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Where Do Great Product Ideas Come From? The current information technology trend is that of survival of the fittest, where players thrive based on success factors such as releases of new products that are feature rich, user experience driven, and performance focused. Rajini Padmanaban looks at where the new product ideas come from. |
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Stewardship in Agile Software Architecture and Design Software architects typically don’t own the products that individual teams are creating, yet they help define a cohesive approach to developing the products and are often responsible for defining how different products interoperate. Scott Sehlhorst looks at the idea of architecture stewardship. |
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Brainstorming: A Great Tool for Business Analysts and Everyone Brainstorming is an extremely useful tool in business analysis. In order to yield maximum results, brainstorming sessions need to be well planned and consider the needs and preferences of the attendees. Adrian Reed provides useful tips for preparing a brainstorming session. |
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The Outside-In Approach to Product Positioning Early on product positioning helps drive focus and clarity for the team and allows a stakeholder to approach funding decisions from a strategic perspective. Scott Sehlhorst highlights some outside-in approaches to product positioning and their benefits. |
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Resilience and the Softer Side of Business Analysis Business analysis is a wide and varied discipline that relies on the practitioner's honing and developing skills in a number of areas. Adrian Reed looks at an important business analysis attribute that is rarely talked about—resilience. |
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How to Bring Requirements to Life A key skill of the business analyst is to elicit and analyze requirements and to help stakeholders consider a range of possible solutions. Because abstract and logical requirements are extremely hard to digest, Adrian Reed offers concrete ideas on how you can bring requirements to life. |
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Are You Experiencing Product Manager Insomnia? What should be keeping you awake is what keeps your customers awake. Remember to be market-driven and to focus on the problems that your customers value—and are willing to pay to solve. |
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Clean Language in Business Analysis Clean Language originated within the discipline of therapy and focuses on understanding other people’s personal metaphors. It can help business analysts to form better questions and prevent inadvertently leading or pre-supposing a solution. |