The first elicitation session on a new project, in unchartered territory with a new Subject Matter Expert (SME), can be challenging. You must ask questions and facilitate conversation to chip […]
Tag: requirements elicitation
Shakespeare Would Suck at Gathering Requirements
In William Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet tells her sweet Romeo: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as […]
Bringing Creativity to Business Analysis
Being a business analyst, I think it is fair to say, is not the most creative profession out there. We do have opportunities to write clear requirements, create interesting PowerPoint […]
Business Analyst Elicitation Tip: Recreate the Context to Retrieve Information
This software requirements elicitation tip is for every business analyst who’s needed to nudge someone’s memory during elicitation. The other day one of my customers asked “Did you do that […]
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 […]
Business Requirements Gathering: It’s Great to be Wrong
Requirements elicitation skills are something I most enjoy learning from my colleagues at ArgonDigital. There is a certain appeal in being able to enter a room, effectively ask all the […]
Product Managers and Business Analysts: Meet Aadhaar
If your IT projects and requirements elicitation processes seem a little overwhelming, consider what it would be like to be a product manager on Aadhaar. A few months ago, a […]
Requirements Gathering: New Information Management DMRadio Podcast Featuring Joy Beatty
Joy Beatty, ArgonDigital’s VP of Research, will be participating in an Information Management panel discussion on requirements delivered live tomorrow, February 9, 2012. Learn more about the panel and register […]
A new podcast! Register now for “Devils in the Detail – Best Practices for Requirements Gathering”
Joy Beatty, ArgonDigital’s VP of Research, will be participating in an Information Management panel discussion of requirements delivered live February 9, 2012. Learn more about the panel and register here: […]
Why Business Analysts Need to Listen to the Crowd: Crowdsourcing Requirements Elicitation
My last post asked: Is social media useful for requirements elicitation? In this post, I will explain why it is not only useful, but essential. That is because the more […]
Why Business Analysts Should Consider Using Display-Action-Response (DAR) Models Early
At first glance, nailing down the requirements for a system’s user interface probably does not seem as daunting to a business analyst as handling the complexity of its backend operations […]
IIBA National, Business Analyst World featuring ArgonDigital sessions – you’re invited
FYI, if you or those on your teams are going to Business Analyst World Boston, Business Analyst World Las Vegas, or Building Business Capability/IIBA National in Fort Lauderdale, ArgonDigital will […]