What is a User Story? A child of the Agile Approach to delivering information technology, the User Story is becoming a common tool in the business analysis world. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this relative late-comer to the business analyst’s requirements elicitation toolbox, let me quote Wikipedia: “… a user story is [...]
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The Need for Expertise I see a lot of job openings these days where companies are looking for “business analysts” and requiring applicants to be knowledgeable in a specific subject matter. I must admit that I have a beef with that requirement. I would maintain that too much knowledge about a specific domain is detrimental [...]
An Interviewing Tool for Business Analysis For reasons known to none, interviewing seems to be a hot topic for business analysts now-a-days. I don’t know why, but recently I have been getting inquiries from customers and prospects alike regarding this critical early or pre-project activity. The inquiries range from how to get the most out [...]
Do You Really Want To Elicit? It is time for me to enlighten the rest of the world regarding requirements elicitation. First off, I consider it somewhat of a dangerous term, elicitation. I am afraid to ask other stakeholders on the project that I would like to “elicit your requirements”. Somehow, it sounds suggestive and [...]
What Do You Know? Ben Franklin once observed, “So the more we know, the more we feel that we don’t know.” Actually, I’m going out on a limb here and assuming that he was neither the first nor the last to voice that thought, albeit he did express it very succinctly. Knowledge is dangerous and [...]
Business Analyst Training is a Process — Not an Event Many of you may not be aware of this, but the Requirements Solutions Group is not just a training company. Building business analysts is not just a matter of going in to do a couple of days of training and then sailing off into the [...]
The Up Side of Virtual Requirements Meetings Do you think that the time has come for virtual requirements gathering meetings? I mean, think about the advantages: They can be held anywhere, anytime (as long as all required participants have access to the web). They offer a new dimension in instant, electronic documentation (capture–as–you–speak). Virtual meetings [...]
