🚀 Lessons I Learned Writing BRDs for a Project That Didn’t Go as Planned 🧠The Project That Taught Me the Most Not every project ends in success. Some fall short. But as a business analyst, those are the ones that teach you the most. I was brought into a
In digital transformation work, we often focus on what’s not working. But sometimes, the real problem is what’s not there at all. That’s where a Gap Analysis Document becomes one of the most valuable tools in a business analyst’s kit. I used it recently on a government compliance transformation project—where
In every digital transformation project, there’s usually one low-effort fix that saves hours of wasted time. This is one of those fixes. And it came from process mapping. 🧠The Context I was working as a business analyst on a digital onboarding rollout for a national education provider. They were
AI is changing the way we work. And as a technical writer, I’m not resisting it. I’m embracing it. Not because I think it will take over the job—but because it helps me do my job better. Faster content creation.Smarter editing.More time for real collaboration. That’s what AI gives me.
Imagine this: Your most experienced employee—the one who knows all the ins and outs of your operations—leaves. No notice. No handover. Just gone. Maybe they won the lotto. 💸Maybe they found a better opportunity.Or maybe life just happened. What would happen to your business? ⚡ Operations stall.⏳ Projects slow down.💰
Some business processes look simple—until you try to document them. Then you realise no one does it the same way, the steps are hidden, and the handoffs are undocumented. I hit this exact wall working on a digital transformation project for a national services provider. They were replacing three legacy
When you’re improving a process or implementing a new system, you can’t stop at understanding how things work today. You also need to define how they should work tomorrow. That’s where to-be process mapping comes in. As a business analyst, it’s one of the most important tools I use to
One of the biggest mistakes new business analysts make is taking what they’re told at face value. The SME says “that’s how the process works” — and they write it down. The stakeholder says “we just need a system that does this” — and they add it to the list.
Running a good workshop is one of the most valuable skills you can have as a business analyst or technical writer. Workshops help you gather the right information, align teams, and get everyone on the same page before work begins. But if you’ve never run one before, it can feel
