Is An MBA Necessary For Business Analysts?

Is An MBA Necessary For Business Analysts?

Getting a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree is highly recommended though it is not a prerequisite to becoming a successful business analyst. It can certainly benefit business analysts from different backgrounds.

Let’s check out why going for an MBA might be a step forward in the right direction.

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Exploring Business Analyst Career Paths: Business Process Manager

Exploring Business Analyst Career Paths: Business Process Manager

This article discusses a possible career path (one of many) that Business Analysts may choose to consider. If you have been working as a Business Process Analyst in particular, you may want to consider the Business Process Manager role which allows you to supervise Business Process Analysts.

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Win Any Negotiation With These 4 Super Tricks

Win Any Negotiation With These 4 Super Tricks

Negotiation is a fact of life. It is essential in everyday business situations and even in resolving personal conflicts. In an ideal world, you would win every negotiation you undertake. Whilst this may not be possible every single time, the following tips will ensure you are prepared and successful the majority of the time. Guest Post By Steve Brown

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Want To Learn How To Negotiate Effectively? Read This!

Want To Learn How To Negotiate Effectively? Read This!

Convincing stakeholders of a certain course of action and gaining their cooperation is easier said than done. Whether you’re bargaining for more project resources or negotiating requirements with stakeholders, only the most honest and transparent strategies can help you win. Guest Post by Steve Brown.

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The Business Process Analyst Job Description

The Business Process Analyst Job Description

The Business Process Analyst role is quite interesting to many people and is definitely an excellent career to get into. Before you start checking out vacancies, invest some time in finding out what the job actually involves and how you can land a position as a Business Process Analyst.

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Business Analysis And User Experience Design: How Are They Similar?

Business Analysis And User Experience Design: How Are They Similar?

Usability specialists are hired to increase the rate of system adoption by ensuring that products are easy and pleasurable to use. The only way they can understand or even know what makes a product easy to use is by conducting research aimed at eliciting users' requirements, that is, what makes customers tick? In this regard, one can argue that UX specialists also work as business analysts.

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5 Tips for Business Analyst Job Seekers

5 Tips for Business Analyst Job Seekers

Landing a job as a business analyst is not necessarily more complicated than landing other jobs.

That being said, it is important to follow relevant best practices to increase your chances of landing a BA job. I'll divide my five tips for business analyst job seekers into two categories:

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Key Interview Questions For A Business Process Analyst

 Key Interview Questions For A Business Process Analyst

Are you preparing for a Business Process Analyst Interview?

I've compiled a number of key questions you should be prepared to answer at the very minimum. These questions have been split into the following categories: Tasks, Tools & Techniques and Deliverables. Take a shot at them to see just how prepared you are.

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Business Analyst Interview Questions - Analytical Skills

Business Analyst Interview Questions - Analytical Skills

The way you solve problems by applying your analytical skills is very important to the interviewer since this allows him or her to understand how you think through a problem to arrive at a solution. The interviewer will typically craft questions that shed some light on your problem solving skills as well as your level of attention to detail.

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Personal SWOT Analysis: Know Yourself

Personal SWOT Analysis: Know Yourself

SWOT Analysis is one of the most popular strategy-mapping techniques in use today. Though popularly applied to solving business problems, it can also be applied to assessing your position as a professional. SWOT Analysis can help you build your professional profile and identify the relevant steps for channelling your career in the right direction.

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Soft Skills for Business Analysts: Emotional Intelligence

Soft Skills for Business Analysts: Emotional Intelligence

Emotional competence is the single most important personal quality that each of us must develop and access to experience a breakthrough. Only through managing our emotions can we access our intellect and technical competence. An emotionally competent person performs better under pressure - Dave Lennick, Executive VP, American Express Financial Advisers.

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