Sam Cordes If you are starting an ICT project and cannot yet articulate why the organisation is investing in it, you need to nail down your business drivers before anything else moves. This article walks through the most common business driver examples, how to surface them through executive engagement, and what happens when you get the stakeholder buy-in wrong. Use it to complete that first critical step of your analysis.
Setting up a business analysis project correctly means establishing what you are actually trying to produce before you touch a single requirements template. Get that wrong and everything that follows is misdirected effort. This article walks through the practical steps I use to frame, scope, and orient a new BA engagement from the very first conversation.
Advancing your business analyst career takes more than logging years on projects. It requires deliberate skill-building, honest self-assessment, and the habit of creating demonstrable value. This article covers what actually moves the needle, drawn from 25 years of BA practice across government, health, utilities, and enterprise environments.