Looking for some great reads on business analysis? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. An Overview of the Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving Soft Skill: The Modern Analyst outlines the most important sub-skills for business analysts and how to put them in to practice.
2. How to Succeed at Your First Project in a New Company: Emily Kong offers tips and tricks for early success in a new career.
3. The “Obviousness” Danger that Kills Projects: This guest post by Adrian Reed for “Practical Analyst” examines the importance of seemingly obvious factors when working with stakeholders on change initiatives.

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Looking for some great reads on business analysis? Here is our latest roundup of BA blog posts from the past few weeks. We hope you find them helpful! 

1. The Value of Business Analysis: Identifying Business Need – Aaron Whittenberger explains how you can identify the business need and why this is important for business analysts in his post for the BA Times.
2. Product Owner Anti-Patterns – Luis Goncalves takes you through the common mistakes, specifically with Product Owners, that occur when an organization switches to Agile processes. He also offers solutions for those mistakes.
3. Using Feature Trees to Depict Scope – Karl Wiegers and Joy Beatty explain why using a feature tree is a better way for business analysts to organize and understand the features and the full scope of a project.

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Looking for some great reads on business analysis? Here is our latest roundup of BA blog posts from the past few weeks. We hope you find them helpful! 

1. The BA Solution: Technology is Not Always the Answer – Teresa Bennett reminds business analysts that sometimes, you have to think away from technology to find a solution to a problem.
2. 5 Lessons from Working with Agile and Waterfall Teams – In this blog post, Angela goes through 5 lessons learned from working with Agile and Waterfall teams… and how the BA mindset remains the same regardless of methodology.
3. Do You Know How Many Customers You’re Throwing Away? – Adrian Reed gives a real-life example of why understanding your customers is crucial for business analysts.

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Looking for some great reads on business analysis? Here is our latest roundup of BA blog posts from the past few weeks. We hope you find them helpful! 

1. The Essence of Business Analysis Methodology – Stephanie Famuyide explains what exactly a methodology is and provides an overview of 2 main business analysis methodologies in her blog post.
2. Good Business Analyst, Bad Business Analyst – Mike Lenz explains what makes a good business analyst as opposed to what makes a bad business analyst in this blog post for the BA Times.
3. 8 Steps to Being an Effective Business Analyst – Laura Brandenburg breaks down the business analysis process into 8 steps in her blog post.

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