BA Times

JANUARY 19, 2023

The main responsibility of the analyst is the discovery, analysis, documentation, and communication of requirements. A requirement is simply a feature that a product or service must have in order to be useful to its stakeholders. For example, two requirements for a customer relationship management system might be to allow users to update the payment […] The post Best of BATimes: The Quest for Good Requirements appeared first on Business Analyst Articles, Webinars, Templates, Jobs.

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Pestle Analysis

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Business Process Analysis evaluates various steps that show how a business operates, with the aim of identifying inefficiencies or areas for improvement.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 16, 2023

In today’s data-driven world, technologies are changing very rapidly, and databases are no exception to this. The current database market offers hundreds of databases, all of them varying in data models, usage, performance, concurrency, scalability, security, and the amount of supplier support provided. Choosing a database is a different class of challenge.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 19, 2023

Are you looking for a way to reduce the cost of your development efforts? DevOps on the cloud could be the answer! DevOps is an increasingly popular approach that combines software development and operations, allowing developers and IT professionals to work together more efficiently. With DevOps on the cloud, businesses can take advantage of faster, more flexible computing environments without having to invest in expensive hardware and software.

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Modern Analyst

JANUARY 15, 2023

Data is crucial in making sound business decisions, and business owners can acquire this much-needed data through business analysis. For example, Microsoft’s data analytics to help move 1,200 employees from five buildings to four resulted in a 46% reduction in meeting travel, saving the company an estimated $520,000 annually in employee time. Such a solution is possible through creative means, especially when analysts look into evolving and nontraditional trends like remote working, collab

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BA Times

JANUARY 18, 2023

Documentation is the most important aspect for any BA. The documentation is useful to depict the requirements and the detailed discussion about new features and change request if any. There are many different types of documents that a BA prepares. Some of the important ones are listed below – Business Requirement Document (BRD) User […].

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most organizations that are implementing formal data governance programs understand that it is important to engage their data stewards. Data stewards should not sit around waiting to be told what to do, nor should they be expected to know how to act as formal data stewards. Data governance programs must focus on engaging and empowering […].

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 15, 2023

Data visualization tools have become very useful for many businesses. Companies use data visualization for trend mapping, data contextualization and various forms of business optimization. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that global companies are projected to spend over $10.2 billion on data visualization technology within the next three years.

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BizAcuity

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is increasingly becoming a crucial branch of risk management and fraud prevention. AML regulations and procedures help organizations identify, monitor, and report suspicious transactions and provide an additional layer of protection against financial crime. Money laundering is a serious threat in the financial services industry and in the online gaming and casino industry.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 18, 2023

Top BA skill — communication “ The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize-winning playwright Communication is one of the most important skills for a business analyst to possess, as it allows them to effectively convey their ideas and recommendations to a wide range of stakeholders.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 16, 2023

Companies around the world are projected to spend over $300 billion on machine learning technology by 2030. There are a growing number of reasons that companies are investing in machine learning, but digital marketing is at the top of the list. SEO, in particular, relies more heavily on machine learning these days. More Companies Are Discovering the Benefits of Using Machine Learning for SEO A few years ago, we wrote an article pointing out that machine learning is rewriting the rules of SEO.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 19, 2023

An Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) can help businesses obtain the full value of their software investments, delivering speed, agility, and scalability, along with a host of other benefits. But the current approach to iPaaS is instead holding businesses back. As the pace of digital transformation has kicked into overdrive in recent years, IT teams and […] The post iPaaS Is Broken – Here’s How to Fix It appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

As data breaches, hacking, and cybercrime reach new heights, organizations are increasingly relying on cybersecurity specialists to identify potential threats and protect valuable data. With the cybersecurity market expected to grow from $152 billion in 2018 to $248 billion by 2023, the field is poised to open up multiple opportunities for both be. Read More.

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InfoQ Articles

JANUARY 19, 2023

Implementing a feature can be measured. Quality is harder to measure. This article explores how to balance improving quality and adding new features. It dives into different domains of quality: Outer quality which is owned by the product people (e.g. product owners, testers), inner quality owned by the developers, and process quality owned by managers.

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 15, 2023

My 7 tips for becoming a good BA Elicitation, documentation, validation, adaptation and stakeholder conflict mitigation are all things I never thought I would get myself into when I decided to shift careers and become a business analyst just over a year ago. Despite working with similar concepts theoretically in academic research, experiencing them in the industry felt extremely unfamiliar.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 20, 2023

Between 2020 and today, we have seen a tumultuous and transformative shift in the technological world. Of particular concern among organizations was a growing interest in new ways to manage invaluable data. Traditionally, data was stored in legacy backup services, including physical data centers, so when digital transformation accelerated, ensuring data remain secure and accessible became a […] The post Beyond Traditional Backup Services: The Evolution of Workloads appeared first on DATAVE

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 17, 2023

The core of change management is helping an organization prepare, support, and apply changes to an organization. In execution during an Agile Transformation, it looks different depending on how the organization is going about this change. The most significant aspect of change management is that it should include the people. Yes, deciding on the new structure, governance, and metrics is crucial.

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Agile Connection

JANUARY 18, 2023

As leaders, we need to consider the structure of the team and the alignment and purpose of the work the team does. This is to ensure that we have clarity on the value the team creates. In my opinion, a high-performing team flourishes in an environment where they know exactly how they contribute to the organization's purpose.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 20, 2023

Not all that long ago, the only way for businesses to readily access their data was through dashboards. And, even then, these predefined and static dashboards provided data that was restricted only to citizen data scientists and data analysts. Standalone, static dashboards also inadvertently distract users and force them to shift their focus from their typical tasks […] The post Goodbye Dashboards: How Modern BI Tools Are Being Used to Analyze Data appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

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Tableau

JANUARY 18, 2023

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InfoQ Articles

JANUARY 17, 2023

In a world where everything can have perspective, context and data, it doesn’t make sense to limit that to just part of your software development process. The DORA metrics can provide insight into the health of your development environment, where value is being delivered and opportunities for improvement. Metrics must be used with careful insight to separate the signal from the noise.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s been an exciting year in AI, machine learning, and NLP, with text-to-image generators and large language models delivering some very impressive results and a lot of promise for the future – while noting all of the important caveats about their shortcomings including mitigating societal biases, the possibility of them being used to generate “fake […].

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