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The Better Business Analysis 
Institute presence, the Better 

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Business Analysis podcast with 
Kinsman Walsh. 

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Hi everybody. 
It's Ben from the Better 

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Business Analysis Institute and 
this is going to be your BA 

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bite. 
That is right. 

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I'm studying a 2 minute summary 
show for the next couple of 

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weeks where we are just going to
go straight into two minutes 

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around the topic to get straight
to the point. 

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And this week we're getting into
myth busting business analysis. 

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OK, so we are going to talk 
about some common myths about 

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business analysis. 
And the number one myth that I 

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hear about all the time is that 
BAS are just glorified note 

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takers. 
This is completely wrong. 

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Well capturing requirements is 
important and documentation we 

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have a net for documentation is 
important around light 

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documentation and conciseness. 
And we're kind of experts in the

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area. 
BAS wear many hats, OK? 

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We don't just take notes, we do 
analysis. 

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Our whole point is to define the
why and the what and writing 

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things down is important. 
Publishing documentation is not 

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so important. 
We analyse needs, we bridge 

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communication gaps and we ensure
that projects align with 

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business goals, right. 
That is our job as more of a 

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mapping and to provide clarity. 
Large documentation does not 

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provide clarity and the number 2
myth that I get asked a lot is 

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that B as only deal with IT and 
software development. 

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This is not true. 
We can be involved in any 

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project requiring business 
process improvement, from 

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marketing campaign to product 
launches to any industry we can 

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get involved in that. 
So they're two myths and I hope 

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you learned something from this 
BA bite. 

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I'll see you next week.