BA Mindset Applied
Why Change: Top 10 of 2025 from Yulia Kosarenko
Top Ten Articles and Videos of 2025 by Yulia Kosarenko, the BA Mindset author. Learn more about business analysis, how to created diagrams, apply BA techniques and prepare for job interviews.
The Wisdom of the BA Crowd: My Group Mentorship Experience
About the BA Mindset Mentorship Circle run by Yulia Kosarenko. Explore BA Mindset video library and learn about the advantages of group mentoring.
Can I Become a Business Analyst Without Technical Background?
A summary of the new video for professionals with non-technical background interested in becoming a business analyst.
The Future of Business Analysis with AI, Automation, and Embedded Analytics
Business analysis is changing not only because AI tools are now available to automate some of the tasks, but also because we need to apply analysis to new types of projects.
New Book Published | Foundations of Business Analytics: An Applied Approach
Announcing a new book by Yulia Kosarenko about business analytics. Written as an educational resources with 100+ visuals, test questions and a case study, this book is suitable for business people and data analytics learning the fundamentals of building effective analytics solutions.
Business Analysts vs AI: Who is Doing the Thinking?
What is the role of business analysts as the use of AI tools increases, including to support BA activities? Read and watch the video for unique skills and competencies that business analysts should continue to develop to stay relevant.
AI and Business Analysis: A Change of Perspective
Are you wondering how to adapt to the developments in AI technology as a business analyst? We go beyond using chatbots to help BA’s with research and writing user stories. Learn how to gain knowledge and skills to support the new types of projects that utilize AI technologies and machine learning. You must change as a business analyst to stay relevant!
10 Strategies for Building a Successful BA Network
One of the best ways to support your career growth is to build a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. If you are a business analyst or considering a BA career, use these ten strategies outlined in the post.
Announcing BA Portfolio Building Course
Hands-on Business Analysis portfolio building course with Yulia Kosarenko announced: create a context model, business use case diagram, process flow, stakeholder register and other artifacts to showcase during job interviews.
“Hi Yulia, I recently watched the webinar you presented on the Business Analyst Mindset.
Excellent job, right to the point, very useful. Thank you for sharing.”
“Valuable interview tips about presenting your background, activities, and how to demonstrate your experience in a simple way. I found the BA career clinic very useful and it motivated me to grow. It does not matter if you’ve been working for a long time or you are fresh from the studies – it is still relevant.”
“Yulia has always been a fantastic teacher. This is indeed a great course, packaged well to serve one and all. The quizzes at the end of each module are interesting and tricky at the same time โ they test oneโs in-depth understanding of the subject matter.
Overall, the course should serve as a great primer or refresher depending on oneโs needs in oneโs BA journey. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in business analysis.”
“Just discovered your blog. I found your writing to be insightful and the illustrations to be very engaging. Thanks for the time and effort you spent contributing to the body of knowledge that is business analysis.”
“Taking part in your webinar sessions really helps me to focus on what is important in my job as a BA.”
“Yulia, your mission & objective is clear: share and spread useful tips and information to help other business analysts work better and improve their knowledge. In my opinion, your way to conduct the webinars is the only one that works ๐. Impossible not to be active in your webinars!”