Page 26 - PA_Enterprise_July-August-2021
P. 26

TRAINING







              Autodraw.com is a nifty little website for when
              you wanted to illustrate your articles, but just   8. Set reminders for special days: Save your
              couldn’t find the right clip-art/stock image. By   marriage

              drawing a very rough version of the image in      As part of its calendar app, you can easily set
              mind, you will get cute little clip arts that suit   reminders for the future from the Google app
              your purpose just fine.                           (for mobile) or website. All you have to do is type
                                                                (or say out loud), “Set a reminder for “ and enter
              6. Language translation: Be a pro in multiple     in the name of the reminder and at what time
              languages                                         you want to be reminded.
              Google translate is already the most reliable
              option for tourists in a foreign country for      9. Flow chart: No worries if you don’t have
              translation to the native language. However,      MS Visio

              most professionals are yet to realize that this   Free software is great, right? One little problem,
              software has an extremely significant application   though. There isn’t too much of it on the internet.
              in their respective fields. It provides a quick   we have often been asked by BA aspirants, as
              and efficient way of translating any blog/article   well as others, on whether they have to purchase
              that has already been written, into another       software to make flowcharts. The good part
              prominent language, such as Spanish, for          is, Google Docs handles all that. It allows us
              example, greatly widening the target audience.    complete freedom in designing the charts, and is

                                                                a quick and efficient way of making them. Here’s
              7. Store documents: No fear of disk crash         a link that gives detailed instructions on how
              We all keep important documents and drafts        to make flowcharts using Docs. Here is a quite
              on our computers or hard disk drives. However,    interesting video for the same https://www.
              there are significant risks in doing so. Loss or   YouTube.com/watch?v=asNa86jsWmc.
              damage of the storage medium will lead to a
              loss of the data too. Hence, a software widely    10. Mind-maps: Impress your colleagues
              recommended today is Google Drive, which is       The same goes with mind maps, another
              a cloud based document storage medium. You        resource that is widely used by BAs and

              don’t even need the storage medium to work        other professionals. Luckily, Google Docs is
              with the documents, since it can be accessed by   our savior once again. Here’s the link with
              any device with an internet connection. As an     all the details. https://www.YouTube.com/
              added bonus, it makes the sharing of any of these   watch?v=ILCLo2v_9eQ
              documents incredibly easy, and all you need to
              know is the recipient’s email address.            Oh Google, what would we do without you?




              26
   21   22   23   24   25   26