Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Here are some book recommendations covering everything from the product process and discovery interviews to problem framing and documentation. Extra-list First and foremost, a business analysis professional MUST start with the Agile Extension of the BABoK® and the Guide to Product Ownership Analysis (POA).

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Simplilearn

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As an increasing number of businesses turn to Agile project management, the demand for Agile coaches is rising. Presenting team members with a range of tools and documentation for implementing Agile methodologies and leaving them to execute the project alone isn't the best approach in this people-centric approach.

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The BAWorld

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In this blog, we are going to examine – Which are the Documents Prepared by a Business Analyst? Business analysts may prepare or be part of several documents in a project life cycle. So,Which are the Documents Prepared by a Business Analyst in Different Methodologies? Generally, it is part of the project plan.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 20, 2021

This next-generation integration platform offers the scalability and agility required by businesses. As a standalone product, this software helps professionals with rich sets of spreadsheets, charts and documents. This tool is designed to connect various data sources, enterprise applications and perform analytics and ETL processes.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The term Agile Pillars is just another name for the four core values that were laid out in the Agile Manifesto. The Agile Manifesto Pillars are: Individuals and Interactions over processes and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Agile Transformation Pillars? The 3 Things that Make Agile Work.

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BA Careers

JULY 4, 2024

Creating a Business Requirements Document (BRD) is a crucial step in project management. It outlines the requirements of a business project, ensuring that all stakeholders have a clear understanding of what is needed for success.

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Agile Connection

JANUARY 10, 2023

Agile data modeling involves a collaborative, iterative, and incremental approach to data modeling. In this article, we discuss how MySQL Document Store could be used for agile data modeling.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

An Agile Transformation Roadmap is all about getting people to change and having that change be sticky. Our Agile Transformation Roadmap, our change model, is all about getting everyone to see what’s possible, creating safety for the people and the business, and building trust at every step of the Transformation.

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BA Careers

MAY 2, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Crafting an Effective Business Requirement Document In the dynamic landscape of project management, the significance of a well-defined Business Requirement Document (BRD) cannot be overstated.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

stuff) The other half is their “ me-time” , working on important documents, presentations, user stories ( JIRA is their best friend ) meeting agendas, sending minutes of meetings, and much more. Understanding a day in the life of a BA depends on whether the project is a Waterfall Project or an Agile Project.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Why Smart Companies Are Hiring AI Software Developers In the modern business landscape, agility and adaptability aren’t just buzzwords—they’re essential survival skills. This agility can be crucial, especially if you’re racing against the clock to launch a new product or feature.

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BA Careers

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to Prepare FRS Document In software development, creating a Functional Requirements Specification (FRS) document is a crucial step towards ensuring a successful project. The FRS serves as a blueprint that outlines the functional expectations and specifications of a software system.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 27, 2021

Although misunderstood, technical debt can result in slow performance, reduced agility, sluggish adoption, and the failure to meet business requirements. But while everyone agrees that technical debt is bad, there hasn’t been much discussion regarding exactly how technical debt reduces CRM performance and agility.

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Smart Data Collective

JUNE 29, 2022

It can be leveraged even more effectively with Agile technology. Document digitization is one of the most time-consuming tasks that finance teams face. Based on Optical Character Recognition (OCR), apps like Extracta , and Klippa solve these challenges by converting financial documents into accessible text in minutes.

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Bridging the Gap

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Imagine you are ready to dive deep into a new project, but amidst the sea of information and tasks, you find yourself at a crossroads: What documents should you create to capture those crucial requirements? The path to success lies in understanding the power of documentation. It defines the scope of the project.

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Analysts Corner

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A view from business analysis reference guides It’s not new that a good application of business analysis practices (traditional or agile) helps Product Owners improve their day-to-day work. But also because the job of BAs focused on gathering requirements upfront, and writing heavy documents didn’t make any sense anymore.

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Simplilearn

MAY 12, 2022

As documented by Sandip Roy. Like all managers who reach a point in their lives where they start to think about what next, I was the same.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It is a hassle process that requires copying, scanning, printing, or faxing the documents through poorly configured software. Sometimes, the business may need to print various special documents of different formats and sizes regularly. Become More Agile. Sometimes, these activities are frustrating. Improved Cashflow.

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BA Squared

JUNE 2, 2021

Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation, The Need for Speed, No BA Needed in Scum….What Gone are the days of big upfront analysis, long requirements “phases”, big requirements spec documents, and handing off a requirements document to the development team. What does all this mean to BAs and the “new normal”?

