Published in DataDrivenInvestor·May 3, 2021Business Analyst and the stakeholdersAs a business analyst, you need to work with multiple parties on a day-to-day basis. For me, as a business analyst who is exposed to the complete SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), I work with the product owner, development team, UX team, quality assurance, sales, and customer support team. Then…Stakeholder Management8 min read
Published in About Me Stories·Dec 16, 2020About Me — Randima ThilakarathnaI was born in a small paradise called Sri Lanka, in a beautiful coastal city called Galle which is famous for the old dutch fort and beautiful beaches. Let me start off with a small story. As a small girl, I always had wonderful memories of different cultural festivals we…About Me3 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Dec 4, 2020Roots of a good user story….My story of learning to write a good user story — It was the early days, right after I started as a Business Analyst. I was still quite new and exploring the best way to do day-to-day tasks. …User Stories7 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Apr 21, 2020From one grey area to another….. Business analysis vs Product focusI’ve been writing about being a business analyst for a while now. I always used to dwell on the fact that how much of grey area the title and job role is. I was puzzled about where to next, what to learn and how to become better in what I…Product Management4 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Jan 4, 2019Building a house vs.Building a house is a tricky business. The basic and the most important step of this would be to come up with the design or the house plan…Business Analysis5 min read
Aug 11, 2018What do Business Analysts do? We do a bit of everything …Right before the end the final exams of the university I was going through rounds of interviews in different IT companies. The position that I was trying to get in to was having many names. Some companies had it defines as Business Analyst. Another as functional consultant. Another as Business…Business Analysis5 min read
Apr 21, 2018Secrets to a happy marriage… between Agile and documentationBalancing documentation in an Agile world — The subject of marriage is quite complex. Marriage is a place where two people with imperfections, various backgrounds trying to work out their differences while making compromises. Well… if you are here looking for marriage advice let me stop you right there. Today we’ll talk about a marriage that’s a bit more technical. I’m interested in a marriage that had been there for quite some time. One that had gone through rough patches and something that had been complicated from the very beginning to say. It’s the marriage between the Agile methodology and documentation. In the software development industry, Agile methodology is a…Agile4 min read
Mar 6, 2018Information overload : A Business Analyst’s PerspectiveDo you know how many videos are available on YouTube currently? It’s almost 5 billion and people around the world upload 3600 hours daily. The number of websites on the internet exceeded 1 billion milestone 4 years ago. The volume of information available and the mediums and sources that information…Business Analysis3 min read
Feb 16, 2018Who are we?? We are Business Analysts…. Sorry. Come again ??????……..So, what do you do now? Is a question that I get many times when I meet friends and relatives in social gatherings. When I give them the answer I’m a Business Systems Analyst I’ve noticed many times the confused look on their faces. Then I try to explain in…Business Analyst5 min read
Oct 2, 2017Change of worldsFive thing I wish I knew when I started as a Business Analyst — It was the final year in University. Last three years had been all about learning, facing examinations, travelling, enjoying life with friends. But then slowly that life was coming to an end. “Where to next?” was a question that had been hidden all the past years and it suddenly started…Business Analysis7 min read
