The overview The life cycle I draw is slightly different from the SDLCThe modified version makes more sense from BA’s point of view. BA responsibilities in each phase Information gathering phase At this stage, there are no requirements yet. What we have are questions, problems, statements and discussion. BA needs to work with all stakeholders, PMs, UX to gather as…

The technical roles we are talking about here are about people with specific technical skills, knowledge, and expertise to perform functions, for example, the engineers and the QAs. If you are technical people and you want to transit your career to Business Analyst, congratulations, you have lots of advantages, like, …

Can you use one sentence to explain the business analyst’s job? You may think this is easy. BA is a bridge between the Business and Engineer team, or BA is a translator. Yes and no. Yes, BAs need to know both Business language and Engineer language. …

People constantly arguing, is technical knowledge necessary for BAs? Do BAs need to know technical knowledge? These questions are similar to those related to the Chef. Are ingredients necessary for Chefs? Do Chefs need to know all kinds of ingredients? I think the answer to those two questions is obvious. The…

Have you ever experienced intense heart beating before your presentation? Do you feel nervous about having a sudden empty mind while you are doing a public speech? If you are in a class, have you ever self-talked, “don’t call me, don’t call me”? Yes, these all happened to me. I…

Prioritization is essential for ordering both our personal life and our work. To make sure that we won’t miss any of the most important things. For example, suppose that we need to organize a birthday party at home with six eight-year-old kids. What do we need to do? …

Whether you are a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Designers or Engineers, what we talked about most at our work is Requirements. However, different roles may think of Requirements differently, which might be the gap while discussing the Requirements together. …

Graduates want to land their first job, the ones already in the industry want to get promoted, or enter one of their dreaming companies. Everybody wants to ace in the job interviews. However, we all have the experience of missing good opportunities. …

Failed to explain complicated relationships? Try Concept Map. You may hear about the concept map but never used it. It is not that popular as other maps like the mind map. However, I find it super helpful to get myself clear and to communicate with others. What is the concept…