Is your project’s red-yellow-green status for requirements based on percentage complete of the requirements document? Or percentage complete of the JIRA stories documented? Maybe this is why requirements are taking so long! Is the focus on the status of the...
Tight timelines put pressure on the entire project team. When the project plan dictates unreasonable durations, BAs become document dispensers focused on cranking out BRDs or cramming user stories into JIRA. PM pressure often forces BAs to focus on documents instead...
What are you hanging on to? What do you need to purge from you project closet? Still fond of the requirements equivalent of MC Hammer parachute pants, jackets with shoulder pads, stirrups, acid wash jeans or jelly shoes? If you’ve been using the same...
What can BAs and Agile Product Owners learn from Design Thinking and User Centered Design? It’s not all about UX and UI! It’s about the customer journey and the end-to-end customer experience with the organization or process. It’s about seeing the...
Dead air and chirping crickets–is that what you hear when someone asks a question during virtual meetings? It’s frustrating for the facilitator and the participants! How do you get people to participate? How do you get what you need from shy (or...