3 Pitfalls of Offshore Development Teams
Working as a software product manager is always challenging, but working with offshore development teams presents unique challenges and pitfalls. The key is to understand the pitfalls and do your
Product Management
3 Reasons to Use State Models to Derive Software Requirements
When eliciting software requirements, there are a few major models that I primarily fall back on to help visualize the process, the system and the requirements: cross-functional process flows, use
4 Tips for Business Users Helping to Write User Stories
I got a question at the IIBA chapter meeting in San Antonio: Can your business users write user stories? In theory, yes. In practice, maybe! If you have users who
4 Tips for Cross-cultural Communication on Dispersed Scrum Teams
I like to think of myself as a worldly guy. I studied Spanish for eight years, I love to travel, and I enjoy speaking with people of different backgrounds. A
4 Tips to Not Destroy Your Project if you Must Use Spreadsheets for Software Requirements
A year ago, I was working on a project where we created a list of features in Excel to help development understand at a high-level what would be in the
4 Types of Issues to Track During Software Requirements
Tony wrote a post on issue tracking during software requirements phases of your project a couple years ago. I want to write about it again because I think it’s one
5 Big CaliberRM Gotchas And How To Fix Them Part 2
In my last post, I covered three different CaliberRM issues that we’ve found with CaliberRM. In this one, I’ll be covering five more. Individual Object Delete If you paste into
5 Joys of using Excel as a Requirements Management Tool
I am currently working on a large project, a project where the client has purchased a tool and is customizing the tool to fit their needs. The tool has numerous
5 Reasons Software Projects Fail (Hint: It’s Often Due to Incomplete, Incorrect Requirements)
Business analysts are the link between the business stakeholders, an organization’s goals, and the IT teams responsible for software project success. As such, BAs can have a significant impact on
5 Ways To Create Successful Projects With Fewer Resources
We are certainly living in interesting times, and according to conventional wisdom, it is a curse to live in interesting times. Changes in our world happen almost overnight, from the
6 Basic Techniques for Successful Software Requirements Elicitation with Remote International Customers
In this global environment, there is rarely a project we work on that doesn’t have some set of customer users in a remote location, inevitably overseas. While we are typically
6 Questions to Ask When Selecting Business Analyst Training Classes
Whether you’re looking for training to help improve your BA skills, to advance towards a promotion, or to help with IIBA certification, here are 6 questions that will help you
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