by Angela & Tom Hathaway | Jul 3, 2020 | Lean Business Analysis
Lean Business Analysis for Agile Teams To stay competitive in today’s globalized economy, you need to bring products to market sooner and with fewer resources. The widespread adoption of Agile software development has enabled organizations to react to change must...
by Thomas Hathaway | May 5, 2020 | Agile Business Analysis, Lean Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis
This week’s Business Insider features an article by Mara Leighton with the good-news title, “15 skills LinkedIn says are most likely to get you hired in 2020 — plus the affordable online courses you can take to build them”. The article, published April 13, 2020...
by Thomas Hathaway | Mar 17, 2020 | Agile Business Analysis, Lean Business Analysis
We currently are in a great debate, one that will potentially define our industry for the upcoming decade – or at least a few days. Like Abe said, “The world may little note nor long remember what we say here, and it probably won’t matter diddly, anyway.” – or...
by Thomas Hathaway | Jan 14, 2020 | Agile Business Analysis, Lean Business Analysis
I can no longer count the times I’ve read or heard the statement, “We don’t need Business Analysts in Agile. Business Analysts don’t really add value, they just parrot what the real stakeholders tell them”. OK, that may not be verbatim, but it certainly captures the...
by Thomas Hathaway | Jan 7, 2020 | Agile Business Analysis, Lean Business Analysis
I was recently asked, “What are the most important business analysis skills or techniques that Product Owners need?” My initial response was, “Most – if not all”. But then I started thinking (a nasty habit that irritates the hell out of those who know me better;...