Analyst’s corner digest #7
Top stories published in June-July 2022
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Please find the list of the most interesting stories recently published in our corner. Enjoy the read ;)
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Top business analysis interview questions in 2022, by Igor Arkhipov
Preparing for a job interview as a business analyst can be a stressful time. You’ve done your research, prepared your CV, got called for a chat — now it’s time to get prepared.
Having witnessed and conducted hundreds of job interviews, I’ve seen a trend in the types of questions that get asked more often than others. Understanding what interviewers may ask will help you be more confident…> Keep reading
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1) 10 principles for working with processes, by Jamie Toyne
When used correctly, process modelling is an invaluable activity, and along with process maps can be a powerful way of communicating of what is happening or should happen. At its simplest it helps us to decompose a process into a sequence of steps, with a defined start and end, and understand the various events that trigger specific actions. They can also help us to identify the users (‘actors’) and what their involvement is.
This provides the basis for analysis and optimisation.
However, it can be easy to fall down the path of over-complication, especially when it comes to drawing up a process...
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2) Getting Business Analysis Right — Model, by Maria Montgomery
The getting business analysis model outlines the steps you and your organisation can undertake to get the business analysis right and achieve the industry best practice via 3 pillars:
- Governance
- Competency
- Collaboration
3) Holy Ambiguity, Crapman!, by Karl Wiegers
Some intrinsically ambiguous words that are best avoided when writing requirements, or anything else.
4) Red flags while interviewing for a business analyst job, by Pushkar Anand
There are some red flags that should typically be analyzed in the interview process, before making the decision to join a company (as a business analyst).
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5) 5 Steps To Creating A Watertight Elicitation Approach, by James Compton
For a Business Analyst, elicitation is one of the most fun and creative parts of a project. But if not done well it can come back to bite us later on.
Business Analysts have a lot of skill, but if they don’t use the right process, the results can go sideways. In this article we’ll explore why this is and how to unblock this limitation with a 5-step method you can use right now.
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- 3 Ways To Effectively Manage Difficult Stakeholders, by James Compton
In this article we’ll explore 3 ideas for how to deal with stakeholder resistance so that you can get the engagement back that you really need:
- Step 1 — Build a trusting relationship
- Step 2 — Understand their world
- Step 3 — Create management support
- Telepathy and Clairvoyance: Requirements Practices That Don’t Work, by Karl Wiegers
It’s hard enough to come up with the right requirements through discussions, workshops, and prototypes. It’s even harder when people expect you to read their minds.
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