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
Conducting and facilitating virtual meetings.
Warning: this is a lonnnng post so please excercise due discretion – or read it in your spare time! I wouldn’t want you to get in trouble for reading it in work… although you could at least argue that it has some workplace relevance 😉 First, this video will give you a giggle if you’ve […]
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...?
Business Analysis & the art of Sign Language
What has Sign Language got to do with being a Business Analyst…? In simple terms, both are processes of interpretation, not – and this needs to be stated clearly – ‘just’ processes of translation. Not that there is anything WRONG with translation – its an important skill in some scenarios R
Digital Soldiers, Job interviews and Software Testing…
What have Job interviews and Software Testing got in common? In both cases, it’s a GOOD thing to find out (and find out early!) that something is wrong… Some years ago, I lectured in Software Testing (among other things) in Maynooth University. When I was preparing to take over the Software Testing course from anothe
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
