Your first 30 days on a new BA assignment, week by week.

What’s inside

• Before day 1: questions to ask and a working kit to set up
• Week 1: map the stakeholders, find who decides, start two logs
• Weeks 2 and 3: trace each requirement to its source, run a first workshop, write acceptance criteria
• Week 4: prepare the sponsor playback and a one-page checklist for each week

Who it’s for

Business analysts starting a contract or a new job, including anyone coming back to BA work after a break. It assumes you can already write a requirement and run a meeting.

Also useful if you are moving into BA from another role and want to see what the first month looks like.

The examples use an invented firm. Nothing in them is from a real client.