Agile Outside the Development Team
Updated with link to download the Issue (free). I’m very pleased and proud to have an article commissioned for (90,000-readership) Better Software magazine. My article – ‘Agile Outside the Development Team‘ – is chosen as one of the four ‘featured’ articles and the magazine also includes
How to be a BA – become a Scientist.
How to be a BA – become a Scientist. The number of Blog posts, articles and discussions that ask or attempt to explain “How to be a BA” is a good indication that nobody really knows the ‘silver bullet’ answer. If you think you’ll find the perfect answer here…. don’t waste any more time reading […]
What, exactly, is an MVP and who decides?
What makes an MVP an MVP…? Do you prioritize the ‘M’, the ‘V’ or the ‘P’…? Who should be the final judge of what an acceptable MVP looks like? These might seem like strange questions but, like most things a Business Analyst has to consider, each is a simple question behind which
Agile is 15 years old & counting… but what exactly is it..?
Fifteen years after the Agile manifesto, is there any such thing as 'proper' Agile?
Turbo-charge Requirements Elicitation for features & user privileges.
One of the most common things I have to do on software development or Application selection projects, at one point or another, is to define a series of potential features or functions. They can range from obvious and nearly mandatory (e.g. ‘reset password’) to the more ‘out there’ features. Often, trying
Tip for BAs: make a portable whiteboard
I’m often asked to recommend simple tools for aspiring BAs to use and I can’t think of anything more simple – or more useful – than pen & paper or, where available, a whiteboard. For those of you who like to work with pen & paper or with whiteboard & marker, here’s a simple tip: [&hellip
Updated: If a picture paints 1000 words, what if you have only one thing to say?
A basic idea in Agile, you get what you need just when you need it. So, how would that work in Diagrams...?
How are Agile roles actually implemented in the real world…?
It’s no secret that Organisations differ in their implementation of the various Agile ‘roles’ (where multiple ‘roles’ are often undertaken by the same person or where multiple individuals share a given ‘role’). This variation depends particularly on the type of Organisation – but &
If a picture paints a thousand words…
If a picture paints a thousand words….what do you use if you only have one thing to say? I spotted this line on AgileModeling.com, in a description of the ‘Product Owner’ role: “There is significant evidence that the worst way to communicate information between people is via documentation“. I couldn
