BA stories

I was recently interviewed by Michiel Erasmus who has a regular podcast on subjects related to business analysis. He is fairly new to the field and passionate about developing his knowledge and shares it with the rest of us with his podcast.
The interview was wide ranging from my experience as a business analyst, mentoring and [...]

You may have noticed the absence of any instructional articles in the last couple of weeks. I apologise for this but I’ve been establishing a mentoring service which I’m now trialling. Service should return to normal soon
I was contacted by Ify Michael Obijiaku a couple of weeks ago asking for assistance in achieving [...]

You may be aware that I was applying for a position on the board in the UK IIBA chapter.
This brief post is to let you know that I won!!
I put myself forward for two posts:
Marketing & Sponsorship - I won by two votes so it was close run thing
Knowledge Management - I lost by two [...]

I was attending a workshop recently which reminded me of one of the key skills of the good business analyst. This is the art of listening.
In this workshop, there were many stakeholders and many experts with either business or technical expertise. The stakeholders attending were from a variety of different European countries so it was [...]

I have been  pondering recently on the importance of adaptability for a business analyst.
Definition of adaptability
It seems to me that adaptability is a key skill of a business analyst because no two projects are alike. It’s not possible to apply a template approach to every project situation with which you are confronted.
However, I looked up synonyms for [...]

 
The SME can either be the cause of success or failure for a business analyst so they must be handled very carefully.
In this article, I’ll introduce a certain type of SME who is passionate and loves to dive into the detail.
I’ll also explain how this was beneficial but needed to be managed on a recent project engagement.
I would also [...]