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Power BI at its core is a tool to improve and facilitate. It can help drive decisions with structured analytics or serve as a knowledge base of the latest data. As a consultant working on Power BI projects, I notice a common obstacle to a smooth development process. It’s the lack of architectural definitions during the planning phase, which may result in having to restructure the report or data model at later stages of the development...

When you’re considering taking on a new job, it’s good to learn the specifics first. What’s it like to be a Business Analyst in a software house? Read on to find out...

If you’re a Business Analyst, it’s likely that you’ve heard a stakeholder saying something along the lines of: “This is just a simple table to display, it’s not a big deal!”, only to find out that this table contains calculation- and logic-based data that is not easily available. This was my reality when I was working on a reporting module for property management software in the real estate industry...

Responsibilities of a Business Analyst may differ significantly, depending on the organisation they work for, but they always involve participating in meetings and talking to people. Business Analysts are particularly involved in conducting workshops, discovering the business needs, building and refining project backlogs, and then passing them on to the development teams in the proper way. BAs perform these tasks in various projects, both in-house and external. Every project is one of a kind challenge, but in general, we always work with numerous people who fulfil a very wide range of project roles...

Today’s world, as we know it, is organised in a specific way. Unfortunately, certain events may have a strong impact on many different areas of our lives. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has revealed numerous weaknesses in multiple business sectors...

Nowadays, successful business analysis is much more than just requirements management and engineering. Being agile, the ability to overcome conflicts, customer experience focus, and leveraging technological solutions are just a few examples of competencies required by the business. The perception of the Business Analyst role is changing, it’s becoming more holistic, and focuses on facilitating outcomes from the general to the specific...