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Barriers to Effective Communication

Language:The choice of words or language in which a sender encodes a message will influence the quality of communication. Meaning has to be given to words and many factors affect how an individual will attribute meaning to particular words. It is important to note that no two people will attribute the exact same meaning to the same words.

The Spoken Word

Why Focus on Communicating Effectively?

To avoid:
  • Possibility of information being misunderstood or ignored
  • Information being communicated using the wrong method or at the wrong time or place
  • Negotiations and meetings that last forever
  • Critical information being lost in a mass of trivia
  • Information reaching the wrong people
The Spoken Word

The Communication Process

Communication is the process of sharing our ideas, thoughts, and feelings with other people and having those ideas, thoughts, and feelings understood by the people we are talking with. If we can understand the communication process better and improve it, we will become more effective and successful communicators. Today, we know that seven basic elements complete the dynamic communication cycle:

The Spoken Word

Common issues caused by incorrect BA selection

In theory the idea of having traditional BSAs involved with a project should work quite well, and in practice it often does.  The best analysts are organized and great communicators, having the ability to distill the critical information from your project stakeholders out of the “information noise” that they provide – often through a wide range of modeling techniques.

Project Management

Understanding Role of a Business Analyst

A Business Analyst is a person who acts as a liaison between business people who have a business problem and technology people who know how to create automated solutions.

BA Role Overview

Gather > Understand > Analyze customer business requirements and develop

  • Process flows
  • Data flows
  • Business requirements documentation.

Conduct impact analysis and document customer business processes.

Project Management

Eleven Things HR Won’t Tell You

With all the job hunting going on right now, I get a lot of questions about how applicants can put their best foot forward and get hired.

To get the most helpful information possible, I went to the source and surveyed a group of hiring managers. They shared the following tips—things they won’t tell you at interviews but sure wish you knew before you came in the door.

Self Improvement

10 Things Never to Say to Your Boss

In your career, you will inevitably end up saying some dumb or regrettable things to your boss. We all do it to varying degrees at one time or another. The following list of such things is by no means exhaustive, but if you can avoid saying them, you will be doing yourself, your professional persona and your boss a tremendous service.

Self Improvement

College Education in America

School Should be fun right? Well for the 21st century college student many studies point out that they are having a lot of fun and probably paying a hell of a lot more then people did years ago.

General Kknowledge

Getting the Job as a Fresher

You know the Catch-22/ Chicken & Egg: "You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without a job."

Young job seekers have always faced this dilemma. In today's shrinking job market, people with years of experience also struggle with it. Whether they face the reality of a layoff, or merely the threat of one, many older workers are trying to reinvent themselves in order to become marketable in a changed economy.

Interview Questions
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