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Mastering Business Analysis

Dave Saboe, CBAP, PMP, CSM | Certified Business Analysis Professional | Agile Coachmasteringbusinessanalysis.com
Your key to advancing your career as a Business Analyst and beyond

Episodes

MBA126: Guiding Principles for the Business Analyst

Author and consultant Steve Blais shares with us his 11 principles of the business analyst, which provides guidance as to what a business analyst should do to achieve success. The post MBA126: Guiding Principles for the Business Analyst appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

May 30, 201721 min

MBA125: Become the Conscience of the Business

Ian Huke helps us to become the conscience of the business by doing the right thing, building a following, and becoming a trusted advisor. The post MBA125: Become the Conscience of the Business appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

May 23, 201721 min

MBA124: Business Analyst in an Agile Environment

In this episode, author Lynda Girvan discusses how BAs can succeed in Agile environments by applying a lean and adaptive approach. The post MBA124: Business Analyst in an Agile Environment appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

May 16, 201726 min

MBA123: The 21st Century Business Analyst

Kitty Hass explains the evolution of the Business Analyst role and what you need to do to be successful in the 21st century. The post MBA123: The 21st Century Business Analyst appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

May 09, 201731 min

MBA122: Driving Real Value Through Business Analysis

Alaeddin Hallak shows us ways to deliver real business value through our business analysis approach. The post MBA122: Driving Real Value Through Business Analysis appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

May 02, 201724 min

MBA121: Mastering Product Ownership

Geoff Watts helps us to better understand the Product Owner role and takes us from good to great product ownership. The post MBA121: Mastering Product Ownership appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Apr 25, 201726 min

MBA120: Jobs to be Done Theory

Alan Klement shows us how Jobs to be Done can help you design better products and spur innovation. Jobs to be Done (JTBD) is a mixture of design thinking, lean startup, and agile to help you make great products that people will love. The post MBA120: Jobs to be Done Theory appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Apr 18, 201731 min

MBA119: What’s in Your Backlog?

In this episode, we discuss the different types of items that may make up a product backlog (Hint: It's more than just User Stories) The post MBA119: What’s in Your Backlog? appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Apr 11, 201711 min

MBA118: Virtual Leadership

Dr. Penny Pullan shares strategies for working on virtual project teams and helps us get the most out of virtual teams and virtual work. The post MBA118: Virtual Leadership appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Apr 04, 201728 min

MBA117: Getting Requirements Right

Jared Wiese shares an approach for focusing on value to help you not just elicit requirements, but to get requirements right. The post MBA117: Getting Requirements Right appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Mar 28, 201725 min

MBA116: Implementing Solutions vs Problem Solving

Matt Adams helps us understand what to do when we're given a solution to implement. His approach leads us to become trusted advisors. The post MBA116: Implementing Solutions vs Problem Solving appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Mar 21, 2017

MBA115: Political Martial Arts – Navigating Office Politics

Paula Bell shares her tips and advice to break through the red tape and bureaucracy of office politics that holds many projects back. The post MBA115: Political Martial Arts – Navigating Office Politics appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Mar 14, 201727 min

MBA114: Value Proposition of the BA Role

David Olson discusses the evolution of the Business Analyst role and its true value proposition. The post MBA114: Value Proposition of the BA Role appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Mar 07, 201724 min

MBA113: Problem Solving – The RIGHT Stuff

Learn a problem solving approach that takes you through incovering the right problem, finding the right solution, and putting the right plan into action. The post MBA113: Problem Solving – The RIGHT Stuff appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Feb 28, 201733 min

MBA112: User Centered Design

Caleb Carroll helps us deliver better business value through a User Centered Design approach. The post MBA112: User Centered Design appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Feb 21, 201723 min

MBA111: Design Thinking IS Good Business Analysis

Explore the tools of Design Thinking and find out how it helps ensure you build valuable solutions. The post MBA111: Design Thinking IS Good Business Analysis appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Feb 14, 201714 min

MBA110: Managing Ambiguous Requirements

Scott Stribrny shares four techniques to identify and address ambiguous requirements. The post MBA110: Managing Ambiguous Requirements appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Feb 07, 201727 min

MBA109: Foundations in Business Analysis

Get back to basics and establish a strong foundation for your business analysis skills and techniques. The post MBA109: Foundations in Business Analysis appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Jan 31, 201731 min

MBA108: Prioritizing with the MVP

Learn how to find the minimum viable product and use it to identify work that you should deliver first. The post MBA108: Prioritizing with the MVP appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Jan 24, 201723 min

MBA107: Backlog Refinement – From Misunderstanding to Collaborative Discovery

Richard Dolman helps us take backlog refinement from an underutilized meeting that doesn't get the respect it deserves to a powerful forum for collaborative discovery. The post MBA107: Backlog Refinement – From Misunderstanding to Collaborative Discovery appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis ....

Jan 17, 201727 min

MBA106: Rapid Requirements Gathering

Scott Killen shares an approach for quickly eliciting a majority of project requirements with very little prep work. The post MBA106: Rapid Requirements Gathering appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Jan 10, 201736 min

MBA105: The Best Advice I Ever Received

Thought leaders in Business Analysis share the best advice they ever received. The post MBA105: The Best Advice I Ever Received appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Jan 03, 201715 min

MBA104: Predictions for 2017

What does the future hold for Business Analysis? Here are my predictions for 2017. The post MBA104: Predictions for 2017 appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Dec 27, 201613 min

MBA103: How Mr. Finch Stole the Project

Hear the holiday tale of Mr. Finch as he tries to sabotage the project, read in the style of the popular children's author, Dr. Seuss. The post MBA103: How Mr. Finch Stole the Project appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Dec 20, 20168 min

MBA102: Product Management – Build the Right Thing

Rich Mironov helps us to better understand the Product Manager role and what we can do to make sure we build a solution that drives success for our organization. The post MBA102: Product Management – Build the Right Thing appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Dec 13, 201626 min

MBA101: Split Your Stories!

Chris Sims shares four techniques to split your user stories to make them smaller, more manageable, and to help draw out details. The post MBA101: Split Your Stories! appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Dec 06, 201624 min

MBA100: My Biggest Mistake

Eight business analysis leaders share personal stories of their biggest mistakes and what they learned along the way so you don't make the same mistakes. The post MBA100: My Biggest Mistake appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Nov 29, 201622 min

MBA099: Assumptions Mapping

David Bland shares an exercise from LeanUX for gaining clarity in times of uncertainty and developing a deep understanding of customer needs. The post MBA099: Assumptions Mapping appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Nov 22, 201631 min

MBA098: The Art and Science of Influence

David Mantica talks to us about influence and how to successfully navigate any organization to move projects to execution. He also shares several approaches and techniques to improve your ability to influence. The post MBA098: The Art and Science of Influence appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Nov 15, 201625 min

MBA097: Partnership Between the PM and BA

Author and consultant Cheryl Lee helps us to improve the collaboration and partnership between Business Analysts and Project Managers. The post MBA097: Partnership Between the PM and BA appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis .

Nov 08, 201623 min