Everyone Ignores the Business Analyst Until They Need Someone to Blame
If you are a business analyst, do you ever get the feeling that stakeholders avoid you? As you are walking around the building, do you see developers avoiding eye contact? Worse yet, do you notice testers actively making detours that take them on a path that will...Business Analysis in an AI-Augmented World
Buy at Zazzle Will Artificial Intelligence Replace the Business Analyst Job? Disclaimer: I had a dream about this last night, but the warranty expired on my crystal ball while I was sleeping. When I started it up this morning, it just responded “NFI”. According to the...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...Do You Still Need Business Analysts Today?
Does your organization depend on working software? If you are doing business in the 21st century, the answer is probably an emphatic “DUH”! Which organizations actually need specialists on the software development team, such as a Requirements Engineer who...How To Write User Stories That Deliver Real Business Value
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User Stories: A Collaboration Tool for Business and IT
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Requirements Gathering with Use Cases for Business Analysts
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