Mastering Business Analysis

Organizations need to make better decisions based on real data. Find out how you can bring value in the area of business data analytics.

Facilitation means more than running a meeting. Find out how you can facilitate the the value it brings to your organization.

BriElle Bryson shares her experience stepping into a Product Owner role and helps us understand how to prepare for product ownership.

Eliminate waste in a process and get a holistic view of end-to-end value using a simplified Value Stream Map.

Coach, consultant, and trainer Anu Smalley shares her 4Ps framework to address a major challenge organizations face today; how to build products customers want and love.

Are you suffering from Product Debt? Product Debt erodes customer value, stifles innovation, and increases the time and cost it takes to deliver new functionality.

Discover how to leverage your core Business Analyst skills in a different way and be successful as a Scrum Master.

Understand the importance of business agility and your role in helping your organization become more responsive to changing customer needs.

Coach and author Bob Galen shares some of the challenges Product Owners face and what you can do to overcome those challenges and take your skills to the next level.

How can you expect someone to fully grasp the context and content of an output without a conversation? In this episode, we discuss the common behavior of creating an output and throwing it over the wall to another team.

James Robertson shares some of the challenges associated with an Agile transformation and how Business Analysts can provide the most value to the organization.

Discover how to make non-functional requirements visible in Agile.

Brian Rhea helps us use Jobs to be Done and customer interviews to discover unmet customer needs and create solutions people really want.

We often have an "us vs. them" mentality between business and technology. We need to break down those silos and realize that WE are the business.

In this episode, we discuss where a Business Analyst fits on a Scrum Team and what they can do to provide value to the team and the organization.

In this episode, we discuss the realities of being a Business Analyst in a non-technical field and how to apply your existing skills and competencies to other contexts.

In this episode, we discuss the certainty of missing requirements and what you can do to reduce the occurrence and impact of missed requirements.

Understanding the three Business Analyst archetypes can help you find the right job and advance your career.

Kent McDonald helps us uncover information and elicit requirements using an ancient questioning technique.

Creating annual performance goals for Business Analysts can be a challenge. Here are some tips and sample goals to help you achieve the right outcomes this year.

Jen Kalz shows you how to use prototypes to create a shared understanding and build the right things.

We take a closer look at LinkedIn's article, Most Promising Jobs for 2019, and explore how the skill of business analysis fits into these opportunities.

Product Backlog Refinement (grooming) is a key activity for any Agile team. Here are some tips and recommendations for successful refinement sessions.

Thought leaders share their predictions for 2019 and what you can do to be more successful in the new year.

In this poem adapted from Clement Clark Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", we get the Business Analyst version and find out what happens when the BA visits a struggling project team.

Many organizations are calling upon Business Analysts to step into Product Owner and Product Manager roles. Will you be ready for this next step in your career?

Many organizations are calling upon Business Analysts to step into Product Owner and Product Manager roles. Will you be ready for this next step in your career? We'll explore the role of the Product Manager and understand how this can be the next evolution of the Business Analyst.

Product Management expert Melissa Perri helps us to avoid some on the pitfalls of solution development and create products customers will love.

The next generation business competencies are the capabilities you need to help everyone in the organization make faster, better decisions. Kupe will help us focus on approaches that will help you learn quickly, make good decisions, and manage risk.

In this episode, I answer questions submitted from listeners. Questions about Agile, DevOps, and remote elicitation are answered.

Author Mary Lynn Manns shares techniques to influence others and get buy-in for your ideas.

Which works better? A stage gate process with a big design up front or breaking work down into smaller increments.

Ken Fulmer shares eight competencies that are critical for success when working as a digital Business Analyst.

Adrian Reed helps us explore the BA career path, career growth options, and actions you can take to grow in your career as a Business Analyst.

Want to communicate in a compelling, memorable way? Storytelling allows you to connect with your audience at an emotional level and helps your ideas stick.

Heather Mylan-Mains helps us to deliver and receive feedback in an impactful way.

Last week, the world lost a luminary. Jerry Weinberg passed away at the age of 84. Here are some of the most important lessons from Jerry in his own words.

Discover how to develop the right products and solutions by thinking as a customer.

IIBA President Ken Fulmer discusses the IIBA's Agile Analysis certification; What it means for your organization and to your career.

Speaker and trainer Vince Mirabelli discusses a real differentiator for you and your role, Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that you can use to improve performance by removing waste and reducing variation.

Find out how to transition to a Business Analyst role.

Glenn Brule discusses the Business Analyst role, its real value proposition, and what you can do to increase the value you provide to your organization.

What's the next step in the evolution of the role of the Business Analyst? Does Agile spell the end of the BA role?

Understand what you can do to increase the value of products and solutions developed by your organization by using Dude's Law.

Alyce Reopelle challenges some of the practices and assumptions about requirements elicitation.

Discover what you can do to help your organization achieve business agility, the ability to quickly adapt to changes and rapidly deliver value.

In this episode, you'll discover how to use hypotheses and experiments to identify the sight solutions to customer needs.

In this episode, we'll explore Agile requirements and answer the question "Are User Stories requirements?"

Ali Cox joins us to help us understand the importance of data analysis and what it means to you and your role.