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Introducing: The BA Elevation coaching program
Despite being immensely popular–and immensely lucrative–, online interactive video training is grossly overrated. Courses customized to meet a company’s training goals in an instructor lead...
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Going back to basics
A message posted by in the discussion forum of the Business Analysis Leadership group got me thinking. We were talking about requirements reviews as a good practice to improve the quality of the...
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Three product management myths affecting customer satisfaction and user adoption
Recently I’ve had the opportunity to study the situation of a few software products from the perspectives of customer satisfaction and user adoption. Here are the top three myths I’ve found in common...
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Are you using the right unit of analysis in your software improvement efforts?
One of the mistakes I see repeated over and over by product managers, product owners, and business analysts, is using features as their “unit of analysis”. It doesn’t help that books and online...
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Announcing: The Case Study Series
Do you struggle to understand the business justification for your projects? Find it difficult, of not impossible, to convince stakeholders to dedicate time to exploring the problem before jumping into...
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A reader asks: Should the BA be responsible for providing design inputs for...
I’m new to the business analyst role (8.5 mos to be exact), and I came across your webinar “6 Mistakes That Lead to Missing Requirements” from Bridging the Gap. During the Q&A portion, a question...
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Three questions to avoid the Curse of Knowledge
A risk all knowledge workers face is remaining attached to an idea that worked for them in the past and stopping to look for better alternatives too soon in a new initiative. The more we learn about a...
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A reader asks: “What should an analyst do when the project has no access to a...
A reader writes: What should an analyst do when a Subject Matter Expert does not have extended knowledge and/or does not make decisions? Should the analyst become a SME herself, insist on getting a...
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The Goldilocks Principle: How to Write a Problem Statement That’s “Just Right”
Why should you care about the frame used to define the problem to be solved by an IT project? A project is a unique solution to a defined problem. If you define the wrong problem, you’ll develop a...
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Each month Adriana Beal answers questions submitted to her via email or through LinkedIn. In this first installment, the themes are problems, opportunities, and innovation. 1. You seem to place a big...
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How rapid, targeted feedback accelerates time to mastery
A person I know recently told me of a promotion at work. While I was happy for the good news, I couldn’t help but notice that this business analyst with more than ten years of experience was...
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Getting Requirements Approved Faster: A 3-Point Checklist
Having trouble getting your requirements approved after they’re ready for review? Chances are your process is missing one or more of the following: 1) Have you established and clearly communicated the...
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Each month Adriana Beal answers questions submitted to her via email or through LinkedIn. 1. When I finish the requirements document for a project, sometimes it may take months for it to get approved....
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The challenges business analysts face seem to have changed very little over...
Photo Credit: Ari Helminen (Creative Commons) Despite the constant influx of new tools, buzzwords, and technology flooding into business analysis over the past decade, the joys and frustrations that...
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Each month Adriana Beal answers questions submitted to her via email or through LinkedIn. 1) I’ve been working informally as a business analyst for the past 2 years, and now due to lack of opportunity...
View ArticleWhen writing agile requirements, pay attention to the “status quo”
Photo credit: Eric (CC) A common mistake made by business analysts and product owners writing requirements for agile projects is ignoring the as-is state explicit when describing the to-be state in...
View ArticleDiagnostico Informacional: Etapa Essencial do Planejamento Estrategico da...
Adriana Beal Embora possa parecer estranho devido ao tempo decorrido e a velocidade com que as tecnologias evoluem, meu livro Gestao Estrategica da Informacao: Como Transformar a Informacao e a...
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How to get the tech job you want There was never a better time to find a tech job. This is for you if you’re interested in getting a job in a technical field that doesn’t require a specific degree or...
View ArticleKnowing when to stop: a critical skill for business and data analysts
Knowing when to stop: a critical skill for business and data analysts Knowing when to stop optimizing a product, feature, model, process is an incredibly valuable and often underestimated skill for any...
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A reader writes: What should an analyst do when a Subject Matter Expert does not have extended knowledge and/or does not make decisions? Should the analyst become a SME herself, insist on getting a...
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