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E.g., 2024-03-19
E.g., 2024-03-19

Part of the job of BAs, change professionals and service designers is to communicate, influence and sell ideas to colleagues and stakeholders. If you’re keen to make a good impression, this latest BA Blog includes some surprisingly common spelling and grammar mistakes to avoid.

Business analysis is all about taking a holistic view, but that can be easier said than done. This BA Blog looks at how we can seek out diverse perspectives on change projects, to minimise unintended negative outcomes. Luckily there are some techniques in the BA toolkit that can help…

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Whatever your reaction, the best (and worst) Christmas songs always provoke a reaction, and the British public are surprisingly emotionally invested in what gets to the No.1 slot at Christmas...

We are not suggesting that stakeholders are suspects and BAs are master interrogators… 

BAs need to learn and adapt, or there is a significant risk of falling behind or even being replaced. In this latest blog, our Business Alchemist offers some useful advice. 

Business Analysts are expected to have enough domain knowledge, but how much is too much? Our Business Alchemist draws a distinction between the BA and the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and warns of the dangers of confusing the two… especially when recruiting. 

When issues are found with a process or system, it can be interesting to ask: “who owns this?” In this blog, we explore the role of the business analyst as an ‘orchestrator of ownership’, calling out problem areas not currently owned so that issues can be resolved.

Whether spoken, drawn or written, communication with stakeholders can be a minefield for the BA when misunderstandings arise. This BA Blog discusses how we can make sure everybody is on the same page.

Personas are a powerful tool, but only when they are researched properly and used intelligently. This BA Blog explores the concept of Personas – and gives some examples of good and bad practices.

When designing services, everybody wants to know what customers want and need. However some elements of the user researcher's role overlap with business analysis. Our latest BA Blog discusses how user researchers and business analysts can work together, avoiding duplicated effort, conflict and contradiction.

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