Becoming a REvangelist
The term “evangelist” probably brings up a pretty specific picture for most people. For me, I immediately see someone on television, often yelling and gesturing wildly, trying to convince me
Product Management
Behind the scences at our video shoot: Requirements Visualization Training- A guide to RML
This week was our first video shoot in our video training series, Requirements Visualization Training- A guide to RML. This is a training series that we have presented to clients
Being New 101
Being a relatively new Requirements Analyst/ Business Analyst (BA) and being new to the industry, I have been blessed with the opportunity to have mentors. Receiving direction from more experienced BA’s has
Best Practices with Use Cases
This may be a lot of review for seasoned use case writers, but for those of you who are not as familiar with this requirements model, here are some best
Better Meetings Make Happy People
In a recent blog post, we talked about reducing the overall number of meetings on employee calendars to improve productivity and job satisfaction. But some meetings are always going to
Better Virtual Facilitation
Virtual collaboration can be tough, but for most of us, it’s here to stay. Recently my all-virtual project team engaged in a series of workshops to define scope, document issues,
Beyond Requirements – What Comes Next?
You’ve developed a set of requirements for your next systems development project. Now what? Experienced project managers and software developers understand the value of translating requirements into rational project plans
Bienvenue. Willkommen. Welcome. Beinvenida. Benvenuto. Boas-Vindas.
Upon entering an airport in a foreign country we all see signs welcoming visitors written in multiple languages similar to the title of this post. As one goes farther East,
Big data and analytics – Interesting tidbits for business analysts and product managers
I’m at Strata+Hadoop World for the first time as part of the data driven business day tutorial, and I got to present on requirements analytics. But this whole day is awesome,
Big Data Challenges in Regulated Industries
I have been working with a large financial services company on a “big data” project. Let me qualify the term “big data” for the purpose of this discussion. We are
BluePrint Tool
I attended a talk by folks from BluePrint and LexisNexis at BAWorld on Tuesday. The first bit of the talk was just an intro to agile and why it is
Book Review: How to Start a Business Analyst Career (2nd Edition)
Starting a business analyst career is no easy task. It is a highly sought out career path for many, so trying to differentiate from the competition can be difficult. One
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