the promotable ba tips and tricks for growing your career
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The Promotable BATIPS AND TRICKS FOR GROWING YOUR CAREER
Overview
Values / Beliefs Inventory
Employee Marketability Mix Matrix
BA Career Growth Plan
Values and Beliefs Inventory
Do you know who you are?
How does this pertain to getting that next BA Job?
My Values and Beliefs You get what you focus on (positive or negative, financial or non-financial, long
term or short term…)
Think Big; Start Small
Give more than you take (within reason)
The solution is already there. You just have to find it.
The first step in solving a problem is deciding that you can.
Live each moment like you chose it. Because you did.
The best is yet to come!
No matter where you work, there will be “those days” and “those people”, so just roll with it.
BA Career Growth Plan
Motivations
Personality Traits
Career Strategy
Recruiters
Mentorship
Salary Surveys
BA Resources
Your Personalized Plan
Motivations
Why do you want to be promoted? Money should NOT be the number one reason. (In the top-5 is OK)
Ants in your pants
Be patient. The work you do today to make yourself more marketable will not pay off instantly.
Use your “down time” to keep your skills sharp and develop new ones. Down Time: A period where your work load is not at 100%
Down Time: A period where your motivation and efficiency is not at 100%
Personality Traits
Developing Talents vs. Existing Talents Find where you are uncomfortable, and then go there.
Figure out what you are good at, then decide how hard you want to work.
Get Skills!
www.Bridging-the-gap.com
www.Ebgconsulting.com
www.seilevel.com
www.agilealliance.org
www.iiba.org
Toolbox
Context Diagram
SIPOC
ERD
Swimlane
Flow Chart
User Story
Self Evaluation
The next few slides will describe the changing face of the BA role as it pertains to getting a job.
You must get crystal clear on who you are and what your skills are. If you can’t sum up your skills quickly and succinctly, then how will you do so for a potential employer?
If you do what you have always done, then you will get what you have always gotten.
The two-hat BA: Which of these combinations resonate with you?
Project Manager with Requirements Skills
Business Analyst with PM skills
Business Analyst with Agile skills
Systems Analyst with Requirements Skills
System Administrator with Agile skills
Introducing the three-hat BA (don’t worry, you’re already doing it)
BA Role Technical Skill Industry Vertical
Business Analyst System Administrator Medical Products
Document Specialist IVR Healthcare
CRM Analyst Salesforce.com Real Estate
Financial Analyst Excel, Access, SQL Finance, Loans, Credit
UX Analyst Mobile App Development
Field Service
Business Intelligence Analyst
Oracle, Business Objects
Telcom
Do any of these combinations speak to you?
Evaluate your unique combination for MARKETABILITY.
My Old Combination (Adequate, but decreasing value)
My New Combination (Increasing value)
BA Role Technical Skill Industry Vertical
Sr. Business Analyst-Prototyping-Process (re)engineering
Salesforce.comSQL
Real EstateSelf StorageMortgage Loans
BA Role Technical Skills Industry Verticals
Sr. Consultant-Requirements-Project Management-Team Building
Salesforce.com-SFDC Communities-SFDC Visualforce-SFDC ApexHTML & CSS3
Medical ProductsField Service
Skills Gap Analysis - Tech
The technology test: Design, Build, Use a simple system that allows you to:
Design Ideas
Organize your recipes
Organize your media collection
Solve a simple real-world problem
Build Ideas
Access
Excel with macros / VB
Website builder like google sites
Skills Gap Analysis - Requirements
The Requirements Test: For Discussion Name 3-5 Requirements Elicitation Techniques that you consider to
be “good practices”.
Describe the general purpose and nature of the BABOK.
Name 3 Industry Leaders.
What is the difference between a Use Case Scenario and a User Story?
What is the difference between a Functional Requirement and a non-Functional Requirement?
Why do some people say “Requirements Gathering” and other people say “Requirements Elicitation”?
Industry Evaluation
What industry do you work in today?
What industry do you have the most experience or education?
Is your industry currently experiencing growth?