Reader question: Â “If a project is approved, do I still need to do enterprise analysis as defined in the BABOK? Do I need to do a business case?” This question got me thinking about the […]
If a Project is Approved, Do You Need To Do a Business Case?
While you may have a formalized processes and sets of documentation requirements for your software projects (this can be helpful or hurtful), you might be starting with no process or set way of specifying requirements.
Requirements Templates: What To Do When You Must Start From Scratch
Some stakeholders are just better at helping us do our jobs. While some people carry on and get distracted by any sort of new, cool idea that makes its way into your conversation, others stay
How to Give Positive Feedback to Your Business Stakeholders
When it comes to creating a professional business analyst resume, one challenge of being part of a relatively new profession is that while you have the experience you may have never held the title. As
How to Handle Job Titles in a Business Analyst Resume
Imagine you are running a meeting, probably about software requirements for a project, and someone in the room gets squirmy. Maybe they are shuffling their papers. Maybe they are bored and checking their emails. Or
STOP! You Are Being Too Detail-Oriented!
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Let me share a story with you. I started my first BA job by transitioning from a QA engineer role into a BA role. I had acquired deep system knowledge. I knew how the system
Is Your Strength Grounded in System Knowledge or Business Analyst Competencies?
The last couple of posts about the collaboration between Business and IT have revolved around the active reaching out from one side or the other to engage the other team. Much of the commentary described
Improving software processes by engaging the business stakeholders
Whether an analyst resides on the business or IT side, he or she is ALWAYS in the middle. For a Business-side analyst to be effective, there must be an understanding of how to interact with
How to Reach Across Organizational Boundaries to Create a More Successful Project
We’ve all heard that a “picture is worth a thousand words”. It’s absolutely true when it comes to building good software requirements. In the case of building a software application, even the most rudimentary prototypes
Using Wireframes or Prototypes to Elicit, Analyze, and Validate Software Requirements
