All Entries Tagged With: "Methodology"
Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)
a few of the articles I found “bookmark-worthy” over the past week.
What’s in a Signature?
Is there such thing as a peaceful, amicable “sign-off”?
Business Analysis Link Share (09-24)
Here’s some “light reading” on some interesting analysis topics to kick off your weekend.
Best of the Web this Week (09-21)
There are tons of great articles on business analysis and other topics of interest for project professionals that come out each week. It’s impossible to keep up with all of them, but I like to occasionally point out a few I’ve come across that I think align fairly well with what you folks (PA readers) like. Enjoy!
Are “Project Teams” Really Teams?
My personal study of what makes successful teams, to which I’ve recently alluded, is ongoing. Most recently I came across the article “Project teams are not teams”, which seems to provide a pretty direct answer to the question I posit in the title of this post.
It’s All About the Teams
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?
Passing Thoughts on Business Analysis & Requirements
Here are just a few impressions I’ve jotted down over the past few weeks that may never evolve into full blog posts, but that I wanted to share just the same. Please feel free to chime in with your support or challenges to my list, or with your own observances.
Business Analysis Digest (09-12)
Some more interesting reads from my business analysis bookmarks.
Agile and Traditional Methodologies Compared…. Again
This post is spurred by a few articles I’ve read recently which have only served to reinforce some similar thoughts I’ve been having for a while now on the constant, competitively toned comparisons between agile and traditional development methodologies.
As I read article after article extolling the wonders of these new methodologies against the weaknesses of the traditional methods, I begin to wonder if the emphasis isn’t too much on agile methodologies over agile principles.
Use Cases or User Stories? Read Up!
There have been some really interesting articles in recent days and weeks that have been comparing use cases and user stories, and highlighting the advantages of each. I’ve cherry-picked some of the best from my collection of bookmarks to share with you here.
Regardless of what method you use, it is good to be familiar with the available options and their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Free Scrum & XP Project Tracking Tool
We don’t use SCRUM or XP in my shop, but I am always interested in learning more about other methods and tools, and I know some of my readers use these methodologies, so I thought I’d share some information on Sprintometer, a free SCRUM & XP project tracking tool.
Weekly Digest 08-43
Cockburn on methodology, free software, funny about IT & the business, great new business analyst blog, etc.
Agility vs. Bureacracy (and other thoughts)
How long will “Agile” remain agile?
Does Your Paperwork Add Value?
That it’s required doesn’t mean that it adds value.
Choosing Between Agile and Classic Management Methods
“[T]he determination is made by evaluating project environments and organizational stakeholders.”
Documentation is No Substitute for Interaction
I’ve long been of the opinion that involving as many stakeholders in the project as early as possible is a key to successful business analysis, and, more importantly, to successful projects, and have said as much in a few of my posts on this site.
Jim Highsmith, in the book Agile project management : creating innovative products, thinks that the reason projects tend to have so much documentation and so few results is that:
Onshore vs. Offshore
The way I see it, offshore outsourcing of IT work – chiefly development and QA – is not going away. Those of us stateside will have to learn to adapt and thrive in this new type of environment in order to remain marketable. For many of us, retooling may be necessary.