The World As I See It

I may be a business analyst by profession, but my learning will never stop. Everyday, I learn something new which helps me grow both professionally as well as personally. There are thousands and thousands of articles on the skills a Business Analyst (BA) should have etc. The best and most compiled book that I would recommend to everyone is International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)'s A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) (link is provided below) IIBA's BABOK Guide [I don't own this image. Copied it from IIBA's website] This guidebook covers everything is great detail and is easy to understand. There are still some skills (in my opinion that are over-looked by people) and these skills include those referred to as soft skills (some like to call them professional skills): Communications both written and oral Problem Solving - Analytical Thinking  Systems Thinking Business Knowledge - practices and principals Knowl...

One question I would have appreciated anyone asking me 6 years ago while I was planning out my future, was "Why don't you become a Business Analyst?"   This would have saved me a lot of time trying out different things that didn't interest me as much. [I don't own this image ] So, what does a business analyst really do? That is a very good question (if you asked this). Well for starters, in my opinion, a business analyst is like a bridge between the businesspeople and the technical people... like an interpreter in lay man terms. If you are good in understanding the technical aspects of a project and present them in normal English using diagrams (like Flow-charts, wire-frames, GUI, Use Cases etc., sounds all professional don't it 😉 ) and can talk to different people without hesitation... then you too can become a good business analyst. There are different fields that you can choose to be a business analyst in like: Process modelling or Busi...