business analysis
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Where Is the Business Analyst in UK Government Software Projects? While the UK government has taken major strides to save money and deliver more with less on its major projects, Adrian Reed looks at the possible implications of the absence of the business analyst role in the government's mandated guidelines and policy manuals. |
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Gaining Business Value through Proactive Risk Management An inadequate liftoff can put a shuttle on a trajectory that leads to an unknown destination. Likewise, we can condition our projects for producing business value by improving their “liftoff” through proactive risk management. |
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What Jobs Do Your Stakeholders Want Done? The jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) theory is intended to help stakeholders think about their products and services by considering how their customers like to use them. Kent McDonald delves into the JTBD theory and its benefits to a product delivery team. |
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Black Friday Fatigue? Load Testing Can Save Your Cyber Monday More shoppers turned online, and to their mobile devices, to find holiday deals this Black Friday than in any previous year. As the number of people growing weary of the enormous crowds and long lines grows, will online retailers be able to handle the load of online and mobile app shopping? |
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What Is Acceptance Test-Driven Development? We help define the concept of acceptance test-driven development with the help of an interview between Ken Pugh and Ade Shokoya. As we raise the level of collaboration and shift the relationship between testers and developers, we realize the potential for faster, better products. |
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The Product Canvas: A Complementary View The product canvas, when used with a business model canvas, provides similar benefits to the product owner that the business model canvas provides to the product manager. Scott Sehlhorst examines the product canvas and the business model canvas and how the two tools can be used together. |
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Project Lessons from the Great Train Robbery Successful repetition of any business activity can lead to a false sense of security. We often assume that just because something has worked in the past, it will always work in the future. Adrian Reed looks at what we can learn from the Great Train Robbery and how selective perception affects us. |
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Why Business Analysts Don't Elicit Requirements Business analysts don’t gather requirements, but they don’t elicit requirements either. Business analysts have conversations with stakeholders to understand their needs and wants, and that information leads them in the direction of identifying the requirements. |
