So, here’s the scenario: Your organization wants to purchase packaged software to support a key business function. Your team thoroughly evaluates several products and chooses the best fit. During discussions with the vendor, you discover they “use Agile.” This is...
Have you ever witnessed a bad date in progress? While I was out and about this Valentine’s week, I noticed a couple who spent their entire evening browsing and texting, independently, on their cell phones. Instead of enthusiastic and engaging conversation, the...
Painful! Definitely! The idea of sitting through a requirement workshop via teleconference seems like torture. Virtual requirements meetings tend to bottleneck our ability to effectively collaborate. Attendees and facilitators: dread the dead air and the anonymous...
As I move forward into each new year, I start thinking about goals–questioning the things I want to do better or differently. This year, many of my goals stand under the umbrella of time. I’ve been thinking about how I use my time and questioning how to...
As the year-end approaches, I get a bit reflective. I consider the past, present and future of BA-Squared. I appreciate the growth, I ponder lessons learned, and I am excited about the future. When BA-Squared was founded in 2008, I didn’t really know what the...
