BA Skills
Due to the increasing need for cyber security, the attractiveness of crossover skills, the data-driven nature of technical projects, etc., there will be ____________in the upcoming year.
(a huge demand of business analysts )
From <https://www.zarantech.com/blog/latest-trends-in-business-analysis/>
What are some of the agile skills needed by a Business Analyst?
Ability to adapt to change quickly.
Facilitate Change.
Facilitate communication and engagement.
Is security a concern when storing data in the cloud?
Yes - advanced security.
This is a big concern as more organizations move toward storing data in the cloud as opposed to more traditional storage management systems.
By _____ 85% of companies will have adopted to user and entity data analytics, and the role of the BA will transform in line with the change.
2022
[2018 report "The future of jobs"]
Organizations are moving toward continuous delivery or Dev____.
Ops.
Even the top management will be picking up people with ________ and are ready for the digital age / are open to change and flexibility.
business analysis skills
From <https://onmogul.com/stories/the-latest-trends-in-business-analysis-2019>
What are some of the benefits of Agile?
Focuses on business value and ensuring the business is engaged.
Flexibility to react to change.
Collaboration with others.
Mobile apps also require high ____________ as they provide data for banking, investment and insurance applications.
True or False: Cloud computing has emerged as a sound solution for increasing organizational agility.
True.
The number of job profiles for all US business analysts is set to increase from 364,000 openings to _____
(2,720,000)
as indicated per IBM
Organizations will need to make strategic business decisions that can be used as _____in machine learning - where making the wrong decision can be catastrophic. (Why BA skills are needed around business rules)
rules
[BA Times: The Future of Business Analysis]
When teams focus on just producing output and not enough on _______, the results are no better with Agile than other approaches.
What the business needs.
User Experience:
The design of user experience is (now) an important topic - as new technologies are continuously developing and modifying the way in which people are _______with the computers
(interacting)
From <https://www.zarantech.com/blog/latest-trends-in-business-analysis/>
Business Analysts will support the business use of by:
Defining the data needs of different business areas
Providing relevant facts, figures & justification needed for the business to make informed decisions
Ensuring that the reporting needs of the business are met
Ensuring that the attributes of data, the relationship between data elements and sources of data are defined and mapped.
Transforming data into meaningful information that the business can use in making decisions.
Big Data
Only 19 percent of North American companies consider their technology level to be advanced, yet “85 percent of decision makers believe they have two years to integrate digital initiatives before falling behind ____________,”
their competitors
per Advance2000
Up front need for Bus. Analysis: the problem is mostly ill-defined at this stage and before any solution requirements are put on the table, the focus remains on making sense of the situation, analyzing business perspectives and defining the intended_________
As organizations become more and more agile, the demand for business analysts to work on agile projects is set to __________________.
Increase
In this new environment, effective and strategic business analysis is increasingly becoming a critical corporate capability and the traditional project-oriented, requirements-centric BA will become a thing of the ______. BA Professionals will need to adopt a more ____ and business-oriented approach, and expand their skill set into areas such as product management, process improvement, and lean product development. They will also need to develop leadership skills and position themselves as trusted advisors
past strategic
The business analyst who knows big data concepts and understand how to extract the data for business perceptions will be _________________.
According to the IIBA 2018 Salary survey, what percent of Business Analyst responders worldwide report that they work in an Agile environment?
70%
It seems that the role of the BA has moved from something focused on detailed requirements, and relatively junior, to one, which,_________ , can make a huge difference to a company’s ability to execute their strategies.
at senior levels
The Changing Role of the Business Analyst - Penny Pullan
True/False: Agile teams are moving away from using business analysts as a surrogate product owner.
True.
It has been noted by many Agile teams that Agile deliverables often lack the usability and functionality needed by users when the Business Analyst work is omitted or abbreviated. While teams are able to churn out releases quickly, but the output fails to meet the user/business needs.
Agile teams that embrace business analysis are realizing better and quicker value delivery. This can be from initial needs discovery, effective requirements elicitation, and complete requirements analysis.
One of the greatest risks with digital transformation is initiatives with ________enterprise strategy.
misaligned
While only 12% of executives reported that their firm had appointed a _____ when the survey was first conducted in 2012, there has been a sharp and steady increase in adoption of this new c-executive role over the course of the past several years. In the 2018 executive survey, which was recently released, nearly two thirds of executives –63.4% --now report their firm having a CDO (_____).
Chief Data Officer
If the future of coding was considered Blue Collar in a recent Wired article, because: an awful lot of programming doesn't require or need that type of, you know, crazy pouring out of creativity. I guess it is more like maintenance or the slow stable making sure that a company is sort of moving along, that its software is working.” then why isn't the BA role considered in the same light?
The BA role does something robots aren't good at yet: It is a job focused on social skills, people, interactions, the people side of change, along with people connections.
Yyvonne Harrison Can The Business Analyst Survive the Future?