Articles for Business Analysts

Business Analyst Salary & Job Trends – End of 2020 Review

30/10/2020 | By IRM Training

If you are looking for motivation to stay positive as we are about to bid 2020 adieu, have a look at some encouraging data that IRM Training collected below. Quick SummarySignificant increase in average salary.Noticeable improvement in gender pay gap.3 things influence job satisfaction more than remuneration. Business Analyst Salary The survey conducted by the IIBA® in mid 2020 found that the average salary for Business Analysis roles in Australia was $137,681 (AUD). The average from its 2019’s survey was…

Practical Training Delivered Remotely (Live)

13/04/2020 | By IRM Training

To support the social distancing measures currently in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can now attend IRM Training courses remotely from the comfort of your home / office / home office. The courses will still be:PracticalHands-onInteractiveRun in small groupsRun live by highly-skilled instructors with 15 to 25+ years’ experience. Compared to the in-person training, there will be: Smaller instructor-to-participant ratio More frequent (albeit shorter) breaksA technical support person available all throughout each course so that:technical issues can be…

Business Analysis Industry Trends in 2019

18/12/2019 | By IRM Training

As we advance towards the holiday and the New Year, let’s have a look at the latest developments impacting upon business analysts in 2019. Quick SummaryFuture growth and prospect for the role remain positive.Business Data Analytics is now the most sought-after field for career advancement.3 industries are offering top salaries to their BAs, up to 22% above national average. According to government statistics the prospects for the broader business analysis profession are for strong future growth and lower unemployment. This…

Business Analyst Salary & Job Outlook

22/05/2019 | By IRM Training

IIBA®’s salary survey has recently become available to members and today we’re sharing some of its most valuable insights on the business analyst role in 2018 and what to expect in 2019 and beyond. The majority of Australian business analysts have less than one year experience, with the second largest group having 3-5 years experience. Future career paths for business analysts include: Consultant Management Data Analytics Business Architecture Product Owner Project Manager Product Manager In terms of salary, IIBA® recorded…

Business Analyst Interviews

06/03/2019 | By IRM Training

Business Analyst Interviews Welcome to another of our webinars in which we delve into some of the techniques we teach in the course in more detail or discuss some of the issues that affect business analysts. In this session we will go more deeply into the most common technique used by any business analyst, that of the stakeholder interview. This can be one of the most difficult techniques to use, and there is always something new to learn…

Introduction to Agile (and Scrum)

20/03/2018 | By IRM Training

Introduction to Agile (and Scrum) Recorded Webinar Transcript Welcome Hello and welcome to our second webinar, which will be on the topic of Agile business analysis as exemplified by the most popular form of Agile, the Scrum methodology. In this webinar we will tackle the popular subject of Agile. This is not a new topic, but it is one which is taken business and information technology by storm. It can no longer be regarded as a temporary trend, but a…

Rich Pictures: Webinar

06/12/2017 | By IRM Training

Rich Pictures Welcome to Rich Pictures, the first of the IRM webinars dealing with topics that come up in our courses. Watch the webinar above or read the script below. My name is Colin Dent, I’m one of the presenters for IRM. If you’ve attended one of my courses welcome back. If you haven’t, well I’m one of the nicest presenters IRM’s got. So I’ll be doing this, the first of the webinars that IRM’s decided to do, just to…

What’s the Most Popular Form of Elicitation?

30/05/2017 | By IRM Training

IRM Training has recently conducted research and what we found was that 58% of Business Analysts use interviews as one of their primary methods of elicitation, or, gathering requirements. The real time and direct interactions can make interviews very effective for extracting information, providing that you know how to ask the right questions. When done well, an interview can be used to clarify any ambiguity as well as verifying facts of business background research. It gives a great opportunity to extract…

Download a Requirements Specification Template

29/03/2017 | By IRM Training

Free 12 page requirements specification template to help business analysts document all the key requirements of a project – business, stakeholder, functional and non-functional. This template from our Writing Better Requirements course serves as a guide for setting out your requirements specification document. When starting a new project, this template can be used as a map to help you approach your business analysis work. Remember, up front planning helps you avoid going off-scope and over time. Our Requirements Specification template…

Most Popular Business Analysis Techniques

17/02/2017 | By IRM Training

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It can be difficult to keep up with the most popular business analysis techniques. Do you know which methodology analysts have the most experience using? How about diagramming techniques? We conducted a survey of over 1,100 business analysts (68% with over 5 years experience) which gave some interesting results as to what business analysis techniques are the most popular. Methodologies When it comes to software development methodologies, 68% said they had experience with waterfall development, 46% said iterative whilst object-oriented…