Training for BAs is a million miles better than it was in 2000 when I started as a freelance BA. However, I believe it is often a poor solution for today’s time starved business analyst who needs on the spot, relevant and actionable coaching. Some BA’s that I’ve been talking to about training and Certification [...] Read more »
The insider’s guide… to business analysis free eLearning – some lessons learnt
The Insider’s Guide to Core techniques for successful business analysis was a great success. However, it was an experiment and there are a number of lessons that I have learnt that I want to fix before I make it available again. The number one lesson was that it should be an on demand, self study [...] Read more »
Free training to celebrate the first class of Mastering Use Cases graduating
Several weeks ago, the first intake of students finished my course – Mastering Use Cases. It was a fascinating journey for me as well as them with a few bumps along the way. I’d like to share the students’ feedback on the course followed by the improvements I will be making for the next intake. [...] Read more »
Where to now for mentoring?
I have been mentoring individuals who I have met through my blog for a couple of years. Initially, I provided some free mentoring as an experiment and have progressed to providing a paid service for a few individuals who have approached me. I have also helped Doug Goldberg with an online study group. As you [...] Read more »
Webinar was ‘more like a best practice approach to business analysis’
Thanks to those of you who attended Tuesday night’s webinar (it was night for me anyway!) on The six essential steps to delivering your first use case model. The technology worked well and, judging by the positive reactions, everyone benefited from the webinar. There were a number of questions and I was able to respond [...] Read more »
Feedback from my test students
As the date for the course (Mastering Use Cases) approaches, I thought you would find it useful to hear from my test students. I’d like to introduce Rebecca Nord who works at University of California, Davis. Rebecca has provided me with considered and insightful feedback which has really helped me lift the quality of the [...] Read more »
Mastering Use Cases course is open for business!
The first class of my new course – Mastering Use Cases – is open for students to enroll. There are only twenty places so, if you’re interested, read the course description now! Read more »
Demystifying use cases – a white paper
I have a new publication to announce! Whilst developing my use case modeling course, I thought it would be useful to capture and summarize some of the key lessons in a white paper for your benefit. It’s almost ready but I thought I’d give you a preview ofthe first page which is a summary of [...] Read more »
How to make eLearning that captivates
How to make eLearning that captivates?! That’s certainly an ambitious goal! But I need to make this my aim for the most successful eLearning. I will describe the pros and cons of eLearning when compared with classroom learning. I will also discuss what I see as the characteristics of good eLearning. Finally, if you like [...] Read more »
How Business Analyst Mentor will help your professional development in 2010
After considering all the valuable input from Business Analyst Mentor readers I described in last week’s post, I had to decide how to support the readers. It wasn’t straightforward as I have to balance the investment of my time and money, especially when you consider that I work full time and have a family! Once I had the [...] Read more »
