Reaching agreement on product requirements is at the heart of the Business and IT partnership. Typically, organizations use the ritual of signing-off, even though it’s typically all about signing on! It’s unfortunate that I use the term ‘ritual’ but all too often it seems that the activity is performed mainly for its symbolic value: with [...]
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Here are the reasons why you should not prototype: Shucks, well that’s that then. If only there was someone who had the skills to focus on business objectives, capture requirements, manage product scope whilst handling user expectations (providing personal counselling to developers is an added bonus). Now where would I find me one of those?! [...]
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SWOT Analysis (aka TOWS) is a versatile technique that’s applicable throughout an organization: be it at the enterprise, business unit or operational level, and can support a variety of goals: Strategic analysis Project planning Comparing options Implementation feedback Workshop Evaluation Performance appraisal Too often a SWOT diagram is seen as the first point of call in strategic [...]
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Non-business analyst’s often look at me funny when I use the term ‘Elicit’, I can see the “why can’t you BA’s just use a normal word like ‘gathering’?” look in their eyes. Well, as you asked. Words like ‘collect’ and ‘gather’ conjure up images of squirrels foraging for nuts or Goldilocks picking flowers, both happily [...]
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Effective stakeholder management is crucial to the success of a project; poor stakeholder management is one of the major reasons why projects fail.
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