Handling Unclear Stakeholders as a Business Analyst (30 minute clip)

Stakeholders aren't always clear on what they need. This is one of the difficulties you're likely to run into as you gain more experience as a BA across a different variety of projects.
Knowing how to handle these situations will give you the tact you need to address their concerns and the fortitude you need to continue moving forward when things get tough.
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[@playwithvihaan7601]

Can you please make an End to end project with SQL ,Python and APIs for a Business Analyst?

[@Emrit007]

Amazing video on real world scenario.

[@nazarloves]

I probably missed the membership part in the beginning(was listening to it instead of watching) or I would have simply skipped the video and saved 30 minutes of my life. Just one feedback you should have at least given a one liner from the prospective of the Internediate and the other consultant level business analyst because I already know what an entry level business analyst does. Just to make things clear, I am not just here to troll or provide a bad feedback... I have always been a big fan of your videos and they have really helped me in my career.

[@BABLOCKS]

Thank you for the feedback Nazar. This kind of feedback is very helpful as it gives me the ability to adjust/refine future videos. Do you usually just listen to videos instead of watching? I've always assumed that our viewers are watching, but future videos may.need to accommodate listeners as well.

[@nazarloves]

@@BABLOCKS It is much move convenient, and yes about 80% of thr times I prefer listening.

[@noone8118]

Yes I felt the same this wasnt a complete video and after spending 30 mins I felt that you cut off the best part of the video

[@mariaandino3724]

Hello! Is there a part two to this 😅 thank you so much. Very informative.

[@amin7380]

Please make a video on BRD,FRD and user stories

[@BB-jg6vo]

Great real-world examples! When will the membership re-open?

[@fog2640]

finished watching

[@JustRegularYoutuber]

This video does not share any helpful information, it is just a 30 minutes sensless commercial to sell courses. Dont do that please, it is very frustrating

[@BABLOCKS]

Hi Leontij, This is Emal. I appreciate the feedback, and I'd like to give you some background on why this video exists on KZbin in the hope that I can help you see this for what it is. 1) This is a 30-minute clip from a 2.5-hour-long answer that I gave to a single question that one of our members asked. The question was "How to Handle Unclear Stakeholders". 2) Every once in a while, I have to encourage our KZbin audience to take the next step and join our community because that's where we go in-depth into the subjects that matter. I see many training providers giving one-sentence answers to complicated questions when I know from experience that the answer is much more complicated. Our community is where I take the time to give full and complete answers to these types of questions (including context, and examples). 3) I've tried to be as obvious as possible by opening the video with the notice to join our membership instead of our regular opening with the BA BLOCKS logo. The audience members who are not interested in seeing what happens in our community will know that this is a peek inside our community and just move along. Those who are interested can stay. Those who are really interested can join our community. I'm okay with whatever decision our audience members make. 4) I have to carry the burden of getting good quality information about the profession out there while still keeping the program alive financially so it can continue to function. I don't like it when my favorite youtube channels do this either, but being on the other side, I have an understanding of why they have to do it. This is the system we all live in, and those are the rules of survival in this system. As BA we have to work in environments where we don't create the rules, but we have to learn to understand and operate by the rules to survive and thrive. This is probably not the answer you were expecting, but I hope this gives you some understanding as to why things are as they are. Here are a few videos I recommend. A) Video of explaining some of the problems I'm trying to solve in the BA training space: www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7021134778619826176/ B) a full members-only video released on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4OlkJapYrqba5Y I'll encourage you to stay subscribed, but I totally understand if you choose otherwise.

[@BABLOCKS]

Hi Vijay, Emal here. I'm glad that you see the value of this learning format. Even though it's more difficult to teach this way, I believe that it's worth the effort because it's the closest way to simulate the complexities of large enterprise environments. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[@Work_inprogress]

By now people should be able to understand that, videos like these are not meant for every levels of Business Analyst, but new and aspiring ones like me. Your videos have gone a long way in adding value to my learning process, and I say thank you for that.

[@BABLOCKS]

Yes, and this is one of the challenges of running a publicly available channel Adebowale. We have audience members from all levels of seniority and with diverse professional backgrounds watching these videos. Some will find a video extremely helpful while others will see no value in the exact same video. Thank you for sharing your perspective. It adds a lot of good context, and we will continue to do a better job of explaining which videos are for what kinds of analysts.

[@Ana-Nas]

Please don’t waste your time on this video, the author slowly getting to the point all these 30 min, I felt very frustrated by the amount of noise and water in the video and when you feel like finally the guy will teach you how would an experienced ba behave the video ends.