#### Department Empowering Version ##### BA Success Attributes Checklist - [ ] Deep understanding of your department's day-to-day processes and pain points - [ ] Strong relationships with team members who implement processes - [ ] Familiarity with BI tools' capabilities and limitations When these elements come together in one person—the BA—they can drive tremendous success and transformation. Your department already has the deep process knowledge, relationships, and business context that no outside team could match. The most powerful improvements don't come from BI imposing solutions, but from BAs understanding what BI can do so their department can own the problems and solutions. QuoteBook only exists today because Lauren had the business knowledge, relationships, and ideas that simplify and standardize the quoting process. Prior to this simplification QuoteBook was bloated and behind schedule. This is what a good BA can do for your department! Your expertise makes you uniquely qualified to drive meaningful change. BI stands ready to amplify your vision with technical expertise—but the vision begins with you. ##### Improvement Implementation Checklist process solution - how does an improvement change how I work - how does an improvement change how others work - where is data coming from and how long do we need it - Logic of process - clarify the problem and solution ```mermaid graph TD A(["Problem"]) -->|"Business Analyst"| B(["Improvement Solution"]) B -->|"Business Analyst"| C(["Implementation Details"]) C -->|"BI Team or Data Analyst"| D(["Improved Process"]) %% Styling classDef problem fill:#ffcccc,stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px,color:#333 classDef idea fill:#ffffcc,stroke:#aaaa00,stroke-width:2px,color:#333 classDef details fill:#ccffcc,stroke:#00aa00,stroke-width:2px,color:#333 classDef process fill:#ccccff,stroke:#0000ff,stroke-width:2px,color:#333 class A problem class B idea class C details class D process linkStyle 0,1,2 stroke-width:2px ``` - [ ] Clear problem description with department buy-in - [ ] Defined improvement idea with stakeholder buy-in - [ ] Basic implementation suggestion (recommended BI tool and data sources) - [ ] Understanding of how the improvement impacts existing processes within and outside the department - [ ] BI sign-off on data impact (data to be added, modified, deleted, or imported) #### Jim's Direct Version BI asserts that the departments have to handle BA responsibilities. - BI can not define business problems or solutions, the department must. - BI can not articulate how technical changes best integrate with existing process, the department must. - BI can not translate department improvements into implementation details (technical requirements), BI can help, but this is BA work. A good BA knows the capabilities of BI tools and how solutions best fit into department processes. - communication - trend analysis -> day to day base job - SME + BA hat - IC Departments solve problems BEST when a SINGLE person can conceive of, design, and build concensus around a solution. This takes: 1. knowing the nuances 2. having relation 3. knows the limitations and capabilities of BI tools The time burden for both doing this work and getting over the learning curve to do this work well is NOT trivial #### Josh convo - with the amount of time we spend in harassment training. - training materials AI quiz bot (5) hours - AI BA requirements gathering helper - Josh doesn't think we've done a bad job picking words - ~~perception is reality~~ Josh doesn't like this - I believe I can correct for invalid perceptions through simple shared definitions - it felt like we had a shared definition with BA job role in HR and materials sent to - Josh thinks we have a lack of buy in to the BA role - - currently wrong perceptions - BI is IT - What a BA does - military analysis - ops team is ground troops army - BA and BI are the specialized - pentagon is the c-suite - selling the solution - departmental fact finding - menu - types