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User Stories: Your First Step Should Always Be Back
Have you ever played an outfield position in baseball or softball? As an outfielder, your primary responsibility is catching pop...
4 Tips for Writing Artificial Intelligence Requirements
If you aren't already working on projects with artificial intelligence components, you will be soon! Examples of AI, robotics, and machine...
Struggling with Acceptance Criteria?
If you’re struggling with acceptance criteria, then you’re probably struggling with user stories too. High-quality acceptance criteria...
Help! I Don’t Have Time To Do Requirements Right!
It seems each year it gets worse and worse—BAs have WAY too much to do! They can’t say no and can’t ask leaders to slow down the...
Building a Speedy and Responsive Delivery Approach
We need to speed up the delivery process in a way that is responsive to rapidly evolving technology and ever-changing user needs...
Three Tips for Springing Forward
With daylight saving time hitting the United States this month, I’m feeling jolted and off-kilter. It takes me weeks to adjust to the time...
4 Tips for AI and Digital Transformation Analysis
I am excited to hear that many of my clients are venturing into projects that include digital transformation, intelligent automation,...
Every Project is Like a New Year!
Happy New Year! January tends to be a time of optimism and anticipation for me. I like the feeling of a clean slate. It gives me the...
3 Ways to Apply an Agile Mindset to Any Team
Even if your team isn't agile, you can start applying an agile mindset to your work. Here are three ways to get started: 1) Focus on the...
Agile Requirements Documentation – What’s Really Needed?
During agile training sessions, the most common question I get is, “Can you PLEASE just tell me what I need to document as an Agile...
4 Hot Topics from the Orlando BBC Conference
I recently enjoyed several days presenting and participating in the Building Business Capability Conference in Orlando. I am always...
Customer Obsession – You Better Have It!
Everything you do impacts the end customer. Yes! Even if your project doesn’t seem to touch the end customer, there’s always a...
Is Your Road Map a Joke?
Roadmaps are one of the best and most important tools for project/product teams. When done well, road maps provide tremendous value. When...
Planning for Requirements in Agile – How is it Different from Waterfall?
Many teams struggle with their requirements approach, but it’s especially challenging for teams transitioning from waterfall to...
The Shift To Modern Requirements
I’ve been on the road quite a bit lately, and part of my travels include delivering conference presentations about modernizing...
7 Hot Topics from Agile2017 in Orlando
I had the opportunity to speak at Agile2017 in Orlando this year. It was a great conference! I connected with so many colleagues &...