First off, if you didn’t get a chance to attend the webcast, I understand it will be available via the IIBA website in about 4 business days.
Secondly, Kevin and Julian did a nice job with the presentation today and answered a lot of questions. I am glad I attended. Maybe it’s my inner geek coming to the surface, but I was really pretty excited by some of the ideas IIBA is working on and about the new and improved body of knowledge.
I have to admit that I had let my membership lapse... Read Full Story
What kind of analytics user are you? Google Analytics Evangelist, Avinash Kaushik, has created a “Nine-Point Checklist of Analytics Awesomeness” to help you find out. Are you an Emperor or a Newbie?
You’ll need to have mastered all 9 of the below to call yourself Emperor. If you’re doing less than 3, you’re still a Newbie.
9. Get external context to your performance
8. Internal site search baby! Rock it!
7. Search, organic, get good at it
6. Landing pages, landing pages, landing pages... Read Full Story
I’ve always been of the opinion that I’d like to know as much as I can about whatever I can because you never know when something you learned may come in handy. That said, I do think there are four key knowledge/capability domains that are especially important to the business analyst. I’ll provide a brief description of each domain and then provide short lists of possible self-check/development questions that you might find useful in determining whether you think you have adequate... Read Full Story
I’ve been “heads down” on some use case work the past few days, so this is a topic that is fresh in mind. While I’m thinking of it, I thought I’d share just a few guiding principles that I like to use to keep me “out of the weeds” as I identify and document use cases. I hope some of you will benefit from them, and perhaps have other ideas to add and share. Start With a Goal A use case enables the user (actor) to do something that is of value to them. Think of the reasons a user would want to... Read Full Story
Sometimes project stakeholders I work for or with aren’t familiar with the role or the value of the business analyst. I’ve posted about Karl Wiegers’ Bills of Rights previously, and think those are a great way to introduce the role to a new business stakeholder who may not be familiar with the types of value a BA can provide, and what he/she should do to help the process along.
A few days back, while waiting for a meeting to begin, I jotted down a few quick ideas of my own that I thought I... Read Full Story
by webmarketingtoday Is your content effective? Is my content useful and easy to read/understand? What are the main web analytics indicators? How do I determine my website's effectiveness ? What are Google Analytics features ? How to benchmark my website? How to improve the conversion rate? Read Full Story
I am getting ready to start a study group for the CBAP exam and I sent participants email about the schedule and ground rules. One of our ground rule is to read the section that we are going to cover...
Business Analysis 101: Do you know who your stakeholders are? Do you know what activities you should be performing as Business Analyst? Are you ready to increase your earning potential? Your future is in your hand!
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On my old PC that died, i had installed an RIA (Rich Internet Application) version of Google Analytics . It was basically a version of Google Analytics that you could install to your desktop (but you need to be connected to the web to have up2date data). I’m looking to re-download it from the web, but it seems that the guys who had it in beta , gave it a new home . But this new home is now capitalizing on it and looking to sell components of it (that’s what it seems like, anyway). So they... Read Full Story
If you are fairly new the business analysis world or if you have been in it for a while, you have heard and been puzzled by the zachman framework. This framework is described in the BABOK(TM) by IIBA...
Business Analysis 101: Do you know who your stakeholders are? Do you know what activities you should be performing as Business Analyst? Are you ready to increase your earning potential? Your future is in your hand!
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Before you read further, I wanted to share with you a wonderful blog that I just read and that inspired me. The blog is about fears of blogging and Havi Brooks made some good points about the self...
Business Analysis 101: Do you know who your stakeholders are? Do you know what activities you should be performing as Business Analyst? Are you ready to increase your earning potential? Your future is in your hand!
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