What are you hanging on to? What do you need to purge from you project closet? Still fond of the requirements equivalent of MC Hammer parachute pants, jackets with shoulder pads, stirrups, acid wash jeans or jelly shoes? If you’ve been using the same requirements...
Despite the fact that business analysis provides HUGE benefits to agile teams, it’s still rare to find teams that know how to maximize the agile BA role. The most successful teams create strong partnerships between business analysts and product owners. When...
Are you old enough to remember the aerobics craze in the ’80s? Denise Austin donned her leotard and leg warmers, and Richard Simmons sweat to the oldies on The Love Boat in his sparkling tank tops and white crew socks. Whether you went to a class at the gym or...
An agile BA practice is part of, and an extension of, the product ownership team. The BA practice helps the team build the RIGHT product and features, in the most valuable order, aligned to the organization and product strategy. BAs ensure the RIGHT features are built...
When I sat down in a Canadian hotel room to write this article, I had a completely different topic in mind—a rant about the length of TSA pre-check lines and how bad processes make life miserable for users. But as I was writing, I became more and more distracted by...
