A project needs a champion, an executive who owns the vision, clears roadblocks, and signs the checks. This person is the Project Sponsor. Without a clear sponsor, even the most promising project can drift, suffer from slow decision-making, and eventually die. As a business analyst, finding yourself on a project with a fuzzy or non-existent […]
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It’s the classic problem: you walk into your office, check your email, and immediately feel the pressure. Your manager says Project A is critical. The VP claims the bug in the new system is an emergency. The client wants a status update on their urgent request right now. When every single item on your list
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Most Business Analysts spend their careers searching for the perfect requirement. We focus on clarity, completeness, and technical feasibility. We consider that if the wording is exact and the logic is sound, the resulting feature will deliver value. This focus is dangerously naive. In the corporate world, requirements are rarely about technical necessity. They are
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