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Analysts Anonymous

Informed comment for the BA and Business Change Community

Analysts Anonymous contains interesting articles, notices and general updates from contributors around the business world.

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AA Spring 2013


Analysts Anonymous (Spring 2013) covers selling for business analysts, project analysis costs, package at the sharp end - a John Lewis case study, the courage to ask, the annual IIBA survey 2012 and the iterative business analyst. 


AA Almanac A decade of informed comment for the BA and Business Change Community.

A compilation of Analysts Anonymous articles and editorials penned by leading business analysts and commentators.

AA 22

State of the Nation - UK IIBA Business Analysis Survey 2011 - Business Intelligence - another role for the BA? - The Required Skills of the Expert Business Analyst - Business Analysis Conference Europe - Business Analyst of the Year 2012 - Good BAs - nature or nurture?

AA 21

Business Analysis: A Coat of Many Colours - Why Recognise the Expert BA?- An Enlightened Contractor- A Process is a Promise- The BA and the Job Interview- The 4 Essential Ps for Innovation- Business Analyst of the Year 2011.

AA 20

Bring Clarity, Creativity and Engagement to your Business Analysis Work - Business Analyst of the Year 2011 - Business Analysis Conference Europe 2011 - The Challenge of E-learning - The Importance of Relationships - View from the Bridge - BA Career Structures - Using Words & Pictures to Tell the Whole Story - The Midlands BA Forum - BA Summit 2010/2011


AA 19

BA Conference Part 1: Business Analysis as a Learning Process - Nobody Knows Your Business Like Your Own Business Analysts - BA Conference Part 2: Career Path and Qualifications Panel Discussion - Is Business Analysis a Profession Yet? - UK IIBA Business Analyst of the Year 2010

AA 18

Get the audience you deserve - The BA role on Agile teams - Seminar Summary: Agile and the role of the BA - Inheriting a team

AA 17

Business Analysts and Project Managers: Working Together - Three Ways to Make Requirements-Gathering More Effective - Business Analysis and Project Management, Roles and Inter-relationship - news of the 2010 BA of the Year Award

AA 16

How to be innovative when building business requirements - Qualifications in business analysis (by Paul Turner - Director AssistKD) - Establishing a BA community - Can we do without business analysts? - Stop press: BA of the Year Award (sponsored by AssistKD)

AA 15

Building a business analysis capability at the Pru - BA as internal consultant (part 2) - Business Analyst of the year (sponsored by AssistKD) - So you want to be a business analyst?

AA 14

Tune in to get the best out of a mixed bunch - BA career planning: the Watson model - The BA as internal consultant (part1) - How persuasive is your writing?

AA 13

Business analysis re-engineering: a reality check - Credibility and business analysis (by Debra Paul - Managing Director AssistKD) - Skandia: evolution of a BA team

AA 12

Get me a good business analyst - Business analysts and the UML - Matrix management versus traditional management

AA 11

IT-enabled business change - Business analysis for softies - The problem of requirements - Business analysis: it's not just about requirements (by James Cadle - Director AssistKD)


AA 10

Business Analyst: Friend or Foe? - Getting it right first time - Adding value to projects


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