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
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BA Mindset Video #5: Analysis Before Synthesis; Information Before Requirements
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…
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BA Mindset #4: Lead and Facilitate
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
BA Mindset Video #3: Question Everything
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…
BA Mindset Video #2: Solve the Right Problem
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…
BA Mindset Video #1: Focus on Business – Calibrate Solutions to Business Goals
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
A Context Model in 5 Minutes
Context models are simple communication tools used to depict the context of a business, a system, or a process. The context is the environment in which the object of our interest exists. Context models capture how the central object interacts…