Tweet With the increase in the complexity of organizations, their expanse and their product offerings, there had been a considerable increase in the challenges faced by these organizations. A business analyst, with his analytical, problem solving and elicitation skills helps organizations achieve their strategic goals and objectives and is a vital component to their overall [...] Read more »
Using your business analyst skills to give something back…
Tweet I was speaking to Pete Cohen (an Agile BA, passionate coach and active community member) a few months back about mentoring and my reason for getting involved. One of my drivers to get involved in a new project is to see real value in what I am doing. Creating a platform for mentors to [...] Read more »
Win a place at the 2014 European BA Conference
Tweet Are you a BA working in the UK? If so, I’d encourage you to complete the 2013 UK BA Survey which is run by the UK Chapter of the IIBA. It as an important measure of the state of the BA profession in the UK and a means of identifying trends. Of course, you [...] Read more »
The next (Agile) business analyst mentor steps up…
Tweet I’ve had a number of takers for Ana’s kind offer of mentoring. I’d now like to share with you another mentor who has quite a different set of interests to Ana. I’ve know Pete Cohen for over 4 years through partaking in my various initiatives – his open style, passion and commitment has been [...] Read more »
Are you successful in managing stakeholders?
Tweet We can’t live with them, we can’t live without them. Stakeholders exist internally and externally and often have competing priorities and needs. Our best moments often arise from exceeding a stakeholder’s expectations. Unfortunately, our worst moments are also often due to managing a stakeholder poorly. If you feel the need to learn more about [...] Read more »
Become a Brilliant BA is reopening! But now it is invite only…
Tweet My community coaching service, Become a Brilliant BA, has been closed to new students over the summer while I considered the future direction. One of my concerns was how to ensure quality mentoring so that enthusiastic mentees would benefit from the guidance from mentors. It is critical to encourage mentees who act on the [...] Read more »
Invitation to Business Analysis and Leadership – book launch
Tweet I’ve been offered only 30 tickets by Penny Pullan; my coach and collaborator. If you live in the UK and are interested in how business analysts can become leaders, I highly recommend you attend this event. More details below: Join the authors for an evening of discussion hosted by CASS Business School, Thursday 14th November [...] Read more »
Ever wanted to know how to write the perfect requirements document?
Tweet Have your ever wanted to know what the perfect requirements document looks like? Of course, it is not that simple (you knew I was going to say that, didn’t you?), it depends on the type of project, the audience, stage of the project and any organisation standards. If you want to learn how experienced [...] Read more »
IIBA UK BA Conference is announced
Tweet As media sponsor for the IIBA BA UK Conference, I am happy to share the following information and highly recommend that you attend: Business Analysis Conference Europe 2013 23-25 September 2013, London In association with the IIBA UK Chapter and the BCS Business Analysis is growing at a phenomenal pace. Organisations are increasingly recognising [...] Read more »
How to make use cases work for you – new webinar in June
Tweet There is a new webinar now ready for sign up. This is for anyone who has applied use cases but feels like they could be getting better results. For example, Do you wonder whether you should still use requirements catalogues? Are there other techniques that work well with use cases? When are use cases [...] Read more »