Is Business Analysis Losing a Frenemy?
A Requiem for Agile? OK, so the Agile Software Development Methodology (SDM) is dead — at least according to several posts (see sources here) published by some of its founding fathers and others over the past 3 years. (Apparently it takes a long time for an SDM to...Jump-Start your Business Analyst Career with a Business Analysis Skills Test
We unabashedly admit that we developed BASE (Business Analyst’s Skills Evaluation) to sell training. However, visitors to the website found several additional uses for this versatile tool that we wanted to share. Who knows, you might come up with the next great...Business Analysis Skills for Everyday Life
You can benefit from business analysis skills regardless of your profession or personal situation. Five hard-core BA techniques that you can easily adopt in your private life.
Learning Business Analysis using the 70/20/10 Rule
Studying versus Learning Business Analysis There are two fundamental ways to learn how to do anything: the academic (theoretical) path and the apprenticeship (mentoring/coaching) path. Whether you choose the academic or apprenticeship route, acquiring any ability...Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Business Analysis
Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Business Analysis are three distinct levels within an organization. Although they are all called business analysis, there are significant differences in the breadth and depth of the tools and techniques necessary to support each.
Who Does Business Analysis in Your Organization?
Business analysis is a skill similar to writing. That means that almost anyone can do it, but doing it well requires knowledge and practice.
Software Requirements Come in Many Different Flavors
Business requirements are high-level goals and objectives that cause projects to be initiated; Stakeholder requirements are conditions defined by specific groups and individuals within the project that must be met for the project to succeed.
Business Analysis Defines the Future. Should You Outsource It?
Is Outsourcing Business Analysis a Bad Idea? A couple of years ago, I attempted a poem entitled To Be a BA or to Buy a BA. Of course, just to make the question sound challenging, I — in my infinite geekdom — plagiarized Will Shakespeare’s “To...Course: What Is Lean Business Analysis?
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