Business Analysis

BUSINESS CASE: HOW TO STRUCTURE

A business case has four key jobs to do: Throughout your business case, it’s important to be as careful with words as you would be if you were writing an advertisement or brochure. Avoid waffle, jargon and wild guesses, keep your sentences simple and short, and don’t present anybody with dense blocks of text. You…

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Becoming a Business Analyst

What is Business Analysis? “The practice of enabling change in an organizational context by defining needs  and recommending solutions that delivers value to stakeholders” When determining which Business Analyst career is best suited for you consider the following: Work Experience:  Business analysis is about identifying business needs and solving problems.  A sales person who uses…

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Data Analysis, the Wrong Start, the Wrong End

Most data initiatives fail to deliver real value to the enterprise. The reason is not the lack of data analysis skills, but the failure to employ analytical skills to address the business side of the initiative. Most of the data analysis projects go through a data-focused process as follows: Understand what information is needed Collect…

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Working as a Business Analyst

In this article you will: Learn the building blocks of business analysis Explore business and IT domains Apply management skills Host effective meetings and presentations Learn the fundamentals of leadership Content Applying Fundamental Business Analysis Skills Using the Structured Systems Analysis and Design Model Managing Business Analysis Issues Relying on Communication Skills Learning New Skills…

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Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

The Business Analyst main role is to assess a company’s business needs and recommend solutions. However, when interviewing for a Business Analyst position, it is important to be prepared to provide good answers to common Business Analyst interview questions to express your fitness for the position. In this article we provide some of the most…

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Business Analyst Job Description

The role of the Business Analyst is increasing in importance within all types of organizations. Business Analysts work in various departments within these organizations to contribute to the growth and value of the enterprise in mostly every industry. The Role of the Business Analyst In today’s complex business environment, an organization’s adaptability, agility, and ability…

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Dealing with Key Stakeholders

There is no project without stakeholders. Stakeholders have a vested interest in the project and its outcome, and they are the major source of requirements, constraints, and assumptions for the business analyst. Remember that stakeholder roles are like hats—one person may wear multiple hats and fill more than one role on a project. There are…

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The Business Analyst and the Project Manager

There is much debate about the potential for overlap and conflict between the role of project manager and the business analyst. Interestingly enough, many project managers perform business analysis work early in their projects—developing feasibility studies, business cases, scope statements, and business-level requirements as part of project selection, initiation, and scope definition. Many project managers were part…

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Defining the Business Analyst Role

While business analysts play a central role in the life of any organization, the business analysis profession is broad. What is expected of today’s analyst varies so widely from one organization to another and from one project to another. The BABOK® defines the role of business analyst as someone who is responsible for discovering, synthesizing, and…

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