Top Blog Posts for Business Analysts: Week of June 16, 2014

June 24, 2014 By

BA_weekly_blog_postsLooking for some great reads on business analysis? Here is a roundup of our top blog posts from the past week. We hope you find them helpful!

  1. Agile Cadabra – Scott Sehlhorst explains how agile processes can help eliminate inefficiencies, but notes that it is not magic.
  2. Start with the Outcome in Mind – Adrian Reed asks you if you are “all aiming for the same outcome?”
  3. Roughly Right, or Precisely Wrong? – Jonathan Babcock discusses why it’s better to be roughly right, rather than precisely wrong, when it comes to business analysis and solution requirements.

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Infographic: Business Analysts & Agile Development

May 7, 2014 By

ba-infog-thumb2A Practical Guide: Business Analysts & Agile Development is one of the most popular eBooks we’ve created at Accompa for business analysts. It addresses practical challenges BA teams face when working with Development teams who follow Agile processes such as Scrum.

It is so popular, we’ve now created a shorter and more visual version of it – in the form of an infographic. It is designed for those of you who are more visually oriented, or prefer a snack-size version!

Without further ado, here it is! 🙂 [Read more…]

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10 Best Websites & Blogs for Business Analysts

April 16, 2014 By

Top 10 awardIf you are a business analyst or a member of a related team, here’s our list of top-10 blogs and websites for Business Analysts. 

Hope you enjoy!

  1. Modern Analyst – The definitive BA source for great content and community
  2. Business Analyst Times – White papers, webinars, and practical advice for the every-day BA
  3. International Institute of Business Analysis – Join this community to network with other BAs and access their online library [Read more…]
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Requirements Management: When Should You Write User Interface (UI) Specs?

March 27, 2014 By

rooster-early2In my last blog post, I discussed why the User Interface (UI) specifications should be an integral part of requirements.

If you agree (fully or partially) with my take on this, the next question to consider is as follows: At what stage of the requirements management process should we write the UI specifications?

My answer for this is surprisingly simple, yet difficult to implement in most projects. But that is not bad news.

What is the answer, and why is it not bad news? Read on… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Analysis - General, Requirements Management, Use Cases, User Interface (UI)

Requirements Management: Should User Interface (UI) Be Part of Requirements?

March 13, 2014 By

old-comp-with-terminalSince the advent of the software industry, User Interface (UI) has been an afterthought – for the most part. UI is something the teams building the software slapped on the software at the end of a project.

Kinda like a coat of paint after the house was built! 🙂

The conventional wisdom (especially in B2B software) was that customers did not buy the software for the UI, they bought it for the functionality.

From this piece of conventional wisdom, another one followed: UI should *NOT* be a part of requirements. Rather, UI is something added after the requirements (use cases or functional requirements) were defined.

Is this still true? Read on for the answer… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Requirements Management, User Interface (UI)
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