Category: Business Analysis
A Requirements Model (Graphic)
There is no perfect, fits-all template or set of documents which will be effective across all companies or even for all of a given company’s projects. The business analyst should work with internal and external stakeholders to determine which communicative tools will best serve for each project effort and model requirements accordingly.
How “agile” is Important to Business Analysts
Stability and success for a business analyst over the long term lies not in sparring over which methodology is superior and tailoring your craft to suit, but in truly becoming an agile business analyst; one that is valuable and marketable in any environment – even when the “next big thing” in delivery methodology comes along.
There are No Reliable Words
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up.”
— George Orwell
The Business Analyst’s “Other Customer”
We know that the business stakeholders whose needs we elicit and capture as requirements are our customers. We know that the sponsor who foots the bill for our work is our customer. Often, product end-users are considered customers. We don’t typically think of designers, developers and QA analysts – our delivery team counterparts – as customers, but maybe we should.
Tools: Risk Matrix
I really like a simple risk matrix as a visual aid, because it makes it much easier for me to explain of how severity and probability combine to make a risk more or less serious than if I tried to explain it with words alone.
Come Say Hello! (IIBA ATL Chapter Panel Discussion)
‘ve been invited to be a panelist on the IIBA Atlanta Chapter meeting next Tuesday, 10/26. The panel discussion topic will be “Characteristics of the Successful Business Analyst”.
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