What Happens When You Don’t Have a Product Vision?

What Happens When You Don’t Have a Product Vision?

I’ve given Agile Product Ownership talks at a few conferences and the response has been great. BAs and BA leaders are beginning to see their connection to product ownership functions, but they are also discovering that there is a huge gap in the industry about what...
Are you Walking Dead with Documents?

Are you Walking Dead with Documents?

Is project documentation wearing you down into a zombie-like state? Are you spending all your time updating requirements and managing sign-off instead of helping your team think strategically about the value you are providing to end-users and the organization? In a...

What's a Business Model Canvas?

Did you know BABOK v3 includes 15 new techniques for business analysis? I have been introducing the new techniques at various conferences and audiences are loving the business model canvas! As a member of the BABOK Committee, I can assure that we love it too, and are...

3 Tips to Modernize Your Requirements!

Interested in modernizing your requirements practices? Whether your team is waterfall, agile or somewhere in between, these three tips will help you get you started: Collaborate!Get up! Get out of your cube! Get on the phone! Talk to key stakeholders and users...

Your Backlog Might Be Broken If….(Part 1)

How does your team build and manage their backlog? Is your current process working well or does your backlog need a reboot? One of the most overlooked factors of team success or failure is the health the backlog. Success or failure often hinges on the amount of love...

The BA Role is Changing! Are you Keeping Up?

Requirements practices are changing–RAPIDLY! The dramatic changes in the business and technology space push us to be continuous learners. What are you doing to keep up with ever-evolving requirements practices? There are three primary factors converging to...