PODCAST · business
Being a Biz Analyst
by Being a Biz Analyst
Welcome to Being a Biz Analyst podcast! We are assisting aspiring Business Analysts to create a roadmap to their first position, to experience all the joy in pushing for your potential without the confusion of career change!!!😁
Episodes
-
Being a Biz Analyst How to Move Your Career Forward: Always be leading even if not long-term
Being a Biz Analyst How to Move Your Career Forward: Always be leading even if not long-term. The funny thing about being a BA is the challenge of using leadership muscles, when the role does not give you consistent opportunities to do so, as you might not work with the same people on a regular...
-
What would it take to change careers to become a Business Analyst? We help you answer this question
If this is you, and you are thinking it would never happen for me, think again! I have seen tonnes of stories of people who transitioned from some of the most odd careers to business analysis, and become massively successful, including yours truly!! Every month we explore one of the following per...
-
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard skills: Own Your Career
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard skills: Own Your Career. The issue with excuses and blaming is that it does not produce value, and even destroys value in most cases. The great thing when you truly own your career is that you always know the next step to improvement. Join me to...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: will be back after the conference!
Headed to BA/PM World to speak on October 29'19, and started a new position. Episode on the challenge (published around Aug 1'19) mentioned bin this episode was called: "Biz Analyst Moments Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge".
-
Biz Analyst Moments Case study: rapid feedback from event attendees to improve experience
Biz Analyst Moments Case study: rapid feedback from event attendees to improve experience. Today is the episode we look at a case study, and this week we are using BA Performance Improvements as the theme for the case study. Join us! Free use case template to level up: http://bit.ly/UCpod
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Being fair (ethical) when you are pressured to be bad (unethical)
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Being ethical in the face of requirements...this is definitely going to be a hot topic today as we are discussing ethics as described in the BABOK as an underlying competency. Although, a hot topic, one that I rarely see discussed by the other educators out there. I...
-
Biz Analyst Moments The BABOK Talk: BA Performance Improvement, a crucial missed step
Biz Analyst Moments The BABOK Talk: BA Performance Improvement, a crucial missed step. How often do we actually take a step back and look at our work, or our capacity to do the work, and ask what is the quality of my work? How often do we ask for feedback from others? If you are like me, very...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Visual thinking and comics
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Visual thinking and comics...Adam, an Archie comic and Business Analysis, I do not get the connection?!?! Don't worry I will explain in the second half of the episode. In the first half, I explain the underlying competency of visual thinking and communication, and the...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Lead with Soft Skills not Hard Skills: Don't be a dictator...be a collaborator
Biz Analyst Moments Lead with Soft Skills not Hard Skills: ...be a collaborator...don't be a dictator. All to often we forget just how much we need others, and how much they need us. We all to often feel we are not valued, or that people who work for us do not respect us. And maybe that is true…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: How to handle stress on your Business Analyst career
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: How to handle stress on your Business Analyst career after it has been introduced, and taking ownership for all the effects that result from the stress on your business analysis career. For more on this topic and the best solution listen in!
-
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Business Analyst lifestyle can determine ability to deliver value
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: #BusinessAnalyst #lifestyle can determine ability to deliver #business #value. We all want to think we can go hardcore for ever, but as I discuss in this episode we learned this month that it is not sustainable. Also, we looked at how do we become more valuable…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Impact analysis for your career, and why would you want to change?
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Impact analysis for your career, and why/why not would you want to change? The interesting thing about career changes, small or large, is that they WILL have an impact on the rest of your life. Impacts on your life can be big, medium, or small, but one thing is for…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: scope of our careers, what does it include?
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not the 9 to 5: scope of our careers, what does it include? We often consider the 9 to 5 and the string of positions we have held over the years to be what defines our careers. Today we explore the reality of defining scope for our career, I think what…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: How to choose the techniques to learn first in your career!
Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: How to choose the techniques to learn first in your career! No one has time, money or any other resource to spend on learning and getting good at every #BusinessAnalyst #technique. There are 48 techniques that #IIBA Global believes you need to have an understanding...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Conceptual thinking to help solve the chicken and the egg problem!
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: Conceptual thinking as part of a solution to the chicken and the egg problem! We are all familiar with the two frustrations of making a career change. The first is the actual chicken and the egg problem which is do I do experience first or get a position first. The...
-
How to move your career forward: How to get out of the chicken and the egg problem in a BA career
How to move your career forward: How to get out of the chicken and the egg problem in a BA career. The issue for many new Business Analysts is how do I get experience without a position? Or how do I get a position without experience? A very common and frustrating problem for which there are 3…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: The BABOK details how a Business Analyst delivers value
Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: The BABOK details how a Business Analyst delivers value for an initiative. I find when I am talking to people studying the BABOK they sometimes get confused once they see the table on predictive vs. adaptive approaches for the task Plan Business Analysis Approach…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Realities of career change for a Business Analyst!
