Read a range of articles written by AssistKD's experts and trainers. AssistKD are experts in Business Analysis and Solution Development training.
23rd April 2025 Cybersecurity Resources for Business Analysts In this digital age, all organisations – from retail to government departments – face ever-present cyber threats. Business Analysts and Business Change professionals need to understand the threats and take appropriate action to mitigate the risks with secure digital solutions. This list of cybersecurity and risk resources for BAs and Business Change professionals includes articles and useful links provided by cybersecurity experts Bindu Channaveerappa and Mark Cross, and AssistKD's Pete Thompson. We hope it provides a starting point for BAs, change managers, service designers, business architects and any business professional who wishes to better understand cybersecurity and the steps they need to take.
28th February 2025 From Analyst... To Architect Are you interested in moving from business analyst to business architect? Read the article to find out how Michael Greenhalgh, Vicky Rothwell and Victoria Banner did it. All three are proud contributing authors to the hot-off-the-press ‘Business Architecture: A comprehensive guide’ by Jonathan Hunsley and Debra Paul.
28th February 2025 From Junior BA to BA Manager: A Business Analysis Journey If you are wondering where the BA skills set could take you, you may be interested in Sarah Gale’s story. Sarah became a Junior BA after graduating, progressing up the BA career ladder whilst taking the BA Diploma and Advanced BA Diploma. Sarah was a BA of the Year finalist in 2018 and is currently working as a Software Asset Management Lead. Sarah's is just one of the inspirational career profiles you can find in AssistKD’s Business Analysis Career Planner tool, which provides a useful careers framework for a BA practice and a way to map individual career progression.
28th February 2025 Meet the Mentor For apprentices to succeed, high quality support from employers, trainers and mentors is essential. Lisa Hudson is an AssistKD mentor to apprentices taking the government Level 4 Business Analyst apprenticeship. Here she talks about the many rewards (and occasional challenges) of mentoring the business analysts of the future. This article is a short, less than five-minute read.
14th January 2025 'Work-life Balance' Creating a Career and Life you Love Do you have a career and a life you love, or are you settling for second best? Sam Kiani shares some inspiring insights and ideas in this article, which is based on her special interest talk at the November 2024 BA Manager Forum.
9th December 2024 Strengths Spotting - Achieve your goals by leveraging your strengths Tapping into your innate strengths will help you become happier and more confident at work. This fascinating piece on strengths spotting is based on a workshop given by Corrine Thomas at the November 2024 BA Manager Forum.
29th November 2024 'Crafting your Career' An interactive workshop for BA managers Is your job off-the-peg, or tailored to your skills, strengths and passions? This article is based on the Crafting your Job and Career workshop given at the November 2024 BA Manager Forum by Charlotte Axon and Kristy Dean.
27th November 2024 Chaos to Clarity: Building a Business Analyst Definition Want to create an effective BA Service Definition? This article is packed with useful real-life insights, resources and guidance. Carys Hayler and Sinead Torley share their experience of creating a BA Service Definition for the Business Analysis Practice at the University of Cambridge. Sharing the challenges faced and lessons learned, Carys and Sinead provide useful insights, resources and guidance for anyone who may wish to adopt or develop their own BA service definition. The work at the University was supported by Herd Consulting, the award-winning Product, Analysis, Change and Transformation consultancy.
13th November 2024 Where are They Now? Business Analyst Apprentices The Business Analyst Level 4 Apprenticeship can lead to great things. In this article, five ex-apprentices share their experiences of the BA apprenticeship, catching us up with where they are now. With thanks to Timothy Clark, Jonathan Campbell, Lauren Gascoigne, Cat Warren and Sareena Chibbra.
