<aside> The Art of Turning Noise into Signal
If you ask five different people what a Business Analyst (BA) does, you will get five different answers.
To the developer, we are the ones who write JIRA tickets. To the project manager, we are the ones responsible for scope creep. To the stakeholder, we are the people who ask “Why?” until it becomes annoying. What does this mean to our parents? They probably still think we fix printers.
But after years in the trenches, between endless discovery workshops, thousands of JIRA tickets, and frantic UAT sessions, I have come to realize that business analysis isn’t really about documentation. It isn’t even really about “requirements.”
<aside> ⚡ Business analysis, as I know it, is the art of translation.
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We live in the messy middle. On one side, the business speaks in goals, KPIs, and vague desires. On the other side, the tech speaks APIs, latency, and Boolean logic.
The biggest struggle is the overload of unstructured inputs/noise. We spend 60% of our energy organizing and 40% analyzing it into Signal.
I am writing this because I love this profession, but I hate the friction that comes with it. I believe that business analysis will undergo augmentation in the future.
Imagine a world where instantaneous handling of the "grunt" work, such as transcription, formatting, and initial diagram drafting, is the norm. Imagine if you could feed the "noise” into a system and get the raw "signal” back in seconds, allowing you to spend your time polishing, refining, and strategizing.
Welcome to my journey. Let’s clean up the chaos together.
One Insight At A Time.
Business Analysis - 3rd Ed..pdf
1. Introduction to Business Analysis
Entry-Level Business Analyst / Product
Product Ownership Analysis References
Agile & My Derivatives of the Methodology
Your "Slam Dunk” Guide to Agile Trainings
The C.O.D.E. Framework: A Modern Guide to Agile Business Analysis
Unveiling the Power of The Team Canvas
Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Agile Projects: Building Trust and Alignment