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 …
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 …
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 …
A Lesson In Visual Storytelling
Let me set the scene. About six years ago, not long after the book Stories That Move Mountains was published, I was at a big technology company’s internal company event. …
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, …
Design Thinking Helps Your Team Thrive In Times Of Change
Many companies have had to adopt new ways of working at speed. In the most part, they’ve been pleased and proud of how their teams have adapted. It was an …
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 …
Boards Need IT-Savvy Directors
Financial and legal matters dominate the agendas of board meetings, which is often reflected in board composition. But what about IT-related matters? Aamir Jamil, IT Governance Consultant, Information Technology AuthorityAamir …
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 …
Story Telling For BAs
I am a big advocate of storytelling as a way of getting your message across and whilst this is a method usually associated with speeches and presentations I believe it …
Organizational Debt — A Necessary Evil
Regardless of their state of growth, all companies face a certain level of organizational debt, which can paralyze them if it’s not kept under control. Alina Ghiarasim, Lead Business Analyst, EndavaAlina …
Presenting Over The Web
It is a feature of our new reality that we are increasingly communicating through disembodied means (I’m talking web rather than Ouija board here) and this can cause problems for …