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Four Ways Great BAs Can Start The New Year Right!

BA Squared

2020 wreaked havoc on our professional relationships, the water cooler and elevator chit chat we may have secretly disliked before we now realize was a critical part of the building and maintaining relationships with team members, business partners, and stakeholders. Reconnect With Others. Reconnect With Others.

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Fresh Agile Voices – Episode 2 – Raven Cashaw

Vitality Chicago

In our October 2020 newsletter, we launched a new segment called “Fresh Agile Voices”. So we launched Fresh Agile Voices which feature brief interviews of agile coaches that include people of color, women, and others who are experts in agility. Tell us a little bit about how you got into agile ways of working.

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Choosing Specialists vs. Generalists for Your Highly Performing Team

Vitality Chicago

To create a high performing agile team, avoid the “specialist” in favor of the utility player or generalizing specialist. Agile teams have choices just like baseball teams. How Would an Agile Team of Specialists Compare to an Agile Team of Utility Players? — 2020 Scrum Guide.

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What is the value of exceptional business analysis?

Business Analysts

It is the foundation for innovation, business agility, cost reduction, cyber security, and risk control. An exceptional Business Analyst requires a unique skillset that many senior executives have never experienced. Copyright © 2020 www.business-analysis.com.au. by Tim Coventry, CBAP, Business Analysis (BAPL) CEO.

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How to get ideas to revenue, strategy to customer service, vision to product, & strategy to implementation – exceptional business analysis is critical to improving business performance!

Business Analysts

It is the foundation for innovation, business agility, cost reduction, cyber security, and risk control. An exceptional Business Analyst requires a unique skillset that many senior executives have never experienced. Copyright © 2020 www.busanalysts.com.au. Business analysis is about improving business performance.

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What Does a BA Certification REALLY Buy You?

Watermark Learning

I was working as an independent consultant/trainer and at that point in time, considered myself a program manager specializing in organizational change, process improvement, agile, and service management initiatives. As of April 30, 2020, there are 9,878 individuals holding the CBAP® credential in the world.

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How to Become a Business Analyst? – The Ultimate Guide 2024

The BAWorld

LinkedIn Learning ranked Business Analysis as one of the most in-demand hard skills in 2020. Core IT methodologies (IT BA): Understand the various core software development methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, DevOps et al. So, It certifies that one possesses business analysis capabilities in terms of detailed knowledge and skillset.