How do you start your requirements process? Many agile and traditional teams start their process by defining features. While I don’t always disagree with this approach, it’s a potentially dangerous and slippery slope if teams are not careful. The mindset...
Is it possible for Business Analysts to shift seamlessly between agile, traditional, hybrid, waterfall and package software projects? Yes! BAs can build a toolkit that promotes success in every environment, and honestly, that Swiss-Army skill set is a necessity for...
Is your project’s red-yellow-green status for requirements based on percentage complete of the requirements document? Or percentage complete of the JIRA stories documented? Maybe this is why requirements are taking so long! Is the focus on the status of the document...
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...
I’ve given Agile Product Ownership talks at a few conferences and the response has been great. BAs and BA leaders are beginning to see their connection to product ownership functions, but they are also discovering that there is a huge gap in the industry about what...
