Before you read further, I wanted to share with you a wonderful blog that I just read and that inspired me. The blog is about fears of blogging and Havi Brooks made some good points about the self imposed fears of being an "expert" prior to expressing ourselves. This Article was posted on Project Shrink; which is another great source for project management and business analysis articles. I don't know about you, but I can relate to the points that Havi Brooks made in her blog. In our industry, It's hard to put yourself out there knowing how the minds ofsome great Business Analysts work. We (I mean us Business Analyst) ... we have a desire to dig into things, analyze every little aspect of a statement and deduct things based on our analysis. So my fear of sharing was that my experience could be irrelevant to others. Even though I am CBAP certified, I often felt that I couldn't contribute to the business analysis field. I thought, I have to have write a book or may be acquire a little more experience or may be work in a perfect organization that does things according to the BABOK in order to share with others. But after reading this blog, I have another perspective about writing and sharing my knowledge. If you get the same revelation as me, I need you to raise your hand and contact me. I want to make this blog more interactive. I want to get more than one voice on my blog. And I welcome your "expertise". I put "expertise" in quotes because I believe that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"; meaning my definition of expertise can be different than your definition of expertise. My definition of an expert is a person who knows something I don't know. And if you haven't lived my life and read the books I've read then you may know something I don't know. And if you think you know it well enough to share with others, then you are an expert. So shoot me an email or message me on facebook if you think you are ready to share your knowledge, experience or even your life as a Business Analyst with others.
