theBAdashboard
by theBACraft
Where Business Analysis Becomes a Craft

BA Toolkit to Champion Stakeholder Engagement

Distilled from 20+ years of practitioner experience, first of its kind digital product, from a BA, for the BA Community.

Back to Basics
The foundations of BA practice. Language mechanics, the twelve capabilities behind every job description, and the skills that separate competent from exceptional.
Stakeholders
Select any role. Understand their world, what drives them, what frustrates them, how to engage, what to avoid, and how to read the dynamics beneath the surface.
Process Toolkit
Think in process before you draw. Walk the five stages, spot waste, check handoffs, design sessions, extract what is really happening, and run a structured gap analysis from AS IS to TO BE.
Meeting Room
Select your group size. Get facilitation approach, energy management, and recovery tactics for when the room turns.
Gap Analysis
The structured journey from AS IS to TO BE. Scope, discover, measure, compare, recommend, and earn commitment.
Gap Analysis has moved
Gap Analysis is now part of the Process Toolkit section. Go to Process Toolkit
Starting a New BA Role
Your first 90 days. Earning credibility. The gap between being greeted and being trusted. What it actually means to show up and contribute before you fully understand.
Interview Prep
Decode any BA interview question. Structure your answer with INTER, score it with VIEW, and prepare for the moments that test your composure.
Mindset
For the days when the doubt speaks louder than the confidence. Find what you are feeling. Find your footing.
Resilience
Discipline behind what looks like ease. Lessons from Roger Federer's Dartmouth speech, applied to the craft of business analysis.
Reflections
BA lessons from everyday professions, places, and patterns. The world outside the office has been practising what Business Analysts do for centuries.
Safe Space
A space where two BA colleagues talk through the stakeholder situations that keep you up at night. No judgement, no performance, just honest thinking and a path forward.
The Profession
Different flavours of Business Analysis.