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Best business analyst certifications to level up your career

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Top skills for business analysts include project management, data analysis, business analysis, user stories, and user acceptance, according to Zippia. Completion of the program will also earn you 35 IIBA and 25 Project Management Institute (PMI) professional development units. Amazon, Capgemini, and IBM.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

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The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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4 ways upskilling and reskilling can fill hard-to-hire positions

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Within IT, this could mean finding workers to do programing, testing, cybersecurity, operations, project management, or other similar tasks. This person could be an ideal internal candidate for a position in predictive analytics, big data analysis, or even machine learning related roles.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Risk management: Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk mitigation strategies. Stakeholder expectations Stakeholders can be any person or group with a vested stake in the success of a project, program, or portfolio, including team members, functional groups, sponsors, vendors, and customers.

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Foote Partners: bonus disparities reveal tech skills most in demand in Q3

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Certified Professional Scrum Product Owners attracted an average pay premium of 13%, up 18.2% An average premium of 12% was on offer for PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP), up 20%, and for GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA), InfoSys Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP/CISSP), and Okta Certified Developer, all up 9.1%

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How to get your CFO to buy into a better model for IT funding

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In traditional funding models, new ideas require a detailed business case that involves significant up-front analysis and design work. It’s possible that the concept of Scrum and a ‘product owner’ might be new to the CFO, especially since its application can vary in digital organisations adopting agile methodologies on a larger scale.

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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

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SAFe training and certification are available online or through in-person training through these and other education providers: Advised Skills: Advised Skills is a consultancy and training services provider focused on Lean-agile transformation, agile strategy audit and implementation, and agile program/portfolio management.

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