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Many service members have challenges associated with transitioning from the service for a variety of reasons.  Finding good jobs after the service continues to be a challenge.  Post 911 service members continue to have a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country. 

 Gr8Transitions4U has developed the “Transitioning Military Book Series” that enables military personnel to map their military skills and values from the service into lucrative commercial positions through education and guidance.  Join me as I interview founder of Gr8Transitions4U and creator of the military liaison position for PMI Chapters, Jay Hicks.

Jay’s mission is to lend his support and experience helping military personnel with developing their own personal roadmaps to transition their military careers into successful commercial careers.

 Books:

The Transitioning Military Project Manager

The Transitioning Military Logistician

The Transitioning Military IT Professional 2016

The Transitioning Military Cybersecurity Professional 2016

The Transitioning Combat Arms Professional – 2017

Join us for an in-depth discussion with technologist and industry thought leader Steve Blais PMP, PMI-PBA. Steve takes us on a very insightful journey of the business analysis profession – discussing where it all started, how the profession has evolved, what is happening today and what we can expect for our future. If you are a current business analyst – concerned about the changes occurring with agile, digital, and analytics, you’ll want to tune in! Your future is bright and Steve shares his optimism and predictions for the future of business analysis.

 About Steve….

Steve is an author, consultant, teacher, and coach who has acquired over 50 years of experience in Information Technologies. He has fulfilled roles as a Programmer, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, General Manager and Quality Assurance Analyst a.k.a. tester and has held executive positions for several start-up companies.

Steve continues to work in the profession today and is a regular contributor to BA Times and Modern Analyst. Steve has presented key note addresses for PMI in the Pacific Rim, South America, and the EU and for other conferences around the world.

He is the author of Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success and one of the co-authors I had the pleasure of working with on Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (PMI 2015) and A Guide to the Business Analyst Body of KnowledgeTM (BABOK® Guide), V3 (IIBA 2015).

Steve is currently writing a new book about the future of business analysis publishing in 2020.

In this episode Yulia Kosarenko shares with us the importance of possessing a business analyst 'mindset'. This mindset is critical to move a business analyst from the position of scribe to operating as a valued member of a product team. Join us to learn about the key characteristics that define this mindset.

Do you...

Possess the drive to see what is missing from a given scenario?

Think differently than the other team members working on your project?

Have the willingness to speak up when the analysis results provide opposing results?

The role of the business analyst requires someone who is brave, patient, resilient, and comfortable with change. The role of business analyst is not for the faint of heart. If you are not walking the path less traveled - you might not have fully developed your business analyst mindset! 

Speaker bio: Yulia Kosarenko graduated from the Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv with a degree in computer science and math. She has spent most of her career alternating between IT and business engagements, with more than 15 years as a business analyst and business systems analyst, before changing focus to business architecture. She has worked in many industries, including transportation and logistics, insurance, pensions and payments. Yulia has managed teams of business analysts and architects, as well as cross-functional project teams.

Yulia’s passion for business analysis culminates in her recently published book, “Business analyst: a profession and a mindset”.  Obtain a copy on Amazon as a paperback or as a digital Kindle edition. The ePUB e-book is available on Kobo.