Re: Tech-writer-to-business-analyst thread?

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

Hi, everyone. I've been asked (Hi, Pratibha!) to share the details of 
the business-analyst programs I've turned up.

Here are the three I've examined a little, so far:

http://www.butrain.com/businessanalyst/prgrmcourses.asp

I've always heard that the BU professional courses are excellent, but 
most of the courses listed here are two-day intensive courses. When I 
see the laundry list of concepts that are to be covered in two days, I 
just don't believe that I can absorb that much information (even if it 
is all presented brilliantly). The course that meets on 10 Saturdays (in 
the flesh, I assume) is the only one I might consider.

This is the Villanova course I mentioned:

http://www.villanovau.com/Home/Course.aspx?CourseId=44

I like the look of it and will explore it further. I especially like the 
electives -- I think I would take the one on information system 
security.

Finally, it turns out HP offers courses: 
http://www.managementconcepts.com/Webcontent/scripts/partnercoursepage.asp

I would imagine it's good. HP, after all!

I see a lot of businesses (as opposed to universities) offering courses 
online, and I don't know what to make of them. I guess I'm old-fashioned 
in assuming that courses linked to a university would likely be pretty 
good -- while I have no idea how to evaluate online sites like 
managementconcepts.com. They might be great, or they might not.

Any thoughts about how to pursue this interest? All suggestions 
gratefully received.

--Nancy

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