Business Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition

About the Author

Ali (Alison) Cox has almost four decades of work in various countries, industries, and organizations. She has worked for non-profit organizations like the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee and various children’s hospitals. She has worked in banking, utilities, government, logistics, and insurance companies. The common characteristic of the places Ali has worked is that they all want to be better and more agile at what they do. Ali believes that good business analysis practices can make that happen.

Ali has coached, trained, and mentored people in the art of business analysis and business agility and loves to help organizations deliver value and have fun doing it! She is a proponent of using games to promote learning, development, and innovation and is a LEGO® Serious Play® Method Facilitator. She is also a certified Agile Coach and has several business analysis and project management certifications. She welcomes connection at www.linkedin.com/aliorrcox.

Author’s Acknowledgments

I would like to thank you, the reader. I hope that this book helps you in your journey discovering value in your solutions and yourself and what you bring to your work. I would like to thank Netmind and especially Kathy Claycomb, who helped review this edition, and as always, brought great insight along with her friendship. And a special thanks to Kezia Endsley and the folks from Wiley, who were patient and helpful in getting this edition rolling!

I would like to dedicate this ...