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Realities of being a business analyst. I was looking at the 2 episodes I did for the final episode of each week this month and I noticed a theme of reality. I believe that with any career change reality is the hardest part to deal with. As many of you know I...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset Retrospective: Agile mindset is a combination of many mindsets
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset Retrospective: Agile mindset is a combination of many skills and mindsets. We bring together many skills or mindsets to have an Agile mindset, and two of those skills are problem solving and systems thinking that we also covered this month. I find it so interesting how...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Being a more effective Business Analyst
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Being a more effective Business Analyst. To be an effective BA involves skills from many different areas that creates that ideal T-SHAPE of skills and skill sets. Also, with the rapid changes in customer demands it is imperative that as BAs we adopt at least an...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: How does everything fit together... systems thinking to learn the BABOK
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…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments BABOK Talk: Understanding the value of the BABOK
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Case Study: Being Agile means actually thinking and acting like it!
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…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: To be Agile...is to prioritize people over everything else!
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments moving your career forward: Being an Agile Business Analyst!
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments case study: Embracing a hectic learning curve when being a new Business Analyst!
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments Mindset: You don't need the skills when you have problem solving!
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…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments lead with soft skills not hard: T-shaped or not, be ready to take action!
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.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Successful on monthly plays goal! Thank you!
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!!!
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Are you up to the final quarter of 2019 challenge???
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.
-
YouTube Live Broadcast for July 29th'19
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).
-
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: A case study on how to make the shift from expert to explorer?
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…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Frustrations of soft skills for an application.
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.
-
Biz Analyst Moments Retrospective: Become the explorer of the business World
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!
-
Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward with the use of ideal fit to make choices
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…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments: A mindset of decision making for moving your career forward
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!
-
Biz Analyst Moments: How to move your career forward using the hero within
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!
-
Biz Analyst Moments: A story of using creativity to find ideal fit!
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Developing a creative mindset
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...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Lead with creativity not hard skills!
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.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Stakeholder type switching from my experience.
Biz Analyst Moments: Stakeholder type switching from my experience. You might be thinking this Adam sounds a little ridiculous, I cannot imagine a person switching roles as much as he is talking about. Or maybe you are thinking, maybe he switches roles but I do not see it happening in my own...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Have a mindset of discovery!
Biz Analyst Moments: Have a mindset of discovery! This is what I like to think of as the Indiana Jones mindset, as you are always curious about all the different roles for a specific initiative.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: BABOK talk on role switching!
Biz Analyst Moments: BABOK talk on role switching! There are 11 different types of stakeholders described in the BABOK; anyone can-and will- play any of them, at any time, on an initiative! Know how to identify the stakeholder types each person on your initiative is playing, and any gaps that…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments: Goal success and setting new one for July 2019!!!
Biz Analyst Moments: Goal success and setting new one for July 2019!!! Thank you to all the listeners all over the World!!! We surpassed our goal of 250 plays!!! Listen in to find out just how much together we crushed our goal!!! Keep sharing the podcast, Biz Analyst Potential to Biz Analyst...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective T-shaped for building relationships and overall theme
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective T-shaped for building relationships and overall theme. We looked at the key takeaway for last week's episodes on being T-shaped to create better work relationships from the episodes on how to move your career forward, and a monthly overall wrap up.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: retrospective on making an impact
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on making an impact where we look at the value of your unique selling proposition. So what do you uniquely bring to a new company or your current company that no one else can.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on the types of functional requirements and questions.
Biz Analyst Moments: Retrospective on the types of functional requirements and questions. We explore the key takeaways from the episodes of the first 2 weeks of June and the value of going back and listening again, or listening for the first time if you have not already. So we look at what is the...
-
Biz Analyst Moments: A learning mindset to become more T-shaped and move your career forward
Biz Analyst Moments: A learning mindset to become more T-shaped and move your career forward. In this episode we explore the approaches I have used to become more T-shaped, and ultimately develop stronger relationships with people I work with.
-
Biz Analyst Moments: Being T-shaped to move your career forward
Biz Analyst Moments: Being T-shaped to move your career forward. In this episode we explore the benefits of being diverse in our subject matter expertise, in order to build stronger relationships with people throughout the company, beyond just the standard skills or knowledge that you normally…
more -
Biz Analyst Moments: Make impact, not money
Biz Analyst Moments: Make impact, not money. In this episode I show you why you will always fail to make an impact as a Business Analyst, IF you do not have something unique to offer.
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Being a Biz Analyst podcast! We are assisting aspiring Business Analysts to create a roadmap to their first position, to experience all the joy in pushing for your potential without the confusion of career change!!!😁
HOSTED BY
Being a Biz Analyst
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Being a Biz Analyst have?
Being a Biz Analyst currently has 87 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Being a Biz Analyst about?
Welcome to Being a Biz Analyst podcast! We are assisting aspiring Business Analysts to create a roadmap to their first position, to experience all the joy in pushing for your potential without the confusion of career change!!!😁
How often does Being a Biz Analyst release new episodes?
Being a Biz Analyst has 87 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Being a Biz Analyst?
You can listen to Being a Biz Analyst on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Being a Biz Analyst?
Being a Biz Analyst is created and hosted by Being a Biz Analyst.
URL copied to clipboard!