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BA Coach

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This final article in our series on Agile Business Analysis principles explores the principle Avoid Waste. Over the course of this series, we’ve examined principles that help business analysts (BAs) align Agile mindset and practices with delivering value, fostering collaboration, and driving continuous improvement. user manuals).

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Analysts Corner

MAY 24, 2023

A typical BA workflow for an agile project When I was trained in Business Analysis, I always tried to join the pieces I had learnt. Hence, this article will walk you through a typical workflow for a BA in an Agile/Scrum project. But I got the fundamental idea when I actually experienced it in my job role.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 24, 2019

The latter provides a nice-looking and usable interface to the “real” systems in the back-end, to provide read and write access to customers’ data via their smart devices, and to print materials to be mailed out, such as account summaries, late payment notices, and documentation required by regulatory bodies.

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Managed Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I recently wrote an article on “ Reinventing Project Management ” which advocates developing a more integrated Agile Project Management approach that embraces both Agile and traditional plan-driven project management in the right proportions to fit any given project. What is a Hybrid Agile Project Management Approach?

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Nimble vs Agile: why is a unique term not enough? I went to the dictionary to look up the translation and there it was: NIMBL E (adjective) : agile. I went to the dictionary to look up the translation and there it was: NIMBL E (adjective) : agile. working software more than comprehensive documentation.

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BA Squared

JUNE 2, 2021

Hand-offs and dependencies are the impediments to speed, agility, and delivering high quality products that truly deliver value. Turn your meetings into working meetings rather than reviewing documents. Level up your collaboration skills. In order to reduce hand-offs and dependencies we need to collaborate differently!

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BizAcuity

APRIL 1, 2023

Agility for any organization is the ability to stay alert and be prepared to act on any decision almost instantly. Agile software development is a collaborative process between and within project teams with an ingrained set of values and principles for software development. Read more about Lean Software Development here.

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BizAcuity

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Agility for any organization is the ability to stay alert and be prepared to act on any decision almost instantly. Agile software development is a collaborative process between and within project teams with an ingrained set of values and principles for software development. Read more about Lean Software Development here.

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Business Analyst Learnings

JULY 18, 2019

I tend to describe the agile approach as a way of working; A targeted way of working that allows us to make changes, respond to customers’ needs and manage uncertainty with minimal delays, and without needing to wade through “red tape”. This mental shift comes with implicit obligations of adopting new ways of working.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 18, 2021

As teams learn how to work in new ways during an Agile transformation, an organization may consider adopting Agile values in departments outside of IT to support the initiative. In an Agile Uprising Podcast Agile and HR – BFF’s? In an Agile Uprising Podcast Agile and HR – BFF’s? Prepare for the roundtable.

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Vitality Chicago

MAY 31, 2022

I was recently asked to be an Expert Agile Witness in a legal battle centering around agile ways of working. The case revolved around the agile contracting approach used for an application development project. Does agile ways of working guarantee a final working solution? Key Takeaways – Agile Contracts: 1.

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Vitality Chicago

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Are you just getting started with Agile and Scrum? Download our free 1-page Agile and Scrum Cheat Sheet. This handy reference contains the 4 Agile Values and 12 Agile Principles from the 2001 Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Get Your Agile and Scrum Cheat Sheet Here . The 4 Agile Values.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Agile Transformation involves all levels of the organization and applies Lean-Agile principles to business processes, practices, tools, operations, and culture.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

For delivery, agile development methods contributed to frequent releases to the market. Sequencing activities may be an output of previously performed elicitation, like observation, interviews, or document analysis, so the further sequencing of user stories and tasks results from the analysis of that information.

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BA Times

APRIL 11, 2024

Traditionally viewed as static documents to be archived post-project, this perspective neglects their ongoing potential. In the realm of software development, the clarity and accuracy of software requirements are pivotal for project success.

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Modern Analyst

MARCH 14, 2021

Writing functional specifications for a business analyst (BA) in an agile ecosystem is a challenge of a different kind. You no longer can be sure with a specification version as the final document (because of the iterative philosophy). You no longer have the luxury of time (unlike bigger waterfall projects).

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager. The Brave New Agile World.

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

Some Agile experts are not hard-core fans of SAFe. And this makes SAFe more complicated, bureaucratic than the Agile manifesto recommends. They also have this opinion that SAFe is so heavy, maybe it is not Agile at all. Most of us started our Agile journey with one framework, and that is Scrum. Let us dig deeper.

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