Received MFA in 2004, I flew back to Taiwan and started my career as a web designer at a local software company. To better realize “how the real world works”, I attended lectures and took project management courses. In June 2005, I earned my PMP certificate.
Later that year, my company was acquired by a Milpitas-based company. At the same time, I was promoted to the HQ web design team leader.
Holding a management-designer title isn’t a easy job. I had to stop cleaning the model’s hair in Photoshop in order to discuss marketing schedule with project owners.
After leaving the company in 2010, I was hired as a product planner.
For the past decade, I have worked in several startups and spin-offs. Some of them hold a team of 60 engineers, and some consist shy of 5 team members.
Does the strategy work?
How to define user requirements?
What gets implemented in the pilot?
There are times my team go lean and run scrum based on a boss’ whim or luck guesses. Only the boss whisperer know the answers to these 3 questions above. At the end of day, everyone suffers the catastrophic failures.
I came to realize that even the boss himself doesn’t not posse the business analysis skills.
This is why I chose to study CBAP. So help me God.
Becoming a Business Analyst 