We’ve all heard the quote, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Failure to communicate is the bane of the Business Analyst (BA). The BA has the responsibility […]
Category: Training
Virtual Training? That’s a Yes
Working from home, flexible work, and virtual meetings and classes have become routine over the past couple of years. You still need great training opportunities for your team but sending […]
Enabling Innovation and Bicycles
Want innovative products? Start with robust objectives! Recently, I was working on a project to design a sales enablement application for a financial services client. As we talked through the […]
Five Principles for a Successful Work Day
In all of my years of watching companies “bring in experts” with shiny promises of change, there is one leader that will stand out from all the rest. And sadly […]
The Benefits of Visual Models in a Virtual World
Welcome to the post-text future, a world where visuals are the common language. Movies, Netflix, social media, selfies — this is the visual era, where what we are is what […]
Thinking About Getting Naked on New Business Analysis Projects
A few months ago, I was in between projects and looking for ways to improve as an analyst/consultant, so I decided to read a book from the ArgonDigital Leadership Development […]
Summer 2019 Learning Opportunities
“Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise” – Denis Waitley June 13Joy Beatty (that’s me 🙂 will host a webinar: Our Requirements are Good so […]
Scope Definition Seminar for INCOSE ChicagoLand Chapter
On May 11, 2019 we presented our 1-day Scope Definition seminar for the INCOSE ChicagoLand Chapter Spring Seminar offering to their membership. This was a natural follow on seminar to […]
Scope Definition Seminar in Chicago
Hi all, I will be giving a 1-day seminar on scope definition for the ChicagoLand INCOSE Chapter on May 11, 2019 for their Spring Tutorial. Last year I gave our […]
Foundational Business Analysis Training
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills It should come as no surprise that if you change your requirements after you deploy, it costs […]
How to Improve Your Curiosity as a Business Analyst, Part 1
“Curiosity is different from intelligence or creativity or even from leadership. Not everyone has those qualities, but everyone can be as curious as they want to be, and it doesn’t […]
Top Ten Takeaways for Writing Good Requirements
We covered a lot of information in our one day training course, here are the top 10 takeaways: 1. Systems thinking must be incorporated into all phases of product development […]