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Are You Building The Past Or The Future?
Organization leaders are always looking for ways to speed things up. I never get more than a few minutes into a conversation with a...
Survival Guide: Bouncing Back And Forth Between Agile AND Waterfall
Are you bouncing back and forth between agile and waterfall? It’s quite common these days for Business Analysts to grapple with both agile...
Improve Your Requirements by Avoiding These 4 Words
There are so many things that impact the quality of our requirements. We have the ability to influence many of them, but our influence is...
4 Agile Metrics Every Business Analyst And Product Owner Should Care About
It is true that “working software is the primary measure of progress” in Agile, but that is not our only measure. The Agile Principles...
3 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Mental Workspace
Spring has sprung here in Minnesota! After the long winter, it’s time to open the windows, air out the house and do a little spring...
4 Roadblocks That Prevent You From Delivering Value To Customers
Business analysts get cast in many roles on project teams, but one of their most important roles is a customer advocate. Great...
4 Ways to Boost the Impact of Agile BAs
The Agile Business Analyst role is still murky for many organizations. But the lack of clarity is a blessing in disguise. It gives BAs an...
What is BUSINESS Agility?
Last month, I went to the BusinessAgility2017 conference in New York City. The 2-day conference highlighted the benefits and challenges of...
Top Six Critical BA Skills For The Future (And Today!) – Part Two
When I wrote part one of this article series, I wanted to go deeper and have heard from many that deeper is where part 2 needs to go!...
10 Point User Story Evaluation Quiz
Are your user stories effective? Whether you've been using user stories for years or you're just diving in, it's important to regularly...
Top 6 Critical BA Skills For The Future (And Today!) – Part One
As we cruise through the last days of 2016, it’s important to peek in the rear view mirror. Reflecting on the past reveals patterns and...
3 Business Analyst Skills that Add Value Every Day!
Delivering value to the organization and it's end users is job #1 for all stakeholders and project team members. We know this, but we...
5 High-Impact Questions Every BA Should Be Using!
Success or failure often hinges on the questions we ask throughout the project lifecycle. It sounds a bit dramatic, but I’ve...
3 Ways to Bring Agility into Your Requirements Practice
As we move into 2017, most organizations are experimenting with agile. Their experiments often lead to big questions about requirements...
Avoid These 4 Things During Your Daily Stand Up
I typically use my blogs to offer tips and tricks for business analyst and product owner roles, but in recent months, I have been hearing...
Get Off The Documentation Hamster Wheel
Most teams spend too much time on documentation. When planning, elicitation, and analysis are done well, documentation becomes...