The Business Analyst's Handbook
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OK, so as I started to read through this book I couldn't help but start laughing out loud.

The book is definitely written by an engineer trying to convey soft skills. It reminded me of Data on The Next Generation.

The only practical purpose I see is for an engineer trying to move to the BA role. For those who are not engineers you will probably want to pass on this one.

The Business Analyst Handbook should be repackaged as an analyst's breast pocket brief. Business analysts such as myself think and move fast; we are authors of how to build systems. We generally carry 20 years' experiences beneath our belts upon whatever area we specialize. We have little time to sit and read textbook style handbooks, that only explain what we already know. In our modern times, there is so much distraction tugging at your jacket tail, we do not have the time to do book reviews and lugs heavy reading material about on our next consulting assignments. The authors of "The Business Analyst Handbook," should do in a dance clap and wheel and come again on this product that can be useful or they can hire me to rewrite the book and present it in a more useful and time saving reading format.

This is a great on the job reference book. I find it valuable for ensuring I am up to date with BA terms.

Love the book, the tools and best practices have really helped me on the job. I've noticed some of the comments below have referenced that the table of contents is incorrect. Just wanted to mention that my copy doesn't seem to have this issue.

I agree with all the good reviews about this book, it is helping me a lot in my practice with focused insight for every step of the BA tasks. I only wish somebody could have checked out the table of contents for accuracy, the page numbers starting @ Chapter 4 are all wrong!, for a handbook this is a dismal defect.