EXAMPLES
Comprehensive Business Analysis Case Studies Examples and Explanations
This page is the core of my portfolio and I have included content that I believe best showcases the overall skills and knowledge I have as a business analyst.
Please keep scrolling to review the following content:
1. My BA project approach and the projects I've worked on
2. Three comprehensive BA focused case studies
3. UX research and design - transferable skills
4. Teaching and assessing adults - transferable skills
5. Business Analysis FAQs - docs, methods etc.
Please review the content and let me know if you require any further information or have any questions.
My BA Project Approach and BA Project Experience
The purpose of this section is to provide you, as a recruiter, with clear summaries of both my general approach to BA projects, and my BA project experience. Hopefully, this analysis will help you to decide if I am a suitable fit for your vacancy.
Basically, as my CV shows, I started my professional career in business analysis and management, moved into UX for a few years and then returned to business analysis focused roles. Therefore, I have structured this review into those three periods.
Please click the link below to access the review and let me know if you would like further information or have questions about any of the experiences described.
CASE STUDIES
User Experience (UX) Research and Design
The following document is a review of my experience working as a UX researcher and designer and the knowledge and skills I developed that are transferable to the role of business analyst.
Working in UX has made me a better professional generally as I now always try to put myself in another's shoes and tailor my approach to their needs and preferences wherever possible.
UX has skyrocketed in importance in recent times, and I believe the knowledge and experience I have gained in the field helps me to be a better business analyst. Likewise, this experience is also very helpful when working with UX professionals on projects.
TEACHING
How Training to Teach Adults Helped Me to Develop Professionally as a Business Analyst
Without a doubt, training to teach/assess adults and learning instructional design have had a significant positive impact on my professional development as a business analyst - and that is why I have included this review as I believe the benefits of the knowledge and experiences gained are considerable.
The knowledge and skills developed as a result are directly transferable into the role of business analyst at every stage of a project.
Business Analyst - FAQs
As with all the content on this page, I have tried to include information that will help you as a recruiter to make an informed choice regarding my suitability for your vacancy.
Here below you will find my answers to questions I have been frequently asked by recruiters.
Please contact me if you have any further questions.
Q+A
Q: What are you looking for in your next role?
A: An interesting long-term remote or hybrid employed role that makes the most of my skills and experiences wherein I can develop and progress professionally in a supported structured way. I am currently based in South Yorkshire.
Q: Notice?
A: I can be ready to work with a weeks' notice.
Q: Agile experience?
A: I have considerable experience working on versions of agile and I also have experience of the waterfall approach.
Q: Full cycle experience?
A: Many of the projects I have worked on as a BA/UX professional have been full cycle. Please see the review on the first section of this page for a summary of the types of projects I have worked on and my approach to full-cycle BA projects.
Q: What BA documentation do you have experience of creating/using?
A: I learned about and started to use BA documentation during my degree and consistently since, so I have used a wide-range. I have many of my own templates. The documents I use depends on the nature and requirements of each unique project - please see my case studies for examples of this. Sometimes the following documents were/are combined:
Contextual/competitor research, resource analysis , stakeholder management plan, communication plan, root cause analysis, SWOT analysis, GAP analysis, scope statement, BA work plan, legislation and regulation summaries, business requirements, software requirements, functional requirements, use cases, requirements traceability matrix, wireframes, diagrams, process models, impact analysis, roll out plans, change/transition management plans, UAT plan and evaluation, training materials and success log, data analysis and visualisation, and project evaluation.
Q: What BA methods/models do you have experience of?
I learned about the methods and models at university and have applied them consistently since, including:
SWOT, PESTLE, MOST, CATWOE, McKinsey 7-S and more.
Q: Do you have experience of working remotely?
A: Yes, I have many years' experience of successfully working remotely effectively making use of collaborative software and technologies. Please see my Tools page for a concise review of some of the software I have used while working remotely.