europe 2017 being hosted in London on the 25-27 September this article sets out the reasons why attending a conference might be of benefit. It can be used to decide whether attending a conference is right for you and pointers for building a business case if you need your company to pay for… Read More »
There are different roles within business analysis. Below lists some of the different job titles encountered and the differences in job description and skills required. Because of this the roles may sit in different teams. Some companies may separate out these roles whilst others may be more blended. Business Architect (other job titles may include Lead Business Analyst)… Read More »
This article is written from my personal experience. It’s been really great to hear about so many people with an interest in this area and wanting to go into this career as their profession. I hope that sharing my experience will be useful to others at the start of their journey. I chose to do a degree in… Read More »
Decide whether being a business analyst would suit you. The type of qualities required are: Communication skills E.g. You need to be able to contact people that you haven’t met before and at different levels of authority and have meetings with them or run workshops. Likeability E.g. You need to be able to get people to want to… Read More »
The previous two articles focused on business analysis activities and documentation. This article sets out the skillsets a business analyst must have as a result. Below sets out 10 of the main skills. Each heading is then broken down into measures to either enable self evaluation if you are a business analyst or the level of skills to… Read More »
Diagrams are essential to provide a clear, unambiguous picture. They can be put together in meetings, can make discussions easier than lots of text and are quicker and easier to do iterations and re-work. It is very easy to be tempted to start writing a document. However it will save time holding off until the diagrams are agreed.… Read More »
Reason for article To help create an understanding of how business analysts can be used and how they can contribute to ensuring a project is delivered successfully; to budget and time. Research on why projects fail Sources of Failure according to a survey by Gartner were identified as being due to poor communication between IT and the business… Read More »