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Work Time and Playtime COVID-19 has many of you trying to do Business Analysis from your couch, your basement, or (if you have the luxury) your home office. Life has changed dramatically in the last month because of COVID-19, and many are trying to cope with...Demand for Virtual Business Analysis Training Is at an All-Time High
As a result of the COVID19 pandemic, global business hit a roadblock that was as unpredictable as it was inevitable. However, given human ingenuity, roadblocks are not eternal. It takes patience and hard work, but somehow, we always manage to find a way to get past...Business Analysts are Critical to Restarting the Economy
YES, There Will Be Life After COVID-19! No question, COVID-19 is deadly. The toll it takes in human lives is unknowable. How much damage it will do to individual countries and to the global economy is anyone’s guess. To modernize Thomas Paine’s quote from 1776, “These...Is It “Lean Business Analysis” or “Agile Analysis”?
We currently are in a great debate, one that will potentially define our industry for the upcoming decade – or at least a few days. Like Abe said, “The world may little note nor long remember what we say here, and it probably won’t matter diddly, anyway.” – or...Getting to Agile Analysis (Lean Business Analysis)
I can no longer count the times I’ve read or heard the statement, “We don’t need Business Analysts in Agile. Business Analysts don’t really add value, they just parrot what the real stakeholders tell them”. OK, that may not be verbatim, but it certainly captures the...Motivational Interviewing Can Supercharge Stakeholder Contributions
Buy at Zazzle As avid readers of my blog probably noticed, I appear to have recently become semi-obsessed with the problem of getting the most out of your stakeholders when eliciting requirements – or user stories, features, scenarios, examples, or anything else you...Lean Business Analysis Skills for Agile Product Owners
I was recently asked, “What are the most important business analysis skills or techniques that Product Owners need?” My initial response was, “Most – if not all”. But then I started thinking (a nasty habit that irritates the hell out of those who know me better;...Business Analysis versus Business as Usual
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...How To Write User Stories That Deliver Real Business Value
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