Project Manager or Business Analyst?
To survive in today’s economy, companies must maximize their time and money while they work with limited resources. Organizations that haven’t invested in their human resources are struggling because they used on-the-job learning as a cheap alternative to formal training. Like most things, “you get what you pay for.” We value education because, in most roles, knowledge is essential to increase efficiency and effectiveness. People learn by doing, but experience will only take you so far; education is what helps us get to higher levels of performance.
This is especially true for Project Managers and Business Analysts. Most people have learned their jobs through observation, trial, and error. Over years, we gain hard-earned experience and some degree of expertise. Our success fuels our feelings of accomplishment and proficiency. However, without formal learning, the danger is that “we don’t know what we don’t know”.
As an employee, I performed the role of a Business Analyst for ten years before I even knew organizations had a title for it. Similarly, I was a Project Manager for ten years before my previous employer brought in formal project management training. In both cases, once I completed classes in these professions, I was in awe over how much more successful Icould have been. If only I had learned these formal tools and techniques earlier, they could have made my job so much easier.
And, if I’d known there was a better, faster, and cheaper way to do my job, I could have made even a larger contribution to my employers. Knowledge always brings awareness, and sometimes it also gives you power. Those of us who choose to teach, do so to contribute to the greater good by spreading knowledge to others. Once I learned how to do Project Management and Business Analysis in more meaningful and impactful ways, I wanted to share my experience and knowledge with others.
At Ready2ACT, we teach Project Management and Business Analysis so you can improve your business. Find out Why Project Management Is So Important in helping to propel organizational growth.
By Tiffany Dahlberg, Ready2ACT
