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, …
Questions from ‘The Online Presentation Skills’ Webinar.
The recent ‘Online Presentation Skills’ webinar presented by David Beckham was so well attended that it resulted in some unanswered questions due to time constraints. Here David gives his answers. …
Speaking Publicly About Something I Know Nothing About: Horizontal vs Vertical User Story Slicing
After years of working as a Business Analyst, I have always wanted to try my hand at public speaking in order to share some insights on topics I feel passionate …
5 Questions With John Fraser
John Fraser brings an energy and commitment to all his projects that truly compliments and builds upon his years of experience in strategic business process improvement. In short, you know …
A Product Lives By Its Principles
Values are powerful. They reflect what is important to us and they define who we are, the decisions we make and, most importantly, they drive our future. Understanding our values …
Avoiding the “Solution Illusion” with Pre-Project Problem Analysis
This article was written in July 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The past few months have acted as a catalyst for change in most, if not …
Creating Synergies Between Business Analysts And Project Managers
At first glance it may seem that project managers and business analysts have conflicting objectives with one focused on project delivery and the other on solution delivery. But by unlocking …