By Edmund Metera, Process Modeling Advisor The Beautiful Game Whether you call it football or soccer, “the Beautiful Game” as it is widely known, has simple rules of play. But …
Specification by Example
By Line Karkov, Senior Business Analyst at DM – fagforening The first time I attempted using specification by example, I failed. A couple of years ago, I was the product …
Where will our insights come from?
By MH van Staden MIT Big Data Science in progress Data Strategy, Solutions & Analytics Lead, Everyday Banking Insights do not come from data. Often business stakeholders will cast their …
What to do with data
Everybody is doing it. Having individuals with data specific roles, or even entire teams focusing on data functions, has become commonplace in many organisations. It is now common practice to …
An Introduction to Business Process Normalization
By Ed Metera, Program Manager, Instructor, Book Author and Founder of ProcessModelingAdvisor.com Business Process Normalization[1] is an analysis technique that leads to sound, modern business process and workflow structures. Business …
Deduplicating Data for Quality Information
By Dr. Barry Devlin Register for Essentials of Data Warehouses, Lakes and BI in Digital Business – Live Streaming only, 15-16 March 2022 What is your biggest information problem? If …
Successful Stakeholder Engagement
Kathy Berkidge, Agile BA Consultant and Coach, Mind at Work Consulting Upcoming Live Streaming Course: Successful Stakeholder Engagement: Practical Techniques to Build Connection and Rapport – 25 March 2022 Effective …
Tidying Your Requirements
James Robertson, Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild James Robertson is co-author of the best-selling book, Mastering the Requirements Process – 3rd Edition. The virtual public course, Mastering the Requirements Process, based …
Look Before You Leap: Pre-Project Problem Analysis: A Thin Slice Of The “Why, What & How”
Adrian Reed, Principal Consultant, Blackmetric Business Solutions Follow him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianreed/ Adrian’s blog: http://www.adrianreed.co.uk Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UKAdrianReed Adrian Reed will be presenting the following virtual public courses: Mastering …
A Michelin Star for Remote Engagement
Written by Martin Simmons and Paul Hickman The IRM European BA conference was a great example of a Michelin Star experience. Engaging audiences and leaving them with a memory to …
Process Mining
Humzah Ali, Business Analyst, Capita LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/humzahali Introduction You may have heard of Process Mining, but what actually is it? Simply put, Process Mining allows you to take real-world data …
Diversity & Inclusion in Business Change and Transformation
This article presents the thoughts and insights of the Diversity & Inclusion discussion panel at the IRM Business Change and Transformation Conference 2021. Philippa Thomas, Managing Director, Skills Shift LtdPhilippa …
Visualising Business Analysis
Visual thinking opens up new possibilities that can take your business analysis practices to the next level, writes Grant Wright, Principal Consultant at Scarlett Solutions and co-founder of The Visual …
Team Work Makes The Dream Work
In my previous article ‘How agile is your Business – a personal journey’ I explained what business agility is and why it is so important. I also shared insights into my …
Changing The Culture Of A BA Team
Culture determines how people behave. If you want to change behaviour, you have to look to changing the culture. This is the story of how we changed the culture of …
Visualising Business Analysis
Visual thinking opens up new possibilities that can take your business analysis practices to the next level, writes Grant Wright, Principal Consultant at Scarlett Solutions and co-founder of The Visual …
What’s the Point of Business Events?
Whatever it is you are working on, it is almost certainly made up of many, sometimes very many, pieces. Each of the pieces interacts with other pieces to achieve some …
The Business Case for a Common Language: Not “If,” but “What and When?”
1. Opportunity While most people don’t think about it very often, common language is essential to day-in, day-out commerce. Companies and others[1] employ standards to ensure that a meter is …
Life Moves Pretty Fast; What About You?
The ability of your organisation to thrive is linked to how rapidly it can accommodate, adapt to, or avoid the challenges coming from the competitive environment. With the increase in …
12th Annual Business Analysis Conference Europe
The 12th annual Business Analysis Conference Europe 2020 took place recently 22-23 September and we were delighted that this, our first ever virtual Conference received positive feedback from our delegates, …