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  • Free Desktop Tools a Business Analyst Should Know About

    Free Desktop Tools a Business Analyst Should Know About

    Below is a short list of free desktop/productivity tools that I use regularly. I thought [...]
  • The Business Analyst Balancing Act

    The Business Analyst Balancing Act

    BA's must balance the risk of missing requirements against that of paralyzing the project until [...]
  • Classic Business Analysis Articles

    Classic Business Analysis Articles

    I was sorting through some of my bookmarks and articles I've accumulated over time via [...]
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  • Requirements

  • Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template

    Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template

    Welcome to Practical Analyst, a site specializing in practical insight for business analysts and project [...]
  • Don’t Forget the Constraints!

    Don’t Forget the Constraints!

    In addition to eliciting and specifying the requirements, an important part of the analyst's value-add [...]
  • Begin with what you HAVE to do

    Begin with what you HAVE to do

    The simple fact is, you can't know all the details upfront. You can and should, [...]
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  • Soft Skills & Professionalism

  • Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!

    Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!

    You may be a great facilitator, an excellent "elicitor" of requirements; your analytical skills may [...]
  • Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?

    Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?

    We help our organizations arrive at an agreement as to "what we want to create" [...]
  • Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?

    Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?

    In this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the king is giving the [...]
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  • Methodology

  • Business Analysts: Don’t Forget Your ROI!

    Business Analysts: Don’t Forget Your ROI!

    It's important that we take our own advice when it comes to our analysis efforts [...]
  • Agile Teamwork – what BA’s need to know (Guest Post)

    Agile Teamwork – what BA’s need to know (Guest Post)

    Agile team members must know something about teamwork and this means understanding a lot [...]
  • “Cascade”: Q&A with David Wright

    “Cascade”: Q&A with David Wright

    Cascade: Better practices for effective delivery of information systems in a multi-project environment. [...]
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  • Other Recent Articles

  • Survey: Help a BA (Mentor) Out!

    Survey: Help a BA (Mentor) Out!

    Alex Papworth, author of the Business Analyst Mentor blog, asked if I’d spread the work about the brief survey he’s conducting to help him gain insight on a few key questions.

  • Leadership Through Communication

    Leadership Through Communication

    A great portion of our efforts to hone our craft revolve around becoming better communicators, or finding that set of symbols that is most conducive to reaching that critical shared understanding for a particular work effort.

  • On Schedule, As Designed and the Stakeholders are Thrilled!

    On Schedule, As Designed and the Stakeholders are Thrilled!

    Stakeholder reactions to the newest Babcock family project implementation.

  • Give ‘em Pictures!

    Give ‘em Pictures!

    One of the surest ways to ensure project success is to get “pictures” in front of the users/stakeholders as early in the process as possible.

  • Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases

    Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases

    Yes, sometimes we BA’s need to think of creative ways to help us withhold the technology and implementation detail from our requirements.

  • Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)

    Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)

    a few of the articles I found “bookmark-worthy” over the past week.

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