Business Analyst and Product Owner: What is the difference?

Understand the roles of Product Owner and Business Analyst. Learn about their responsibilities, collaboration, and impact on decision-making.

Past, Present & Future of BA: H. Podeswa and Y. Kosarenko

Explore key insights on business analysis evolution with experts Howard Podeswa & Yulia Kosarenko. Discover trends, skills, and strategic roles in BA.

How to unlock a business analysis career?

Laura Brandenburg explores the path to success in a business analysis career. Tips, strategies for progression, self-assessment, and best opportunities.

How can we solve business problems with technology?

Discover the pivotal role of business analysts in deciphering core issues, aligning technology solutions, and driving organizational success.

The Future of Business Analysis with Artificial Intelligence

PRESENTATION: A multimedia exciting presentation with music, dance, the live participation of ChatGPT as a real character, and a plot twist final exploring the exciting possibilities and challenges of business analysis in the age of AI.

How can mindfulness help a business analyst?

Kathy Berkidge explains how incorporating mindfulness into the workday can lead to a more productive and fulfilling career.

Chat GPT as a tool for business analysis

The use of language models as Chat GPT in Artificial Intelligence can leverage the productivity of Business Analysis.

How is the Business Analysis role evolving?

Igor Arkhipov tells us how the role of the BA is actually diverse and currently changing and makes some predictions of what we may see in the next 5-10 years ahead.

Can any business analyst do sketch noting?

Grant Wright and Paddy Dhanda show how visual thinking may be available for anyone to communicate better and interact in a more creative and funny way.

The Brazilian BA into the multiverse

“There are different possible states of a Business Analyst. We may have opened the BA Multiverse!”

The most important lesson for software development

Karl Wiegers tells the most important lesson he learned after fifty years working in software development.

What is the career path for a business analyst in the Agile world?

Scott Ambler, VP of Disciplined Agile at PMI, explains that there are many good options for a business analyst in an agile environment.

Why should BAs be involved in strategic planning?

Barbara Carkenord expands the horizon for Business Analysis professionals showing how they may apply BA skills at different organizational levels.

How does Business Analysis work in digital transformation initiatives?

Alexander Belin explains the difference between digital and regular transformations and advises BAs on the challenge they must deal with.

How to grow in a professional career as a BA?

LN Mishra tells some steps to grow as a business professional. Any business professional.

What is a Business Analysis mindset?

Yulia Kosarenko explains how a BA mindset targets the motivation of any professional to look for better business outcomes.

How to become a conference speaker?

Amy Ruddell provides great tips to be accepted and became a successful speaker at the greatest professional conferences.

Who is responsible for the analysis on Agile?

Angela Wick challenges the myth that there is no BA on agile teams.

What is the Principal Business Analyst?

Briana Ertanin explains how the business analyst is evolving to a C-Level role in Australia and invites the community to be part of this change.

How is Business Analysis evolving?

Keith Ellis tells us about how Business Analysis is expanding and creating new opportunities for many professionals.

What is a T-shape business analyst?

Debra Paul explains how a service view can guide the development of a BA professional.

Should an executive be a Business Analyst?

Alain Arseneault explains why Business Analysis must be done at a Strategic level to guide better business decisions.

The Role of Business Analyst in UI/UX

IIBA has the potential to unite BA’s from different continents and produce a result which helps the community. Here’s my second graphical illustration video based on my Indian friend, Suhas Kerurkar, article. As defined in the BABOK Guide, a Business Analyst must enable change by understanding the needs and recommending the most valuable solutions to […]

IIBA Global Business Analysis Salary Survey

I am supporting IIBA in spreading its Global Salary Survey worldwide. The more professionals participate, the better the information we’ll all use to plan our careers and make our own decisions. Come with me and Rosalyn Tan to support this initiative. Take the survey at https://www.iiba.org/ and share this video with your friends. Together we […]

Business Analysts role in RFP

In RFP (Request For Proposal) different companies share informations about a problem or opportunity to be addressed. And Business Analysis operates in both sides of this communication. RFP is a request in which an issuer asks responders to submit proposals demonstrating how a product or service they offer can solve the issuer’s requirements. Read the […]

Roles Specialization

Does your organization need formal roles for Business Analyst, System Analyst, Project Manager, Quality Assurance Analyst, Tester, Enterprise Architect, Business Architect, Information Architect, Database administrator, Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, UX Designer, UI Designer…? (this list is endless) In this small story I try to explain where and how specialization […]

Who’s to blame in Mrs. Johnson’s garden?

What is business analysis? And who is responsible to do it? A lot of projects struggles by misunderstanding the needs of the customers or deciding for sub-optimal solutions to address those needs. Business Analysis techniques and principles may help you and your business to achieve better outcomes.