The World As I See It

Every day I try to learn something new, be it related to my career (Business Analysis), games or research about different things. There are hundreds of informative sites and articles (sadly I don't have time to read them all). This week it was all about learning new things related to business analysis and the best place for that (in my opinion) is the IIBA website . There I read an article titled " The Business of Business Analysis " by Maureen McVey. In this article she has referred to another articled published in 'The Houston Chronicle' ( link to the article ). This article discusses the top 5 transferable skills, which are: Communications Skills Interpersonal Skills Technical Skills Research and Analytical Skills Organizational Skills [ I don't own this image] Communication Skills Oral communication skills are used to verbally express ideas, information, or other matters. Written communication skills are necessary for business analysts ...

Growing up I always used to argue with people on the topic that 'games are a waste of time' or 'games are evil' (made me laugh everything I heard the latter). It is a fact of life that people tend to reject/degrade new ideas and inventions. History has numerous examples to back this fact up (which is just sad if you ask me).    [I don't own this image, Wii z7 on deviantART owns it] Games always have something to offer if you are willing to learn. Few weeks ago, I read an article that Norwegian boy saved sister from Moose attack using World of Warcraft Skills . You will find similar examples if you open your mind to new concepts. My aim in life is to build interactive educational games for children so that learning to them feels like games, not like homework. Games in my opinion is an untouched gold mine. Something that people have only recently begun to realize and started working on it. That said... read ahead and be amazed at what games can be and do... happ...

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...

We live in a weird world where saying 'Yes' and 'No' too often is a bad thing and never saying them is the worst. You are either too rude/proud or naïve/stupid. No matter which one you choose, you can never make everyone happy, and this should not be your aim in life. You will disappoint people , even hurt them but remember never to do these things on purpose. We must remember one thing in life and that is, to know our own limit. You cannot blame others for crossing your limits if you don't have one. You need to honor and respect yourself  before you expect it from others. You can do this by never comparing yourself to anyone else. You are unique and so are they! [ I copied this image from Sevenly.org, I don't ow n it ] Now back to my first point (opening paragraph). How can you say yes and no without being step-over or told by people? For that you will need to learn how to balance your life. Remember you don't need to be rude to pe...

I never liked people giving advises to others about situations they never were in themselves. So how could they possibly know what the other person would be going through? How can they tell them what to do or how to go about things? It's funny how everyone tries to a 'jack of all trades' yet in reality be good at almost nothing (I know I'm being all dramatic here, let me enjoy my moment of drama queen). Since I dislike posers (read the above paragraph for my meaning of this word), I don't plan to become one, ever! Okay back to my topic now, where was I (sipping my peppermint green tea)... Oh yes! There comes a time in everyone's life when they are faced with hardships... to them it seems as if the world around them has come to a stop, they aren't going anywhere or making any progress and despite all their attempts they can't achieve what they desire or be where they want to be... they feel like giving up! [I don't own this image; I copie...

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...

Imagine you are walking down the street you have thousand times already only to realize that you have never been here before... freaky isn't it! Well, you can say the same thing about how I became a Business Analyst. Since I was little, I wanted to become a famous game designer who had games like Tomb Raider, Thief, Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Call of Duty, Halo, Modern Warfare and Max Payne... this is not possible in reality but you can't blame someone for dreaming big! So how did I end up being a Business Analyst instead of living my dream... well for starters I did my bachelor's in software engineering (4 years degree) only to find out that to do masters in gaming designing, I needed a 4 years degree in gaming designing. Now who in their right frame of mind would want to study 4 more years to get another bachelor's degree, I surely wasn't going to. Anyways, since that didn't work out. My second dream was to become a world famous hacker (much...