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Among the Measures of Success for video conferencing discussed in my last article, “on camera presence” – being at ease and confident in front of the camera - seems the least intuitive. You are either comfortable on camera or not; there’s seldom a middle ground. In this post, I’ll explore adjustments we all can make to [...]
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Video Conferencing Can Bring Focus to Distributed Teams Sign on to a video conference and suddenly the miles between you disappear. Simple as that, you’re working at the same table, just like the old days. Done well, live image streaming centers our online attention and enhances remote relationship building in a big way. According to [...]
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Once upon a time, when the world was young and co-workers shared the same four walls, we celebrated special occasions and important milestones together with games, food, and laughter. However, for decades now we’ve enjoyed the geographical freedom brought on by digital communication, working anywhere in the world, courtesy of a simple data line or mobile hot spot, and with [...]
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The purposeful development of relevant skills doesn’t stop when you’re hired as a Business Analyst – it’s really just the beginning. The competencies you develop on the job teach you how to assess a situation, evaluate the benefit and risk of various options, and make recommendations that, if implemented, will bring the highest value. And [...]
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If you are fortunate enough to have a clear picture of your professional vision in your head then you’ve already made significant progress toward achieving your goals. Most of the effort remaining ahead has to do with communicating that vision to the right people. However the outreach process can get frustrating and an initial inquiry will [...]
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When beginning work on a project – whether joining an existing effort or helping to plan the kick-off – the competent BA looks around at the players to identify the Stakeholders in this initiative and what they care about. After all, they’re the ones that will have to live with the outcome. The obvious Stakeholders [...]
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Do you have one of those “favorite projects” in your archive of accomplishments, one that you feel you really nailed when defining the needs of the situation? One of my favorites goes back 10 years now – a Case Study in Enterprise Analysis that called for quickly gaining an understanding the scope of compulsory changes that [...]
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You probably know this feeling. You’re on a conference call with technical and business resources, explaining the business problem that needs to be solved, when suddenly it feels like there’s no one else on the line. Why don’t they respond? Where did you lose their attention? This very real situation is a common source of [...]
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Have you ever caught yourself with a bit of anxiety about hosting a team conference call? Are you left wondering how to enhance the value of your time spent together on the phone? Lately I’ve been dreaming about how working remotely from my new home in Maine will transform the way I interact with clients or a project [...]
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As a seasoned Business Analyst you come to recognize that not all “requirements” are really requirements. Ideally discovery teams first diverge, taking differing positions, identifying all possibilities. Then after carefully examining numerous alternatives, they use a decision-making process to converge on a solution. In a face-to-face workshop you might group, rank, or prioritize ideas, but [...]
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