Tag: collaboration

Read “The Checklist Manifesto”!

Read “The Checklist Manifesto”!

| November 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

I recently bought, read, thoroughly enjoyed and am now recommending Atul Gawande’s book, “The Checklist Manifesto”. In “the manifesto”, Gawande pulls examples from the medical field, construction, aviation and others to show how simple checklists, coupled with timely and effective teamwork, can vastly improve the quality and effectiveness of what we do; in some cases, [...]

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Quoteworthy: Mike Krzyzewski – Five fundamental qualities that make a team great

| April 5, 2010 | 4 Comments

There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable. – Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K.)

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

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

| November 4, 2009 | 12 Comments

Agile team members must know something about teamwork and this means understanding a lot about human behavior and why people do the things they do!

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Google Wave for Business Analysis

Google Wave for Business Analysis

| June 1, 2009 | 8 Comments

The social web is abuzz with news on the upcoming Google offering, Google Wave.

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It's All About the Teams

It's All About the Teams

| May 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

As an industry have we been missing the mark by focusing so much on process and methodology at the expense of developing and empowering cross-functional teams?

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Notes from the BABOK 2.0 Launch Webcast

Notes from the BABOK 2.0 Launch Webcast

| March 31, 2009 | 9 Comments

Kevin and Julian did a nice job with the presentation today and answered a lot of questions. I am glad I attended. Maybe it’s my inner geek coming to the surface, but I was really pretty excited by some of the ideas IIBA is working on and about the new and improved body of knowledge.

Here are a few notes I jotted down while listening that I thought my readers might find interesting.

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