You Don’t Need ADD to Be a Business Analyst, but It Helps
Buy at Zazzle A lot of people seem to think that the always-on Internet has a detrimental effect for those of us who suffer Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). I was officially diagnosed with ADD at the age of 49 but I had it all my life. Wellllll . . ., maybe not ALL...Motivating Stakeholders to Show Up and Contribute
Buy at Zazzle Do You Struggle Getting Stakeholders to Attend Requirements Workshops and Meetings? I ran across a fascinating book titled “7 Secrets of Persuasion: Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone” by James C. Crimmins, PhD. The book is a...Why to NOT Ask WHY: Improving Business Requirements
Buy at Zazzle Asking WHY Can Lead to the Wrong Answer As Business Analysts, we need to know WHY people do what they do to figure out opportunities for improvement. It turns out that asking WHY is a lousy way to find out. If we ask “WHY”, we will get an answer, but...My Awakening: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Not Replace Us
Mouse pad - buy at Zazzle KRYPTOS: The Database that Programmed Itself Many years ago (in the pre-PC era), I designed and developed a self-learning program called KRYPTOS. Without going into killer detail, KRYPTOS was a program that stored its own source code in a...Business Analysis is a Corporate Colonoscopy
Buy at Zazzle I called a Subject Matter Expert recently to schedule a meeting to discuss her business requirements for a new product. She replied that she was about as excited about that meeting as she was about scheduling an invasive, minor medical procedure she...Strategic, Tactical, and Targeted Business Analysis in a Lean and Agile World
A while back, I wrote a series of posts regarding three distinct levels of Business Analysis (Strategic, Tactical, and Operational). That was also the topic of my presentation to a couple of IIBA Chapters last year. Since then, I have received a lot of questions about...Does Agile or Lean Really Eliminate Business Analysts?
I recently read the blog post The End Is Near For Business Analysts In Agile! by Michael Boris. Although I am fundamentally in agreement with several of his points, I believe there is room for clarification. Does Your Organization Need Business Analysts or Business...How to Become a Certified Business Analyst
Help Wanted: Business Analyst According to glassdoor.com, the average base pay for IT Business Analysts as of April 2018 is $76,549/yr. The Entry Level Business Analyst is $65K. A Senior Business Analyst averages $87,594/yr. The same source reports that there are...How To Write User Stories That Deliver Real Business Value
Online Course: Agile Business Analysis: Getting / Writing Lean Requirements
User Stories: A Collaboration Tool for Business and IT
How to Facilitate Agile Meetings and User Story Workshops
Requirements Gathering with Use Cases for Business Analysts
How to Design, Build, Deploy, and Manage Directed Chatbots
Live Virtual Classroom
Business Analyst Skills Test
