This year’s IIBA BA conference has been announced. As ever, there are some fascinating and thought provoking speakers that have been offered. Here is the official announcement… The Business Analysis Conference Europe 2017 provides an unparalleled networking opportunity for Business Analysts from across Europe and beyond. Whether you are just starting your BA journey, […] Read more »
IIBA UK BA 2016 Conference is announced
As media sponsor for the IIBA BA UK Conference, I am happy to share the following information and highly recommend that you attend: Business Analysis Conference Europe 2016 19-21 September 2016, London IRM UK, in collaboration with IIBA UK Chapter and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT The Business Analysis Conference Europe 2016 provides an […] Read more »
Practicing business analysis on yourself or your own business
In this post, I’ll use the challenge of enhancing the Be a Brilliant Business Analyst community to bring to life some of the common business analysis concepts and tasks. Houston we have a problem Soon after I launched BABBA I received direct contacts from members of the community asking for help with specific challenges. I […] Read more »
How to plan your career goals and make them happen
At the end of last year, I attended a Vision Day which to give me a kickstart for 2016 by helping me imagine where I wanted BA Mentor to be at the end of 2016 and building the foundations to making it to happen. It was a very inspiring session and really helped me bring […] Read more »
Communicating the value of the business analyst – part 2
This is the second post where I would like to communicate the value of business analysis in plain English. This animation is intended to make sure the business is changed in the right way by considering all possible solutions. The business analyst should avoid rushing to a solution when the benefit has not been fully […] Read more »
Communicating the value of the business analyst – part 1
In this and the next few posts I would like to communicate the value of business analysis in plain English. I cannot overstate how important it is to be able to communicate your value quickly and effectively to all of the people you work with. I knew that I had cracked it when when my […] Read more »
Building and maintaining a good working relationship with the project manager
The BA’s relationship with the project manager has been much discussed. I’d like to share my views on some of the critical components of a good relationship, drawing on my experiences, some of which have been learnt the hard way! Starting out When you first start on a project, it is important to focus on […] Read more »
Your workshop toolkit
I’ve been running a series of requirement gathering workshops recently which reminded me about the ‘physical stuff’ you need to have in place to make your workshop run well. I have also tried out some techniques that use some new tools which I’d like to share! (by the way, I won’t be covering all aspects […] Read more »
Managing stakeholders and learning to accept uncertainty
At the IIBA UK conference this year there were some important messages from two of the key note speakers which helped me reflect on my work as a business analyst. Most people crave certainty (and don’t like risk) Caspar Berry, the professional poker player, talked about what he learnt about uncertainty from his career as […] Read more »
SWOT analysis (a subscriber’s contribution)
Jackson Hille tried and failed to find a guide on completing a SWOT analysis for his work with startups. So decided to complete his own guide and contacted me to offer to share it with other readers of Business Analyst Mentor. The following is Jackson’s introduction: As a business analyst, one is often tasked with […] Read more »