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Tips for BAs: The Starter Project Business Analyst
Author: Geri Schneider Winters You may have just finished college, or have none of the skills needed for a more advanced BA role. You are interested in a Starter Project BA position either to learn more about the job to … Continue reading
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Tips for BAs: The Importance of the Job Description
Author: Geri Schneider Winters You have been thinking of becoming a Business Analyst, and are not sure how to go about it. Since few people leave college and start working as a Business Analyst, you are probably making a career … Continue reading
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Tips for BAs: Intro to Finding a BA position
Author: Geri Schneider Winters I get a lot of emails and blog posts from people who want to be Business Analysts, but are not sure how to go about finding a BA position. This article is the first in a … Continue reading
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Tips for BA’s: Using Teleseminars to Communicate with Distributed Teams
Author: Geri Schneider Winters As a Business Analyst, we are often in the role of facilitating discussions among stakeholders. There is also a need to give presentations. You may find a need to teach something to the stakeholders, for example, … Continue reading
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Tips for Business Analysts: Starting, mid-range, and Senior Business Analysts
Author: Geri Schneider Winters I have been thinking a lot recently about what I would expect if I were hiring a Business Analyst. My expectations are very different if the person is a starting Business Analyst, or someone with a … Continue reading
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Tips for Business Analysts: Who Runs a Software Project?
Author: Geri Schneider Winters I work on a lot of really large software projects. Over the years, it has become clear to me that three roles, and the interactions between people in those roles, are really vital for the success … Continue reading
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Tips for Business Analysts: How to Write a Business Summary
One of the primary jobs of a Business Analyst is often to provide summaries of a business unit, department, or even a whole business as part of a business modeling effort. We have to be prepared to produce more than … Continue reading
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Tips for BAs: New Paper – What Are Requirements
I wrote a new paper this weekend where I show the different kinds of stakeholders and requirements and their relationships. I would love your feedback on it. You can find the document here: What Are Requirements Geri
Selling information security to the business
David Kelleher’s “10 Things that WON’T Happen in 2009″ is an insightful discussion of security issues that, against all efforts to resolve them, seem to visit us with each coming year. This blog series will explore what we can do … Continue reading
Tips for Business Analysts: Business Process Modeling
Author: Geri Schneider Winters I recently received email from OMG (Object Management Group) that they now have a certification for Business Process Modeling. Alert reader Igor Nedeljkovic wrote to ask about it, so I thought this would be a good … Continue reading
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