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The Art and Act of Business Analysis

Analysts Corner

Me-Rethinking BusinessAnalysis Let me tell you something about being a Business Analyst (BA). Its part science, part art, and a 100% juggling act. Picture this: youre standing on a tightrope, holding a laptop in one hand and a flipchart marker in the other, while stakeholders shout conflicting priorities from below. Welcome to mylife. But seriously, being a BA isnt just about understanding requirements or using fancy tools.

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Can AI-Driven SEO Tools to Supercharge Your Marketing

Smart Data Collective

AI can do a great job with your SEO campaign, as long as you use the right tools to help you.

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Empowering Students with Skills for Data-Driven Careers

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More careers are going to be affected by big data, which means that employees need the right skills.

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December Goals: Why Earning Your ECBA Is the Perfect Year-End Achievement

Analyst Catalyst Blog

Why wait for January? Achieve your ECBA now and start 2025 ahead of the pack.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Why Project Management Is Critical to Your Organization | Simplilearn

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In order for businesses to successfully initiate, develop and complete projects, they need to recruit, hire and train people with solid project management skills. The business world is speeding up and product lifecycles are much shorter. This is forcing organizations to start new projects at an increasing rate. However, as projects become more comp.

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What Data-Driven Businesses Must Do Recover Data

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Data-driven businesses need to make hard drive data recovery options part of their data loss strategy.

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2024 in Review: 7 Ways IIBA Empowered Business Analysis Professionals Worldwide

Analyst Catalyst Blog

Curious about how 2024 has shaped the future of business analysis? Explore the tools, upgrades, insights, and connections that IIBA introduced to help professionals thrive, everywhere.

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Upskilling – the World’s Top New Economic Priority | Simplilearn

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The world is on the cusp of a new age, in which technology, data, and intelligent automation become most powerful drivers of economic success. And yet, in spite of the excitement and enthusiasm this digital transformation is inspiring, there is increasing concern that certain demographics may be left behind as the transformation unfolds. At the rec.

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Data Strategy Pitfalls

Passionate BA

Visual thinking and creativity Do you have genius-level creativity? How is it related to visual thinking? If you are an adult, I might have bad news for you According to the tests conducted by NASA, you likely do not along with 98% of other adults. Another screaming piece of information – our creativity is directly affecting visual thinking while most people in the world better perceive information in visual format Do you see the problem here?

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Business Valuation Software: Free Guide to Valutico Platform

Explore our free guide to Valutico, the platform that revolutionizes automated report generation, offers access to 1 million M&A transactions, enables quick benchmarking, and streamlines the entire valuation process. With Valutico, you gain access to: 30-Minute Valuations: Rapidly producing accurate results. 3TB of Financial Data: The expansive data you need at your fingertips.

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AstraZeneca’s Axial Transformation: A Digital Backbone for Innovation

Timo Elliott

At UKISUG Connect 2024, AstraZeneca charted their plans for the future, with some help from SAP. Russell Smith, Vice President ERP Transformation and Ade Welsh, Senior Director, Head Of Solution Design & Delivery gave the keynote presentation at the Birmingham event. Russell Smith and Ade Walsh of AstraZeneca presenting at UKISUG Connect 2024 AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical leader headquartered in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries, with a robust presence acr

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Data-Driven Businesses Rediscover Benefits of Faxing Software

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology helps companies use fax machines more effectively, especially if they have the right fax software.

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3 Key Takeaways From IIBA's Latest Benchmark Report

Analyst Catalyst Blog

The latest IIBA Benchmark Report reveals the key strategies that help organizations foster a thriving business analysis culture. Discover the insights that can empower your team, drive better outcomes, and keep your business ahead of the curve.

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Upskilling and Reskilling When Consolidating Roles | Simplilearn

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After years of steady recovery from the housing market crash in 2008, the U.S. economy has been suffering a massive hit from the COVID-19 epidemic. Consumers have significantly decreased spending on transportation, entertainment, and shoppingleaving minimal gains in the grocery industry. The brick-and-mortar model of business transactions. Read More.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Data Strategy Pitfalls

Passionate BA

Workshop facilitation is not an easy trick, folks Hello, folks Another treat to share – a new episode of the Passionate Business Analyst podcast with Jan Meskens, Data & AI strategy consultant. We had a deep conversation about elements of data strategy, the role of people and culture in it, typical pitfalls in strategy implementation, and how to deal with them Watch here For data enthusiasts – a great opportunity to learn from the best; For those new to data – this is a cha

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Harrods’ Data Analytics Transformation: Turning Challenges into Insights

Timo Elliott

At UKISUG Connect 2024, Tushir Parekh, Data Analytics Manager at Harrods, gave an overview of Harrods’ Data Analytics Journey. I was struck by the blend of ambition, challenges, and strategic decisions that defined their path. Parekh walked us through the highs and lows of overhauling the analytics landscape of one of the worlds most iconic luxury brands.

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Unlocking Enterprise Data Potential with Retrieval Augmented Generation

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Unlock enterprise data potential: Empower decision-making with Retrieval Augmented Generation!

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Find Joy in Giving Back: Celebrating Volunteers on International Volunteer Day

Analyst Catalyst Blog

What makes the business analysis profession thrive? Dedicated IIBA volunteers. This International Volunteer Day, learn how you can contribute too.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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OpenAI's 12 Days of Innovation: A New Era of AI | Simplilearn

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OpenAI is currently showcasing a flurry of groundbreaking AI advancements during its highly anticipated 12 Days of OpenAI event. This annual tradition is solidifying OpenAI's position as a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. Before getting into the details of each day of 12 days of OpenAI, lets understand what OpenAI is. Wha. Read More.

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It’s not too late

Analysts Corner

Let’s face it. In today’s world of instant updates and success reels, it’s easy to feel like we’re all running out of time.

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Why 2025 is the Year of the Tortoise when it comes to AI adoption

Timo Elliott

According to Gartner, weve passed the peak of inflated expectations for AI, and were heading towards the trough of disillusionment organizations are struggling to get business value out of AI even as companies continue to invest billions in new models. I believe one of the causes of confusion is that there are two very different AI trends going on at the same time.

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Why and When to Delete Your Tweets in the Big Data Era

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Twitter has a lot of great benefits, but it poses some risks in the age of big data.

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.

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Senior Business Analyst Interview

Passionate BA

Career advice has arrived! Looking for advice on how to ace your next Senior Business Analyst interview? Then you find perfect place to learn! In this video, I review Senior-level interviews and explain the expectations from candidates I do this from experience as a hiring manager for a BA position and a BA department lead for 6 years. I share things that are rarely shared in public Learn how to ACE Senior Business Analyst interviews here In this video I will got through categories of questions

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Corporate Upskilling Guide 2025 | Simplilearn

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I. Understanding the Landscape 1. What is Upskilling? Upskilling is essential for empowering employees and aligning their capabilities with the ever-evolving demands of the business landscape. In todays rapidly changing B2B environment, propelled by technological innovation, automation, and shifting job responsibilities, continuous workforce dev. Read More.

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Can We Talk? Creating a Project Glossary

Analysts Corner

Project participants can’t communicate effectively if they use different vocabularies. A glossary helps bridge the understanding gaps.

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Why AI is The Secret Weapon for Change Management

Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott explains why AI is a secret weapon for change management When technology projects fail, its never because of the technology.Its always people problems: unclear expectations, culture clashes, office politics, or just fear of change. Right now, organizations around the world are racing to figure out how AI can improve business processes.But theyre perhaps missing the biggest opportunity of all: using AI to tackle change management, the top barrier to success in any technology project.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?