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  • AI in Banking and Financial Services

    Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Change Management, Product Development on 28th April 2026

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    Innovation has always been at the forefront in the BFSI sector. Take the case of ATMs, OCRs in cheques, plastic money via credit cards and debit cards or the most recent digital wallets, technology has been used to enhance not just operational efficiencies but also business effectiveness and cost savings. With the advent of artificial intelligence, there is a multitude of use cases for banking in wide ranging areas from risk management to portfolio management, from treasury to investment banking, from customer relationship management to credit control and compliance.

  • AI is Not a Tool, it is Cognitive Infrastructure!

    Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Business Analysis, Change Management, Product Development on 12th April 2026

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    There is a quiet ‘category error’ sitting at the centre of much of the AI conversation right now, and it is shaping decisions that will outlive the people making them. We keep calling AI a tool. Tools are picked up and put down. Tools sit in a drawer until needed. A hammer does not change what a wall is, what a house means, or how a neighbourhood feels. The framing is comfortable because it puts us in charge: we choose, we wield, we set down. I would argue, though, that it is the wrong frame. It is wrong in the way that calling electricity “a better candle” was wrong in 1890. The artefact is recognisable; the substrate it creates is not. What we are actually building, and stitching into the daily fabric of work and life, is starting to behave more like cognitive infrastructure. Something that increasingly mediates how we perceive, decide, coordinate, and remember. You do not “use” infrastructure the way you use a tool. You live inside it. The question of who designs it, who maintains it, and who gets to question it becomes a different kind of question entirely. This distinction is not academic. It changes the strategy. Rohit Mahadevu (AI and Digital Transformation Consultant, Texavi Innovative Solutions) expresses his views on Artificial Intelligence as a cognitive infrastructure framework. Read on...

  • Happy Business Analysis Day, 2018

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Conferences, eLearning Courses, Events, Product Development on 2nd November 2018

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    1st Nov, 2018 has been celebrated world over as Global Business Analysis Day! We marked the occasion cherishing and relishing the profession and practice of business analysis that evolved over the ages and grew into the career of choice for millions all over the world. On this day, we announce the launch of a new digital/online course titled "Practical Business Analysis- Part 1". In this post, I discuss the background, context and rationale for creating the course, and who is going to be benefitted from the eLearning course. With this announcement, I am also happy and proud to share the cover image for the course. Watch out for more updates from me and Team Analyst-Zone on the launch date, course syllabus, coverage topics and platforms on which it will be available etc. Happy Business Analysis Day, once again to all the BA professionals and enthusiasts in the community!

  • Which type of analyst are you? Take the challenge

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Product Development on 13th October 2018

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    The Analyst Bootcamp Challenge test is a self-assessment tool for the business analysis professionals, catered to both practising as well as aspiring analysts. Its a simple yet powerful way to understand your true identity. As a small gesture of payback to the BA community, I am, working on a new framework to help guide the professionals. The test is a small window to this framework and offers a new, interactive way for self-discovery. What are you waiting for? Its simple and quick...go ahead and take the ABC challenge now!

  • BA Conference Europe 2018 -Just a little thank you

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Conferences, Events, Product Development on 4th October 2018

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    This blog post features the snippets, snapshots and insights from the Business Analysis Conference Europe, 2018 held in London from 24th to 26th September. As gesture of Thank you to the delegates who visited Analyst-Zone's booth at the conference, we offer a little reward. You can get a free copy of the newly-published Handbook on myths and misconceptions on Business Analysis. Also, we share the link to all the photos taken by the event organisers, so yeah happy browsing and spotting yourself and your colleagues and friends at the event :-)

  • Essential Guide for Careers in Business Analysis

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Conferences, Events, Product Development on 16th September 2018

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    Business Analysis profession has numerous titles, forms, roles and profiles across the industries, market sectors, domains and verticals. These range from pure-play business analyst to product manager, from process specialist to change manager and from management consultant to data analyst. Often there comes a question as to what make up a great business analysis professional. We at Analyst-Zone put together a Playbook on Business Analysis addressing these and many more areas on the careers aspects of BA profession. Get a copy of this and meet our Team Analyst-Zone at the Business Analysis Conference, Europe 2018 in Central Hall Westminster, London on 25th and 26th Sep.2018. Meanwhile, read the Playbook and get enriched!

  • AnalystZone sponsors Business Analysis Conference Europe, 2018

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Conferences, Events, Product Development on 12th September 2018

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    This blog post touches upon the exciting prospects of Analyst-Zone sponsoring the Business Analysis Conference Europe, 2018. The big-draw annual event boasts of practising professionals from across the industries, insightful sessions and talks, educative workshops and networking opportunities. Analyst-zone is proud and honoured to join the industry leaders such as BCS, IIBA UK in sponsoring and exhibiting at the event. Come join us, register now! We look forward to meeting you at the BA conference, Europe 2018 in Central Hall Westminster, London on 25th and 26th September, 2018!

  • Hello World, this is Analyst-Zone!

    Posted in Agile Development, Business Analysis, Change Management, Product Development on 7th September 2018

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    Being analysts, we love identifying, specifying, communicating and prioritising the problems, opportunities, assumptions, constraints and risks. And the love affair doesn't stop there, it goes into helping teams to solve these problems through ownership and facilitation. This post takes you through the journey and how the lessons learnt and the insights gained have yielded fruit into a vision and from there into a comprehensive digital platform, Analyst-Zone. Read on...