where can you go? ba...• user experience • product management • leadership • consulting •...
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WhereCanYouGo?TheCompetitiveCareerAdvantageProvidedToBusinessAnalysts
LaurieGrayPracticeAreaLead,DeliveryLeadershipSlalomConsulting, AtlantaGA
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Hypothesis:BeingaBusinessAnalystcanprovidealaunchpadtomanycareeropportunities.
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Aboutme
• Consultant• Practicearealead• Mentor
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Aboutyou
• Techvsbusiness?• Careerchangersvsstraightliners?• Orgduration?• Totalcareerduration?
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Someassumptions:whatdoesaBAdo?
• Businessanalysisplanningandmonitoring• Requirementselicitation&collaboration• Requirementslifecyclemanagement• Strategyanalysis• Requirementsanalysis&designdefinition• Solutionevaluation
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CoreBAskillassumptionsforourdiscussion
• Criticalthinking• Writtenandverbalcommunication• Planning• Organization&logic• Problemsolvingskills• Visualmodeling/visual communication• Facilitation &elicitation• Relationship management• Self-management• Comfortwithambiguity coupledwithadesiretogetthings inorder• Abilitytoacceptfeedback
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Afewoptionstoconsidertoday• FrequentlyHeard:
• Userexperience• Productmanagement• Leadership• Consulting
• BeingabetterBAisalsoanoption
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Let’sgetworkshoppy!
Goal:identifyareasofgrowthopportunities• Yourteam/table’smaterials:
• Skillsworksheetandjobdescription(s)
• Task:• Doaquickself-ratingasabaseline.• Reviewthejobdescription• Performaquickgapanalysisofthecoreskillsvswhat’srequiredforthatjob(completetheworksheet)
• Asagroup,preparetowalkusthroughyourfindings
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Workingtime…
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RoleComparisonConversation
5minutes: Self-Rating12minutes: RatetheRole3minutes: Scribe
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Findingsdiscussion
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Foreachrole:
Requisiteskillsforthatjob?OverlapwithcoreBAskills?HowcanbeingaBAhelpyoutogetthere?Whataresuggestedapproachestoclosingthegap?
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TheUniversalTruth
• Softskillsarecriticaltosuccess• Abilitytoinfluence• Adaptability• Activelistening• Relationshipdevelopment/trustbuilding
• Credibility• Presentationskills• Conductingeffectivemeetings• Executivepresence• Managingpartnerexpectations• Effectivebusinesswriting
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SoftSkillAssessmentandExploration
2minutes: RateYourself3minutes: TagtheRole10minutes: Discussion
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AfewmoreUniversalTruths• Theroleofmentorsandcoaches• Gainingknowledgeinparticulardomains• Thinkseriouslyaboutyourportfolio
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Hypothesis:BeingaBusinessAnalystcanprovidealaunchpadtomanycareeropportunities.
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