Upcoming Live Sessions
Pre-Project Business Analysis offers a great opportunity for mid-level and senior business analysts to branch out their careers into more of the business strategy activities of their organizations.
Join veteran BA/Architect Kevin Brennan and veteran BA/Consultant/Architect Emal Bariali to learn more about what these opportunities hold.
The AI Playbook for Business Analysts
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AI will affect the business analysis profession in a profound way. Luckily we have two veteran business analysts dedicating their time to conduct the necessary research & development needed to help our profession stay at the forefront of this quickly developing technology.
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Past Live Sessions
Jamie Toyne will be joining us to share his experiences of building a business analysis career from 2005 to 2022 and what step he has taken in his BA career now.
Connect with Jamie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamietoyne/
Learn about Herd Consulting here: https://herd.consulting/
Karl Wiegers will be joining us to share his wealth of experience in eliciting, documenting, analyzing, validating, communicating, and managing requirements.
Connect with Karl Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlwiegers/
Learn more about Software Requirements Essentials Here: https://www.softwarereqs.com/
Enrique Flores will motivate us to power through career development challenges by sharing his experiences of breaking through the glass ceiling in the North American job market as a professional of Latino descent.
Enrique's Article: Being Latino isn’t what’s holding you back
Enrique's Website: https://www.paulainc.ca/
Join veteran Salesforce BA Vanessa Grant and veteran Generalist BA Emal Bariali as they do a deep dive into enterprise sales processes to get you up-to-speed on the sales domain.
To connect with Vanessa, go to https://vanessa.ba
Our discussion included
1. How to use ChatGPT to draft a new resume.
2. How to use ChatGPT to Practice for Your Interview
3. How to use ChatGPT to Conduct Stakeholder Analysis on Your Interviewer(s)
Our discussion will include the following:
1. The three distinct phases of a project.
2. What agile principles apply at each stage.
3. What aspects of Agile / SCRUM / SAFe business analysts should focus on?
We'll also learn about Tracie's career trajectory and about her decision to take the next step in her own career by choosing to help the next generation of analysts through her coaching program: https://traceabilitycoach.com/
Our discussion included:
Exploring the opportunities, challenges, and trajectories of business analyst’s careers.
Learn more about Linda, Julia, and what it means to have a BA Life at https://balife.co.uk/
Our discussion will include
- 1. Some of the major challenges that exist in business transformation projects.
- 2. What business analysis skills are needed on large-scale business transformation initiatives?
- 3. Asset management domain and opportunities for business analysts.
Links Shared During The Session
1. Link to ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/auth/login
2. User Stories with ChatGPT - https://youtu.be/QRB_cs-Uh54
3. Join BA Spaces - Enrolment Link Expires Feb 08 @ 1:00 PM ET
4. Generating Visual Diagrams with ChatGPT (thank you, Deb)
5. Download the template we created here - MyRequirementsTemplate.docx
Links Shared During The Session
1. Book your 15 minutes - https://calendly.com/emalbariali/book-your-15-minutes-bapc?month=2023-01
2. Enrolment Link for Non-Members - https://members.bablocks.com/plans/269336?bundle_token=9860a917224433cf4c5a7172f1481f24&utm_source=manual
3. Enrolment Link for Members (please make sure you log in first) - https://members.bablocks.com/plans/269341?bundle_token=e44aa3e21861e4386cd14b9f0b40fb16&utm_source=manual
4. Payment plan - email me at emal@bablocks.com
Links Shared During The Session
1. Certificates vs. Certifications - https://youtu.be/dBSOsi1D9pM
2. Business Analysis vs. Business Analytics - https://youtu.be/vG1tYl-cXPc
3. Honest Marketing - https://bablocks.com/honesty/
4. A sneak peek inside BAPC - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/learnba_ill-show-you-the-previous-versions-of-the-activity-7023687038084235265-8X9G
5. BAPC Course Details - https://bablocks.com/bapc/
6. Using ChatGPT to Write User Stories - https://youtu.be/QRB_cs-Uh54
Links Shared During The Session
1) Dealing with difficult stakeholders: https://youtu.be/CQI1c2A37BI
2) Link to next week's live session: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7021134779760717824
3) Link to BA Spaces: https://bablocks.com/membership/
4) Feel free to follow and connect with me here in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emalbariali/