Transition focus from tech to the customer Today’s projects are all about getting business results and today’s business results mean creating smart and meaningful customer experiences. Many BAs were formerly business SMEs (subject matter experts) or Programmer...
Be a champion of the Product and Customer Experience Vision There is nothing better than a backlog refinement meeting that is getting into the nitty gritty technical details and someone says “Let’s reframe and remind ourselves what we are trying to get the user...
1. The art of pushing back on senior level stakeholders Moving into a Product Owner role means taking on more decision making authority. Taking this authority on doesn’t mean you make decisions without input from others. It means you understand your leaders...
Everything BAs Do Involve Three Things We all know how valuable business analysis is to organizations. As complex as our work is it all boils down to: Solving Problems Enabling Change Making Good Decisions Problem-solving, change, and decisions are everyone’s...
Note: This blog post is an update to a previous blog post Five High-Impact Questions Every BA Should Be Using. It’s been updated to address how we are working right now. The Current Situation Let’s face it, we are under so much deadline pressure that it...