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Business Analyst Job Search Tips Does the New Year include dreams of a new BA job for you? Check out our most successful job hunting tips and tricks! (Note: We have to postpone our previously announced topic because Mare won't be able to attend. We're going to reschedule that one!)
🤣 Can you believe some of the things people think about working as a Business Analyst?! 🤭 Watch “The BA Zone Live” as we discuss: 5 BA Myths Debunked There is a lot of misinformation floating around, let's talk about 5 whoppers!
If The Hat Fits - Survival Tips for The BA Moonlighting As a PM! Are you a BA with an enhancement list a mile long, and no formal, project management office! Where do you start? Switch your hat from BA to PM, and join us on The BA Zone Live for some practical survival tips!
Testing, and more testing,...isn't this fun! (Rnd 5!)
Testing, stop by and say Hi!
Testing, stop by and say Hi!
👍🏼 👎🏼 Hocus Pocus & The Magic of Focus Groups 🙋 🤷🏼🧙 Done right, focus groups can provide insight into the concerns, expectations, and perceptions of your user community. Join us to talk about the why, how, and where of focus group success. Let us know if you have any questions!
🎨 ✏️ 🖍Prototyping: Where Things Start to Get Real 🖍✏️ 🎨 Prototyping takes ideas and turns them into action...let us show you how! In this "The BA Zone Live!" we discuss all the various ways you can add Prototyping to your requirements gathering workflow! Let us know if you have any questions, comments, etc.!
🎨 ✏️ 🖍Prototyping: Where Things Start to Get Real 🖍✏️ 🎨 Prototyping takes ideas and turns them into action...let us show you how! Join us for the next "The BA Zone Live!" where we discuss all the various ways you can add Prototyping into your requirements gathering workflow! Bring your questions, comments, and ideas! ------------------------------------------------- Sorry about the crash - Life happens! We restarted but had to do it in another session. You'll find it above this post...
Testing the new Yeti Microphone.
2018 The BA Zone Planning: What's on your Business Analyst wish list?
Holiday lights as business analyst stress relief! 🎄🎄
The Not-So-Dark Art of Reverse Engineering - Reverse Engineering gets some bad press, but used correctly it can be a powerful too! Join us to learn more about this every special BA Super Power! Reverse engineering, a.k.a. back engineering, is the processes of extracting and documenting knowledge or design information from a product. And in this stream, we show you how BAs can make reverse engineering part of their Super Hero utility belt! Stick around for the how-to demos at the end!
Wild turkeys out and about the day after Thanksgiving!
The Mystery of Interface Analysis - Which Interface is Which? No project stands alone. Sooner or later a system or a person has to interact with it. Let’s talk through the possible combinations and steps to document them! After all, there are interfaces, and then there are Interfaces!
3 Steps to Requirements Workshops/JAD Success! Sooner or later you will need to get people into a room (or Skype/Hangouts/Zoom/etc. call - however you roll) and get them talking about the requirements for your project. To avoid the "herding cats" feeling, check out our tips for workshop/JAD success! For more information on this topic, and other requirements gathering techniques, go to thebazone.com and check out our blogs: “Meetings - Agendas and Interventions” and also “Be Prepared: Tools for Meetings” https://tinyurl.com/BAZoneMeetings
SME Interviews - Are You Asking The Right Questions? Are you sure? In this discussion, we give you the tips and techniques you can rely on for successful SME interviews!
We beat those 👻 👻 ghosts👻 👻 in the machine, got back online, and got the show done! Come watch "Brainstorming: How To Tap Into Your Creative Side + Giveaway!" see below for the giveaway links! 🎃 Happy Halloween!! 🎃 OK, here we go - Amazon finally posted the links!! Giveaway #1: See this #AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/659e90d29df66fc7 NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Nov 7, 2017 11:59 PM PST, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules http://amzn.to/GArules. Giveaway #2: See this #AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: Pencil Me In: The Business Drawing Book for People Who Can't Draw. https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/9bbb468f34782790 NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Nov 7, 2017 11:59 PM PST, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules http://amzn.to/GArules.
Brainstorming: How To Tap Into Your Creative Side + Giveaway!
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