Card sorting is a simple and useful way to gather feedback on which features people want in a new system, which problems they want solve or generally speaking, what they want. So I was surprised recently when some business analysts I was working with had not heard of the technique and I thought I would… Continue reading Card sorting – agile BA technique 158
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Is there a template for a BA role description?
Is there a generic job title or description? A lot of people ask me for a good template for a BA role – but I tell them there is no such thing. A BA “helps people understand things”, but different business analysts help different people understand different things in different contexts. Some may not even… Continue reading Is there a template for a BA role description?
Is it enough to say that the BA is the “universal translator” between business and IT?
I often hear that we need a business analyst to translate what the business people say, so that technical people understand them. Then, I am told we need the BA to then translate what the technical people say, so that the business people understand them. I guess it goes something like this: It sounds good,… Continue reading Is it enough to say that the BA is the “universal translator” between business and IT?
What do business analysts actually do?
Mostly it appears that business analysts roam around drawing things on whiteboards, but people seem to be luckier when they have a BA doing it
BA’s need to learn question tennis before they end up as dead as Rosencrantz and Gildernstern
One of my favourite plays is “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”. It is the story of two confused people who are friends (?) with Hamlet (and minor characters his story). Question tennis One of the best scenes in the play is when the two characters play a game of “question tennis”. It is worth watching… Continue reading BA’s need to learn question tennis before they end up as dead as Rosencrantz and Gildernstern
James King 