What is business analysis and who needs it? This term can be easily misunderstood. Whether you are an executive, manager, product owner, or developer, or have the job title Business Analyst, you can improve your understanding of this fascinating and challenging function. This category offers articles, videos, KnowledgeKnuggets™, and Lesson Previews introducing business analysis activities, tasks, and techniques.
Dec 20, 2019
If humanity had opted for “business-as-usual” from the beginning, I would probably be using a hammer and chisel to pound out this post. Before we invented writing, I’d just be shouting it out to anyone who could hear and wasn’t a carnivore big enough to kill me. I...
Nov 27, 2018
A while back, I wrote a series of posts regarding three distinct levels of Business Analysis (Strategic, Tactical, and Operational). That was also the topic of my presentation to a couple of IIBA Chapters last year. Since then, I have received a lot of questions about...
Nov 15, 2018
An Overview of the Most Widely Used Business Analysis Tools and Techniques
Nov 15, 2018
A Look at Software Requirements including Business, Stakeholder, Solution, and Transition Requirements
Nov 15, 2018
Structured System Development Approaches and Their Impact on Business Analysis Activities
Nov 15, 2018
Iterative System Development Approaches and Their Impact on Business Analysis Activities
Nov 15, 2018
Agile Software Development Approaches and Their Impact on Business Analysis Activities
Nov 15, 2018
An Overview of Software Development Approaches and Their Impact on Business Analysis Activities
Nov 14, 2018
An Introduction to Business Analysis and Why It Is Important to Organizations around the World
Jul 17, 2018
Agile Business Analysisa flexible response to change, a value increase using fewer resources, waste reduction during requirements discovery. An Overview of Lean / Agile Business Analysis Bring some time. This overview takes 46 minutes. Agile Business Analysis: Getting...
Apr 17, 2018
Finally, part 6 of the presentation to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis TM) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA® Chapter. How to Capture, Write, Prioritize, Rightsize, Split, and Flesh Out User Stories with Defined Acceptance Tests as...
Apr 17, 2018
Here is part 5 of the presentation to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis TM) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA® Chapter. How to Capture, Write, Prioritize, Rightsize, Split, and Flesh Out User Stories with Defined Acceptance Tests as...
Apr 17, 2018
Here is part 4 of the presentation to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis TM) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA® Chapter. How to Capture, Write, Prioritize, Rightsize, Split, and Flesh Out User Stories with Defined Acceptance Tests as...
Apr 17, 2018
My apologies to our readers. Somehow this series got lost in miscommunication. I promised you all 6 parts of the presentation to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis TM) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA® Chapter last summer and we published...
Oct 19, 2017
As promised, here is Part 2 of the presentation to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis™) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA® Chapter. Part 3 will be coming next week (I hope). How to Capture, Write, Prioritize, Rightsize, Split, and Flesh...
Oct 11, 2017
On August 16 and 17, 2017, I had the honor of presenting “Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Business Analysis - Three Emerging Business Analysis Careers” to the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis™) Cincinnati Chapter and the Bluegrass IIBA®...
Aug 19, 2014
Requirements define the future state that someone would like to experience. The problem with requirements is whether the person who wrote them and the people reading them share a common understanding.
Aug 14, 2013
Who Does Business Analysis?