Blogs for aspiring Agile Business Analysts
Introduction In this blog, I’ll be sharing my experiences when it comes to building a backlog from scratch. As BAs we’re all familiar with the backlog and its purpose but one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced over the years is actually creating one from nothing as I feel that if you don’t start the... Continue Reading →
‘Where did that come from?!’ - tips for avoiding a ‘bloated backlog’ How many times when going through a product backlog have you said, ‘where did that come from??’ We’ve all seen it right? Here’s what normally happens….you open up the backlog item to see what the description is and who put it there so... Continue Reading →
4 key activities for a Business Analyst in the ‘Alpha’ phase On one of my earlier blogs, I described what I thought are the 3 key activities a BA should be doing when they were in a Discovery phase of a project. The feedback I received was positive so I thought I’d give, what I... Continue Reading →
Introduction When I was introduced to scrum, the burndown chart was a tool that was highly emphasised however I feel the purpose has changed from it being a tool to predict (to a certain level) timescales for delivery to a tool that measures a team’s productivity…..in other words, the focus is on the number of... Continue Reading →
In at the deep end So, you’ve just heard you’re going to be the Business Analyst on an Agile team that’s going in to a Discovery and it’s your first one. For my first Discovery, it was daunting let me tell you. I already knew quite a few tools and techniques a BA should use... Continue Reading →
Are you, or have you been in a situation where you feel that your career as a BA is a bit ‘on hold’? Could be that you found yourself on a project where the BA role is misunderstood so you’re just managing risk logs (for example). Or your service is in Beta with very little... Continue Reading →
I’ve read lots of articles and books on Business Analysis tools and techniques and when to use them in the project lifecycle. What I haven’t seen so much of is how the BA works with the different roles in an Agile development team. Continue reading My previous blog went into the change for a BA... Continue Reading →
From Waterfall……. As a Business Analyst for nearly 5 years now, I've experienced working in both Waterfall and Agile frameworks and even hybrids of the 2 (you've all heard of Wagile right?) My first experience as a Business Analyst was working in a large UK government programme with a team of Business Analysts creating use... Continue Reading →
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