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How AI Is Expanding the Business Analyst’s Role Beyond Execution
AI is changing many aspects of business analysis, but one of the most significant changes has less to do with the tools themselves and...
Agentic AI Is Here. Here’s Where Business Analysis Creates the Greatest Value.
Organizations moving quickly to deploy agentic AI are discovering that success depends on much more than selecting the right technology....
3 Strategic Pivots That Expand Your Influence as a Business Analyst
As organizations explore AI, rethink software delivery, and look for new ways to create business value, the role of the Business Analyst...
6 Ways Business Analysts and Product Owners Contribute to Successful DevOps
6 Ways Business Analysts and Product Owners Contribute to Successful DevOps If it seems like everyone is talking about and doing DevOps,...
On Agile Teams Analysis Happens, Agile BA or Not!
Let's face it, in order to build working solutions, the analysis must happen! Notice I said "working" and let me clarify what I mean by...
Upskilling the team in the “new normal”
Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation, The Need for Speed, No BA Needed in Scum….What does all this mean to BAs and the “new...
The Top 4 Things BAs Need to Learn to Work Effectively on Today’s Projects.
Transition focus from tech to the customer Today’s projects are all about getting business results and today’s business results...
Remote Work Is Here To Stay, How Should My Goals Change?
Are you feeling a shift? A shift in yourself? Need more meaning in your work, need to reset? Time to evaluate your goals and purpose?...
4 Critical Things To Collaborate With The PO Successfully
Be a champion of the Product and Customer Experience Vision There is nothing better than a backlog refinement meeting that is...
5 Key Skills To Move From BA to Product Owner
The art of pushing back on senior level stakeholders Moving into a Product Owner role means taking on more decision making...
Positioning The BA Role For Value In Your Organizations
Everything BAs Do Involve Three Things We all know how valuable business analysis is to organizations. As complex as our work is it all...
Four Ways Great BAs Can Start The New Year Right!
Review, Renew, and Reconnect in 2021! Don’t let the new year sneak up on you. Now is the perfect time to follow these four simple ways to...
How To Write Good User Stories – An Aggregate of User Story Articles
Hint: Start with Pathway 9 to become an expert on Writing Good User Stories. Struggling project? Maybe it’s your user stories! Are you on...
Introducing Pathways – Ready…Set…START!
Getting Started is Half the BAttle Mark Twain has a pretty amazing, and relatable quote about starting something to get ahead. The secret...
BAs and POs: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
Note: This blog post is an update to a previous blog post Five High-Impact Questions Every BA Should Be Using. It's been updated to...
What is a Modern BA?
The Definition of a Modern BA A Modern BA is a BA who leads a group through a problem solving and solution process with the customer/user...