
“Patterns have helped us overcome some of the biggest challenges in a shorter time. Using patterns is one of the smartest ways to harness the knowledge base in a given domain.”
That was one of the key takeaways from TheBACoach podcast interview with Jonathan Babcock. In this episode I got the opportunity to discuss Jonathan’s background, his advice and tips for the BA community, and his journey from starting up as a QA analyst, and transitioning to project manager, application architect, Business Analyst and a BA manager recently. He is also is the host for a popular BA blog “Practical Analyst (link below)” where he shares practical and simple tips to be a better practitioner / analyst.
Lots to learn in this episode folks, so hang tight… and here is Jonathan Babcock:
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Yamo is a passionate and practicing business analyst, author, and blogger from Toronto, Canada. He hosts this blog, and podcast to help business analysts throughout the world, do analysis better, by providing educational, relevant, and inspiring content.