Being A Biz Analyst

Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: How does everything fit together... systems thinking to learn the content of the BABOK. What if you could be thinking about the impact of how everything from a single task actually affects the business outcomes, do you think you could assess the most valuable solutions more effectively? I would say so and thus we take the time today to discuss how to be a better systems thinker, and how does this link back to our discussion of using the BABOK as a reference rather than a book. Also, how does using systems thinking help you in learning something new like the content of the BABOK. Listen today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: Understanding the value of the BABOK. The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge is written in a very specific way that most people do not understand, find boring, and claim "this is not how I do Business Analysis". I understand where you are coming from, listen in on my opinions to develop an understanding for the value the BA body of knowledge provides and another resource you can use to get started on your journey to understanding the whole BABOK by starting with just the nuts and bolts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: Being Agile means actually thinking and acting like it! It is great to discuss Agile and Agile analysis, but so what... let's take this time to listen to an example of actually taking action in this week's case study. Your link to the free training mentioned in this episode, which will help you with being an Agile Business Analyst, is found at this link: http://bit.ly/UCpod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: To be Agile...is to prioritize people over everything else! The Agile Manifesto describes 4 values and 12 principles. Although, really if you understand the first value everything else is redundant. Find out why this is so by listening to this episode of Biz Analyst Moments! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments moving your career forward: Being an Agile Business Analyst! Many people confuse Agile and flexible, and this podcast's purpose is to help set the record straight and help you begin to act like an Agile BA. Listen in for all the details! If you missed last week's free training use this link: bit.ly/8stepsBAPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments case study: Embracing a hectic learning curve when being a new Business Analyst! When first starting out as a new BA I say accept the hectic nature of needing to learn a lot. In this episode I give an approach I have used throughout most of my life in these types of situations to come out successful! Listen to find out more. Also, stay tuned for a special offer; then come back and enter this link in your browser to get the goods: bit.ly/8stepsBAPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: You don't need the skills when you have problem solving! Problems are not usually solved by a single person, skill, or skill set...so even if you do not have the necessary skills you can still find a solution to any issue, and that is what we show you how to do in this episode on problem solving! Also, to help you solve more problems with Business Analysis click on the following link to an 8 Step process to being a BA! bit.ly/8stepsBAPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: T-shaped or not, be ready to take action! No matter what your skill set shape is, if you cannot use it then who cares! Use it or lose it! Listen in to hear how to get out of the trap of having lots of great skills that you cannot use. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: Successful on monthly plays goal! Thank you! This month was another successful month in just barely reaching the goal. Listen in for all the details!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge??? This is the challenge that would help you make a huge change in your life with just 30 minutes per week. Keep listening to the end for the offer to help you be successful with the challenge you choose. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Update: the recording in now on the YouTube channel in the Live Broadcast playlist. Will you be joining us for our first ever live broadcast on YouTube?!?!?!? July 29'19 5:30 pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Savings Time). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: A case study on how to make the shift from expert to explorer? In this episode I dive into a real life example from my own career where I made the shift and used the mindset skills we talked about this month to solve a major communication issue. This month we had episodes on creative thinking, discovery and decision making if you would like to know more about the background you can go back and find those episodes (those words are found in the title of the episode, so they are easy to find). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Frustrations of soft skills for an application. The funny thing about soft skills is the lack of clear boundary between one soft skill and another, and how to deal with this for applying to a position. This is what I help you to solve in this retrospective episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Become the explorer of the business World. We are all experts of something, but we can all learn something new too. Thus listen in on how to go from expertise to exploration. More on this later this week too! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward with the use of ideal fit to make choices. Often we are our own worst enemy in making decisions about our career, this is why we need ideal fit! Go back to the previous two episodes to find out more, on why this example is relevant in the bigger picture of decisions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: A mindset of decision making for moving your career forward. In order to make decisions effectively we cannot walk into decision making situations haphazardly. Find out the approach to avoid the loudest person in the room being the decision maker! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward using the hero within. No one can be a hero all the time, and no one should ever feel alone in a new situation. Find out how to identify what to work on to make leaps and bounds in your career, and get the assistance you need! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: A story of using creativity to find ideal fit! Lead with creativity not hard skills application episode tells the story of how I discovered ideal fit and the power it can give you in your career! Listen for how I used creativity to both identify how I failed, but ultimately discovered a better way to assess a career position as ideal or not. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: Developing a creative mindset by beginning with the question why, and always asking a minimum of 3 questions. Want to learn more about the power of 3 questions, and what three questions I am always asking to be more creative? Listen in! Biz Analyst Potential to Biz Analyst Career! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message

Biz Analyst Moments: Lead with creativity not hard skills! Creativity and why is it important to be creative as a Business Analyst is what we explore in this episode of lead with soft skills not hard skills. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/being-a-biz-analyst/message