Where Can You Go? BA...• User experience • Product management • Leadership • Consulting •...

WhereCanYouGo?TheCompetitiveCareerAdvantageProvidedToBusinessAnalysts

LaurieGrayPracticeAreaLead,DeliveryLeadershipSlalomConsulting, AtlantaGA

Hypothesis:BeingaBusinessAnalystcanprovidealaunchpadtomanycareeropportunities.

StronglyDisagree

Disagree Neutral Agree StronglyAgree

Aboutme

• Consultant• Practicearealead• Mentor

Aboutyou

• Techvsbusiness?• Careerchangersvsstraightliners?• Orgduration?• Totalcareerduration?

Someassumptions:whatdoesaBAdo?

• Businessanalysisplanningandmonitoring• Requirementselicitation&collaboration• Requirementslifecyclemanagement• Strategyanalysis• Requirementsanalysis&designdefinition• Solutionevaluation

CoreBAskillassumptionsforourdiscussion

• Criticalthinking• Writtenandverbalcommunication• Planning• Organization&logic• Problemsolvingskills• Visualmodeling/visual communication• Facilitation &elicitation• Relationship management• Self-management• Comfortwithambiguity coupledwithadesiretogetthings inorder• Abilitytoacceptfeedback

Afewoptionstoconsidertoday• FrequentlyHeard:

• Userexperience• Productmanagement• Leadership• Consulting

• BeingabetterBAisalsoanoption

Let’sgetworkshoppy!

Goal:identifyareasofgrowthopportunities• Yourteam/table’smaterials:

• Skillsworksheetandjobdescription(s)

• Task:• Doaquickself-ratingasabaseline.• Reviewthejobdescription• Performaquickgapanalysisofthecoreskillsvswhat’srequiredforthatjob(completetheworksheet)

• Asagroup,preparetowalkusthroughyourfindings

Workingtime…

RoleComparisonConversation

5minutes: Self-Rating12minutes: RatetheRole3minutes: Scribe

Findingsdiscussion

Foreachrole:

Requisiteskillsforthatjob?OverlapwithcoreBAskills?HowcanbeingaBAhelpyoutogetthere?Whataresuggestedapproachestoclosingthegap?

TheUniversalTruth

• Softskillsarecriticaltosuccess• Abilitytoinfluence• Adaptability• Activelistening• Relationshipdevelopment/trustbuilding

• Credibility• Presentationskills• Conductingeffectivemeetings• Executivepresence• Managingpartnerexpectations• Effectivebusinesswriting

SoftSkillAssessmentandExploration

2minutes: RateYourself3minutes: TagtheRole10minutes: Discussion

AfewmoreUniversalTruths• Theroleofmentorsandcoaches• Gainingknowledgeinparticulardomains• Thinkseriouslyaboutyourportfolio

Hypothesis:BeingaBusinessAnalystcanprovidealaunchpadtomanycareeropportunities.

StronglyDisagree

Disagree Neutral Agree StronglyAgree

Q&AContact info:

LaurieGraylaurieg@slalom.com

Where Can You Go? BA...• User experience • Product management • Leadership • Consulting •...

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