Comments on: Business Analyst Profit Center

By: T A Mallick

T A Mallick — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:45:13 +0000

By @sehlhorst: Business Analyst Profit Center http://t.co/eX7o6n9m

By: Business Analyst

Business Analyst — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:40:48 +0000

Yes, I absolutely agree with you that BA’s generate value. For this, Business Analyst Certification is most prospective now.

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:36:22 +0000

Thanks Richard, for reading and commenting. I much prefer “profit center” too. I think anyone can apply a profit center style motivation, even if they don’t directly sell stuff.

HR, for example, can say “we want to reduce the time our employees spend managing their benefits by 30%” The key shift is “save costs for our (internal) customers” – not “save costs within our department.”

Looks like you’ve got some good stuff going on at your blog too – more reading for me :)

By: Richard Rodger

Richard Rodger — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:35:16 +0000

It’s amazing how naming something almost completely defines it.

I never agreed with the name “cost center” – it’s just way too negative. Now “profit center” I like very much (shoulda thought of it myself!). Might be a bit of a stretch for some departments, but you never know… just calling them “profit centers” will focus minds the right way.