Adam R. Kahn serves as Group Event Director, Project Summit & BusinessAnalystWorld, as well as Publisher of BA Times for Diversified Business Communications (DBC). A graduate of Northeastern University (M.S., 1996) and Hofstra University (B.A., 1993) Mr. Kahn joined DBC in 2006. Over his career he has spent the past 11 years working in event, conference and publishing management capacities at IIR, IMARK Communications and Key3Media (formerly ZD Events) managing a variety of industry specific brands/products including: ProjectWorld, Symposium on Healthcare Design, Projects@Work, Linux Business Expo, ASP Summit, COMDEX, Networld+Interop. Prior to his event and conference experience, Mr. Kahn worked in Student Affairs managing student activities, residential life, judicial affairs, and career services at several New England based Universities and Colleges. 
Happy New Year! I hope you found the time to get some much needed R&R and have a wonderful healthy and happy holiday season! Under the current economic conditions, we all deserved a few days off.
It seems our time has become even more valuable than it was just six months ago. It's amazing that we're now being asked to do even more with less (yet again!). It makes analysis for overall project success even more important. Now is the time to show the "powers that be" the overall value of the BA, not only in terms of individual project success, but to the overall enterprise. Let's kick it up a notch, so to speak, and take business analysis to the next level. 2009 will be all about "providing value & ROI" and I believe the BA role stands at a crossroads to proving that proper analysis and methodology are integral to overall success.So, hopefully we've all taken some time to refuel over the past few weeks. But now lets all come out with all engines firing to continue to push the BA role and industry to future success, professional growth and the organizational prestige that will accompany our achievements.
Best of luck in 2009!
Warm Regards,
Adam R. Kahn
Publisher, BA Times
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written by Zechariah Agyeno, January 07, 2009
written by Zechariah Agyeno, January 07, 2009
This may be an ideal opportunity for BAs already with engagements to step up and demonstrate their worth and thus, the worth of a BA to the enterprise. I am afraid though that those seeking new engagements will have a much tougher time than either PMs or developers
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written by Adam Kahn, January 20, 2009
written by Adam Kahn, January 20, 2009
As in any economic downturn, if your currently between positions or recently laid off- it will be more challenging to secure a new job. However, I still stand by my thoughts that now is the time to prove our worth. It will be that much more important as a candidate to state your case and specify the results you'll bring to the organization as a result of their hiring you.
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