ADA compliance and website accessibility may not be the top news items these days, but they are definitely important issues, with multiple recent lawsuits and some confusing verdicts being handed […]
Category: Product Management
Use Prioritization to End Management by Crisis
Two years ago, I sold my suburban tract house and moved to a small farm. I care for several rescue horses, keep bees and chickens, and planted fruit trees and […]
Death by Meeting
My kids like to tell me that I am old. I’ll say something like “before we had cell phones”, and they just stare at me because they really can’t imagine […]
Who’s On First? Use a Decision Table to Find Out
Many people are familiar with the famous sketch Who’s on First?—a full 6 minutes of comedic genius of misunderstanding, confusion, and failure to communicate. While the exact premise may be […]
Using Data Modeling to Protect Healthcare Data
Many healthcare businesses unknowingly risk violating HIPAA protection laws due to critical weaknesses in the way they manage their patients’ sensitive HIPAA data. For example, a breach in the integrity […]
Case Study: The Vasa Warship and VCF
We have all been on challenged IT and product development projects — the ones that were over budget and behind schedule because we missed the mark and had to do […]
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, […]
Visual Models in Agile – Process Flows
We’ve seen organizations abandon or neglect visual modeling when they make the shift to more Agile development processes, but in our experience, models definitely play an important role in product […]
Getting COTS Projects Right
You’ve realized that you need a new or different software application to help keep your business running as smoothly and efficiently as possible, and you’ve decided to find an off-the-shelf […]
UI Design using DAR Models
User Interface design is a complex discipline with many different tools and techniques. However you get to your design, at some point you need to communicate those design choices to […]
Identity Management and UX
All businesses interacting with customers, virtually or in person, must balance two key aspects of the interactions – user experience and security. They are often thought of as distinct and […]
Three BA Mistakes to Avoid
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 […]