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Application Monitoring in a Modern Cloud World
Applications are no longer simple two-tier architectures. Back then, application monitoring was easy compared with today. But as the shift to the…
Bridging the Gap Between Business Vision and Cloud Strategy
With today's low latency and increased bandwidth, moving your data from on-premise into the cloud makes sense. Many businesses are…
Kick-Start Requirements Discussions With These Four Questions
“What should I ask to get good requirements?” a developer inquired, continuing, “I don’t have a business analyst, so I…
Prepping Your Requirements For Primetime: Validating Requirements
In parts one and two of this series, I discussed how confirming elicitation results and verifying requirements act as gates…
When Risk Management Falls Short: Using a Business Process approach to Overcome Challenges
“Risk is like fire: If controlled, it will help you; if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.” -Theodore…
Prepping Your Requirements For Primetime: Verifying Requirements
In part one of this three-part series on readying requirements, I proposed that they must pass through three gates defined…
Prepping Your Requirements for Primetime: Confirming Elicitation Results
We should always ensure the requirements we develop can pass through three quality gates before we consider them complete and…
In Pursuit of a More Perfect Knowledge Base
In my junior BA days, I worked at a financial services company, where I collected obscure details during requirements elicitation like a…
Engaging in Productive Conflict – Why and How
When I work with teams, I ask members to share the first three words that come to mind when they…
Backlog Management for Agile BA’s
So why do we have a backlog? Usually because there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish all…
Understanding Product Vision and Project Scope
Raise your hand if you thought that the Product Vision and the Project Scope were the same thing? Don’t be…
Important Communication Skills for Business Analysts
In a Business Analyst’s day, we are constantly communicating. If we are not communicating then we are planning communication packages…