One of the most interesting trends I’ve seen in my business analysis career is the shift from custom software development to package software implementation. Traditionally, large corporations created in-house teams that supported business functions by developing...
Strong requirements management practices remain a critical component of project success. In fact, poor requirements management is the #2 most commonly-cited reason for project failure according to “PMI’s Pulse of the Profession: Requirements...
BAs and PMs use hundreds of tools and techniques to boost the quality of their requirements practices. From simple to complex, things like brainstorming, user interviews, traceability maps, context diagrams, and detailed data models help us gather information needed...
Pictures are an important part of BA work. Whether you call it modeling or diagraming or mapping or drawing, the techniques BAs use to turn processes, relationships, ideas and tasks into pictures, remains a valuable technique for nearly every phase of project...
It’s project kick-off time–the time when organizations transition from planning to action. New initiatives have been prioritized, dollars have been allocated and teams are being formed—everyone is ready to get to work. BAs being assigned to these projects often...
