Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis

KEY FEATURES -Explains the business analysis fundamental concepts and terms for new analysts in language they can understand -Presents detailed explanations of business analysis strategies, tasks and recommended techniques, and includes examples of successful and less-than-successful project situations to enhance learning -Provides valuable insights for experienced business analysts and project team members performing analysis and critical thinking work in order to reach a higher level of success -Includes knowledge area keys throughout the text that map BABOK competencies to tasks or techniques discussed, in a manner that will help prepare the business analyst for the IIBA CBAP certification exam -WAV offers a free downloadable business analysis planning white paper

good reference book Carolina Gil Good book for an applications developer want to be business analyst. This book is easy to read and is concrete. It depicts the responsibilities of a Business Analyst, and points out the skills I need to improve or to learn to make a transition to that profession.. "What a Business Analyst Does" according to H. Thomas. This is easily the best organized and best written book in my Business Analysis library. A couple are more amusing and a couple are more challenging, but this is the best overall. Well worth the price.This is not a book about softtware development. It is about the analyst role (business analyst, systems analyst, business process . Very informative book Reviewer of sorts I have read the first few chapters and already find it very useful and informative.The author is obviously very experienced and has included useful annecdotes to back up the reasoning behind her theories.I am only just starting out in the BA industry and it is re-assuring to know that a BA's job is exactly what I had expected it