What happens when we automate the existing process? We risk baking a suboptimal process into software and cementing the inefficiencies. First optimize, then automate. This video reviews a key role that business analysts play in improving and simplifying business processes.…
Read More BA Mindset Video #7: Simplify Until Nothing Can Be Removed
Business analysis process is not always comfortable. What should a BA do when they discover a gap, an inconvenient truth? Sweep it under the rug or deal with it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcNENsr0dTE
Requirements don't come from business - they come from business analysis. This next video episode deals with the myth of "gathering business requirements".We gather information from stakeholders, analyze it, discover, investigate, compare, research and analyze some more, and then synthesize…
Read More BA Mindset Video #5: Analysis Before Synthesis; Information Before Requirements
Business analysts have to wear many hats to be successful. Leadership and facilitation skills are key to this success and their future career growth. Here is the new BA Mindset video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKoGPgEq9iU&t=4s
Learning about business problems and needs starts with asking discovery questions. Root cause analysis involves many “why” questions. And requirements validation involves clarifying, detailed questions that test the accuracy, completeness, and logic of our findings. Asking questions is an essential…
Continuing the #ba_mindset video series on the best practices of business analysis. This video discusses the importance of figuring out what is the real business problem that needs solving.And yes, it's not necessarily what you were told at the scoping…
In this video series, explore each principle of the BA mindset with Yulia Kosarenko, author of the book Business analyst: a profession and a mindset. Read more in the BA Mindset blog series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0NUZkUutHM
