Since I completed my master degree at HEC Montreal back in 2006, I tried to maintain good relationships with my teachers. This gave me the opportunity to start teaching in 2008, as well as to give conferences to undergraduate and graduate students about the role of the business analyst in organizations. At the beginning of 2015, one of my teachers asked me to come in one of her classes to give...
Spring might not come fast this year in Eastern Canada (it was still -25°C in the morning this week), but April usually means it’s the return of the Tax season! After preparing our tax reports this year, I realized that many of the activities we were performing as a family were requiring Business Analysis skills & techniques. How so? Since we were getting a nice tax refund this year...
It’s winter up there in Canada, with temperatures around -35ºC in the morning, which means we have a lot of time to spend inside. Luckily, I have a conference presentation to prepare for next April (for graduate students at HEC Montréal), and many articles harvested in the last weeks to read. This edition of the Busy (and frozen) BA reading list is therefore full of interesting...
Welcome in 2015! Since the year is now more than 5 10 12 19 days old, your personal resolutions for the new year are probably already identified (publishing my first post of the year on time should’ve been one of my resolutions). If you’re among the most motivated of us, maybe you’re even on your way to reach them. However, have you made the same exercise for your professional...
It’s December here in Montreal, and snow is back in our lives for the next 4-5 months. Excited weathermen on TV news, traffic jams, closed schools and power outages will become our new daily and unexpected routine, even if the same thing happens every year (before your leave this page, this is not a rant against snow; I actually love winter!). As I was walking to the train station the...
Making sense out of chaos as a BA & UX specialist
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