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“If you want to be a good BA, be comfortable talking to people a lot and take the time to genuinely understand what they want.” Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Adam Feldman, founder of Bright Green Projects. Adam has over 10 years of BA consulting and freelance contracting experience. He has [...]
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Wondering where business analysts fits in on an agile software development team? It turns out we’ve got to keep track of where our software team is headed at multiple levels. Creative video shared by EBG Consulting. Check out their agile resource library.
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With the job market still in churn and available candidates far out-pacing the number of open positions, it make sense to take a step back and evaluate where the job market really is. Is the product owner the new business analyst in an agile environment? Are business analyst position slowly being replaced by project management [...]
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The agile/SCRUM product owner (PO) is one of the most multi-faceted roles in technology methodologies today. Within a project, the PO is central in making the decisions and providing the details that keep the project team moving forward efficiently. And, of course, we’re not just interested in moving forward efficiently, but moving forward toward a [...]
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After a few months of working on my first “agile” project, I’ve come to the realization that the core challenges lie in the multi-faceted product owner role. In casual conversations with other business analysts (including Jake Calabrese, Ron Thompson, and Brad Swanson) and I’ve begun conceptualizing some thoughts about the myth of the perfect product [...]
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It seems that everywhere I turn, agile is the topic at hand. It dominates online forums, webinar schedules, and one-on-one discussions. It took over last week’s SQuAD meeting intended to focus requirements management. The agile trend and, in particular, how people talk about agile creates much confusion and at times downright fear. People are thirsty [...]
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