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Discover a new approachA Business Analyst’s Best Friends: The Business Manager
BAs need information. The best BAs get information by building and maintaining strong relationships with all project team members. From...
A Business Analyst’s Best Friends: The CIO
Successful BAs are the calm, center point of the project storm. They evaluate the people, roles, systems, and processes swirling around...
Student Success Story
Facilitation skills matter! A great facilitator uses a variety of techniques to make meetings interactive and collaborative. No matter...
Boring Meetings?
Are your project meetings boring and ineffective? What do you see in your meeting room: heads resting on hands or arms, eyes on phones or...
A Business Analyst’s Best Friends: The Business Sponsor
Successful BAs are the calm, center point of a complex group of interrelated people, roles, and processes. BAs maximize their value to the...
A Business Analyst’s Best Friends: The QA Lead and QA Team
Successful BAs position themselves in the eye of the project storm. They are the calm, center point of a complex group of interrelated...
Think Like a Globetrotter
Take a look at the picture. If I told you to shoot a basket or block a shot, would this be your perspective? Probably not. Creativity is...
Stakeholders: 5 Ways to Get Their Attention
Imagine a typical project meeting in your organization. Does everyone arrive/login on time? Does everyone stay for the entire meeting?...
A Business Analyst’s Best Friends: The Project Manager
Last month, I set the stage for a series that describes the BA’s best friends. Each month, using the following questions, I will explore...
A Business Analyst’s Lucky 13 Best Friends
Who are a Business Analyst's best friends? Who would like to be and Why? Who are the people we interact with most on the job? What is it...
“I Said My Name is…”
After several years of experience as a business analyst you begin to see examples of good and bad business analysis everywhere you look:...
Six Effective Elicitation Questions to Ask Your Stakeholders
Asking questions during interviews or as part of a structured requirements workshop is commonplace. However, the most important question...
Project and Solution Scope – The Importance of Both
Some big news in my life, I got married in July! In the process of getting married and planning a wedding I found the analogy of the...
The Top 5 Mistakes in Requirements Practices and Documentation
In my work with dozens of organizations improving business analysis practices, the following are the most common themes I see hindering...
Is a Systems Analyst a Business Analyst?
I hear this question and debate all the time! Here are some thoughts for both sides of this epic question of our time in our industry. It...
The Missing Link to BA Competency Development
When I think about what it takes for BAs to be successful, it always comes down to the same thing: Using hard skills and soft skills...