Difference between a Project Manager and a Product Manager
“Who is the real decision-maker on a product team?” It is one of the most common questions I get — usually because the Project Manager and Product Manager titles sound so similar that…
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Scrum in detail
What is Scrum? Scrum is currently the most widely used framework to manage software projects (see Wikipedia: Scrum). Since Scrum is so popular you will find many slightly varying implementations of Scrum in…
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What are the 3 essential skills that a business analyst should have?
If I had to coach someone into a business-analyst career, I would tell them this: the tools are easy to learn, but the mindset and people skills are what set great BAs apart….
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What is project management and what does it entail?
Project management is the act of taking a project and determining the scope, desired outcome, requirements, and deliverables needed to successfully execute the project. Project management is a discipline that can increase the…
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What is difference between an Analyst and a Business Analyst?
People often use “Analyst” and “Business Analyst” as if they were the same thing. They are not. “Analyst” is a broad umbrella, and the Business Analyst is just one specialised role underneath it….
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What are the types of business analysts?
“Business Analyst” is one of those job titles that means very different things in different companies. Over the years I have worked alongside several flavours of BA, and the day-to-day work can look…
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Define the scope of work for the business analysis activities
The scope of the business analysis work comes from the business analysis deliverables and becomes part of the overall project scope. The business analyst, in defining the business analysis scope or work, works…
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Final considerations for selecting the business analysis approach
In selecting the appropriate approach, the complexity of the project should be taken into consideration. Such factors, as those listed below, will affect the approach chosen. As any of these project attributes increase,…
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How BA is handled in waterfall and agile?
The two approaches that have been considered in the first section below are the Waterfall and Agile. Because both Waterfall and Agile approaches can be done incrementally, an Incremental process, as a separate…
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How to develop estimates for business analysis work?
Estimates are developed in conjunction with the project manager, other team members, and according to the approved organizational process assets, including methodology and templates for developing estimates. This estimate will provide the project…
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Non-functional Requirements – Why do we need them?
Non-functional requirements, what comes to our mind when we talk about NFR (Non-functional requirements)? When we say non-functional we typically mean those requirements that are not related to the functionality of the system,…
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4 Ways to Increase Software Quality and Decrease Test Time
Can you think of a software delivery without or with very less Quality testing? If yes, then be prepared for a heated session with the client who himself is bound by the tight…
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The End is Near for Business Analysts in Agile!
A Business Analyst often finds himself/herself struggling to understand the job role he/she is expected to play. Many things have changed since the adoption of Agile methodology which is also a reason for…
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Requirements gathering feels like torture to you?
If you were to search ‘requirements elicitation cartoon’ in google images, you would see there are several cartoons that compare Requirements Elicitation to Torture. So why do people compare requirements elicitation to torture?…
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Model Driven Analysis – A Way To Work Smarter
I was surfing the internet and stumbled upon a book written by Gabriel A. Moreno and Paulo Merson on “Model-Driven Performance Analysis” (find link here). As the author describes the best approach to take towards designing…
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Conducting Meetings – Calendar Sharing and MoM
Have you ever found yourself being a part of a meeting or a workshop which is not well thought and is conducted extensively? The reasons could be many ranging from lack of thinking,…
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Effective sprint planning and estimation methods
In a scrum framework, there are typically three types of users namely Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers. The initial requirement gathering from the client is followed by segregating it into Epics and…
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Meaning of being a Business Analyst
When I started my career five years ago as an IT Analyst with UK based firm called Hedges Direct, the term was pretty new here in India which meant the opportunities were scarce…
