(T.I.A. Ep 5). Vanessa Grant, a Salesforce Business Analyst, has unquestionably deep knowledge of Salesforce, having worked with the CRM software for over 10 years. She has a wide experience over multiple business domains, having started out as a Business Operations professional, progressing into a Business Analyst role, and eventually pivoting into a role as Vice-President of Business Operations.

Vanessa is certified in Salesforce Sales Cloud, Conga Composer and DocuSign. We chat about her growth in the BA field, and her triumphs and challenges in implementing processes within Salesforce; as well as the steps involved in flourishing into a successful Salesforce Business Analyst.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW83RWPMWhg

Vanessa Grant:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/realvanessagrant/

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T.I.A. (Ep 4). Richard Audette, a Product Developer, provides a fabulous description of his experience within a Waterfall and Agile environment. We also talks about his previous role as a Technical Business Analyst, the business side of the Fintech and banking sector, release environments, and a bit about working within cybersecurity.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=259XgnO-7pc

Richard Audette:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-audette-6588a123/

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T.I.A. (Ep 3). Amy Chiu, a Toastmasters Division Director, talks about how Toastmasters, an international speakers group, can help business analysts and project managers expand and build up their professional speaking skills.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4Lw-CYdWY

Amy Chiu: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyyawenchiu/

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T.I.A. (Ep 2). Adrian Reed chats about his experience with business analysis and systems thinking. Adrian runs Blackmetric Business Solutions, a Business Analysis consulting company.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ABLClDbfc

Adrian Reed: 

Website: https://www.blackmetric.com/; 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianreed/; 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmUzIAwdGrEcys7npiLGNLg

Adrian's Books: 

1) Business Analyst: Careers in business analysis (BCS Guides to IT Roles) https://www.amazon.com/Business-Analyst-Careers-business-analysis/dp/1780174284/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=adrian+reed&qid=1630115435&sr=8-1 

2) Be a Great Problem Solver https://www.amazon.com/Be-Great-Problem-Solver-Now-ebook/dp/B01H3L2J0C/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=adrian+reed&qid=1630115435&sr=8-4

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T.I.A. (Ep 1). Yulia Kosarenko provides a very engaging description of how she became a business analyst, how BAs can enter the business architecture field, and the importance of the BA mindset.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQqN3UOtenU

Yulia Kosarenko: 

Website: https://why-change.com/; 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yulia-kosarenko/; 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnttb-fQrbRpY3e84Y34Y0A

Yulia's Books: 

1) Business Analyst Mindset Digital Toolkit: Your daily reference guide to business analysis excellence https://www.amazon.com/Business-Analyst-Mindset-Digital-Toolkit-ebook/dp/B08DXYZKVK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Yulia+Kosarenko&qid=1630115654&sr=8-2 

2) Business analyst: a profession and a mindset https://www.amazon.com/Business-analyst-profession-Yulia-Kosarenko/dp/199912202X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Yulia+Kosarenko&qid=1630115654&sr=8-1

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Project Leader Courses (60% discount) - https://lewisinstitute.kartra.com/page/Wif255

Business Agility Institute:

Emergence Journal - https://businessagility.institute/emergence;

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