Beyond Business Analysis: Becoming A Trusted Business Advisor

Stand in a room full of business analysts and you are bound to hear the phrase "gather and document requirements" way too often. Many of today's business analysts have an image problem, resulting from their limited-often self-imposed-role on projects. However, business analysts have the opportunity to move beyond an analyzing and documenting role to become a trusted advisor to the business. Kent McDonald describes techniques and tools you can use to become a leader in the quest for creating business value and improving organizational performance. In other words, you can transition from gathering requirements to becoming an advisor who offers solutions to business problems. Join Kent and learn to think more like a business owner, help improve decision making in your organization, and much more. Leave with a new set of goals and approaches in your toolkit to start down the path of trusted advisor status.