change management

7 Business Analysis Career Path : Options and Opportunities for IT and Management Professionals

Business Analysis offers a creative and well defined career paths in different areas of corporate ladder. In fact there can be minimum 7 Business Analysis Career Paths offering variety of opportunities to IT and Management Professionals Therefore, if you are considering to start or switch into Business Analyst or related […]

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Business Transformation and Change Management – Importance for Business Operations

Business Transformation and Change Management are both not only different but important for business operations presently. In simple definition, transformation is a deliberate and significant shift while change management is the process of implementing that change or enhancing existing technology or business operations. BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION  Business Transformation occurs in various

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Which Business Analysis Certificate Suits Your Business Analyst Career Need? – Part I (Entry Level)

When we started out in a career as a formal Business Analyst (BA), there wasn’t any certification required. This requirement did not go into effect until early 2000. Most of us learned the role of a Business Analyst on the job and by exploring reading materials (mainly from IEEE for

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Is Business Analysis Role Losing Its Shine?

During my mentoring sessions, I often come across the question – Is Business Analysis Role Losing Its Shine?  Well, No.  Contrarily, the business analyst roles are getting bigger, more sophisticated and more valuable in recent days. It is challenging for any organization to manage large size change without capable business analyst,

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Business Analysis: The Question and Answer Book (Sample Chapter- 1.2)

[vc_row gap=”20″ equal_height=”yes” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Chapter – Introduction  1.2 The Business Analyst’s Role What is the Scope of business analyst role? The scope of a business analyst’s role can be broadly categorized into three main areas: Strategy Analysis Business Analysis IT System Analysis [Paul, Yeats et al. 2011] The following

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BAT (Business Acceptance Test) Vs UAT (User Acceptance Test)

BAT (Business Acceptance Testing) and UAT (User Acceptance Testing) are both much misunderstood terms that often end up getting used interchangeably. However, the two have completely varying meanings. BAT (Business Acceptance Testing) is primarily focused on assessing the business requirement of an organization and deals with strategy. It is based on approach, dynamics, culture,

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Automated model-driven BPMN approach for Business Analyst

This is my review to research paper “Resource-based Modeling and Simulation of Business Processes” written by Andrea D’Ambrogio. It is an interesting research paper that explores the simulation-based analysis of business processes that covers all the phases in BP lifecycle, starting from design to execution and improvement to post implementation enhancement phases.

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