Bring in the Business Analyst
From the Project Management in Real Life Blog
by Drake Settsu
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We live in a world with technology to give businesses the ability to run an efficient operation. Well that's not going to happen if the wrong components and processes are in place or it's time for a technology refresh.
The Business Analyst is the person that needs to understand how the business operates to meet their objectives now and into the future. A good Business Analyst needs to roll up their sleeves and get dirty digging for information. A Business Analyst needs to work with the business units by documenting the process flow by observation and asking a lot of questions. Spend a week with the business unit that is targeted for improvement to get a good feel on how they operate.
Something to remember when you work on improving a process. I was told by an instructor in a class I attended on process improvement, "If you can measure it, you can manage it."
(Note - this article was originally written by Drake Settsu and published on DrakeSettsu.BlogSpot.com in January 2016)
Posted on: June 12, 2018 09:13 AM |
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Valid point Drake, thanks for sharing
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Good Point Drake - Cheers
Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington
Auburn, Wa, United States
Good one, Drake and thanks for sharing.
Drew Craig
Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard
Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Ah, the Business Analyst. Such a vital role. One could easily formulate an entire series of blog posts to address their value-add.
Ah the BA, that very much maligned but (sometimes) necessary itch that needs to be scratched. Thanks Drake.
Thanks for interesting article.
Drake, good points truly they need to roll up their sleeves, I would just give them half sleeve shirt
Frederick Oware
Senior Systems Analyst| Social Security and National Trust, Ghana.
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Drake, some good points you have there.
Transforming business operations without a deep thinking BA will never yield the expected result.
Every solution obviously must meet satisfy a measurable need and must provide the intended value.
Wonderful piece.
Thanks once again.
Thanks Andrew, Sante, Napat, Riyadh & Frederick!
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