The BA mindset in a nutshell is taking responsibility for thinking when identifying solutions for business problems and needs.
Yulia Kosarenko
Yulia Kosarenko is the author of "Business Analyst: a Profession and a Mindset". She is a speaker and business analysis community activist, and offers online courses, personalized coaching and corporate training for business analysts and architects.
Effective BA Practice Day 12: Data Savvy
Should business analysts learn about data, data management and analysis? Effective BA practices need data-savvy analysts to support transformation and analytics projects.
Effective BA Practice Day 11: What Do Business Analysts Do All Day?
This article recaps what business analysts do when they research, analyze, communicate, and make things happen. For anyone who needs to manage business analysts or wants to become one.
Effective BA Practice Day 10: Project Initiation and Context Modelling
How to use context models for: project initiation and scope definition, to determine the scope of analysis, to divide business analysis work among team members.
Effective BA Practice Day 9: The Scope of Business Analysis
A business analyst must discover, analyze and capture all business requirements – whether they involve technology or not. There is a reason for the word “business” in “business analysis”.
Effective BA Practice Day 8: Business Glossary
Effective BA practice requires a business data dictionary to define and use consistent terms and definitions: business concepts and entities, metrics and KPIs. This supports enterprise data governance and a shared understanding of requirements.
Effective BA Practice Day 7: Expected Business Analysis Outcomes
Excerpt: Recap of business analysis outcomes and deliverables – from documented requirements to models, wireframes, and shared understanding of requirements.