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