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September 3, 2019
How Scrum Can Change the Way You Work?
Today everyone wants to master Scrum but no one wants to understand what it exactly is and what its salient features are. The Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) sectors in India and elsewhere consider it to be the process that is going to take them to the stars. But, if Scrum would […]
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July 10, 2019
Keeping High-Level Requirements High-Level
Stakeholders dislike repeated questions about their needs. They do not separate the details from the HLRs. But all is not lost. They do like being in on the sessions of project planning especially when they have a stakeholder role in it. Eliciting and organizing these HLRs to form a list of topics like the […]
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July 7, 2019
Three Modes of Business Analysis Consulting
A consultant for BA normally is a collaborator, expert, or an additional pair-of-hands when facing clients. The book by Process Impact’s Principal Consultant Karl Wiegers is about these three modes of interactions. Let us explore these to learn more. 1. The independent model: The Expert: The expert works with clients who have pain-areas and […]
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June 27, 2019
“Agile Requirements With Karl Wiegers: What’s The Big Deal? “
Software companies are using Agile methodology and even the BAs are calling their work ‘Agile Requirements’. According to Karl Wieger, there is a huge difference between the activities for requirements on traditional and agile projects. Rather the work specified as “agile requirements” is not very conceptually different having evolved from the traditional waterfall methods. […]
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June 9, 2019
Retrospectives Make Better Product Outcomes
Most product managers and coaches struggle with frustrating outcomes. The answer to such a situation lies in the retrospectives. The Retrospectives-tool is an essential of the PMs toolkit and relies on learning, transparency and exploring curiosity in a safe environment. The product retrospectives can transform product processes, improve products, and offers an opportunity for […]
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March 22, 2019
Refine Your Product Backlog Continuously to Improve Flow
As you might already know, product Backlog is simply a list of everything you have to do to complete your project. It helps you find all your requirements for the product at a single source. This article discusses how we can improve the product flow by continuously refining your product backlog. The Refinement Process […]
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March 14, 2019
The Tester’s Role in Requirement Exploration
An exploratory tester is an important individual in every modern agile team. This testing process varies from traditional testing with personal freedom and responsibility given to the individual tester. It is simply defined as a type of testing where the test scenarios are created by the testers on the go rather than creating in […]
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January 31, 2019
The Charm Of User Stories
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. The simplicity of a user story allows for this approach becoming the fundamental artefact in your project armoury. Let us understand two simple concepts in user stories which highlight how a user story operates and the INVEST acronym holding it together. These two simple techniques of […]
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January 30, 2019
Three Questions To Determine If An Organization Is Agile
Being Agile is a continuous process and a way of thing. One should never expect 100% Agility. Just as every sport is larger than its practitioners no matter how famous they are. The same applies to Agility! There will be areas of improvement, techniques of excellence and some areas of total failure. Just to give […]
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December 27, 2018
The Past, Present and Future of Business analysis
Over the years technology has bridged many gaps. These gaps existed between processes, skills and resources. However, an interesting turn of events happened with the era of Business analysis. This brought a time where data became the real asset and insights, disruptions and innovations followed. Not only this, data analysis helped solving recurrent business problems, […]
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December 27, 2018
Reframing The Culture Of Organizational Change
Companies are placing a much larger emphasis on culture in the workplace, policies for efficient smart work is overtaking long hours and unhealthy employee health. This change places a large emphasis on the use of technology, the framework of cultural change and the link between the two. A cultural emphasis on change can be challenging […]
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November 28, 2018
Scrum Mythbusters – What All You Should Know About!
Scrum is a framework widely used in organisations to address adaptive and intricate problems. The Scrum Guide written by its originators explains roles, artefacts, events and rules of it precisely and succinctly. The greatest strength of this framework is its simplicity and the same causes many delusions and myths regarding it. In this article, […]
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November 19, 2018
Business Analysis in the Digital Age
For the last two decades, we have been staring at massive shifts in our economy. Business models that were stable for decades or centuries are at the brim of the transformation or the failure due to the digital transformation happening in the industry. This presents a large scope for business analytics training courses. Since […]
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October 17, 2018
Top 5 Skills for Business Analysts – You Should Be Aware Of!
Careers in business analysis have shown excellent success rates and this is probably why a lot of aspirants in the job market aim to be business analysts. However, for those who want to excel in this career field, a quick summary of the top skills needed to be one would be helpful. The top […]
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October 6, 2018
Three Concurrent Paths to Influence Change at Work
You may often notice that something in your workplace is not done right. These problems could be lack of communication between departments, duplication of work, old processes that needs redesigning or people unaware of work. Whatever the problem may be, eventually a solution will be found. Implementing this solution causes change, and people are generally […]
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September 17, 2018
Is The Key To Agile Leadership Simply Doing Stuff?
Doing activities in an agile ecosystem may just be the secret tip to a successful leadership within an organisation. Today, organisations are growing at a rapid pace and are quick to pursue a digital solution for a problem. Initially, companies faced a bit of a challenge to transform into an agile business as the […]
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September 11, 2018
Making New Ways of Working (NWOW) Happen Now
If we think about it, it is quite clear that the progress made in information and technology hasn’t reflected in our industrial operations. We still use two hundred-year-old hierarchical command system at organisations in this era of self-employed entrepreneurs and well-networked individuals. However, those days are finally getting over. Today, we are facing the change […]
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August 31, 2018
Keeping Agile with Change Management
Many software start-ups and IT companies are now resorting to ‘Agile’ and change management. Agile methodology mainly refers to dissecting a project into short-term cycles which are commonly known as “sprints.” The assumption behind agile methods is that the situation keeps changing throughout the project. Agilists focus on the reality of the business and try […]
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August 21, 2018
How do you Measure Change Success?
” I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails always to reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean. Change is inevitable, and there is a need to be implemented almost on a daily basis. Evolution is a tricky topic. Honestly, not many of us like changes in our life be […]
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August 13, 2018
Keeping Agile with Change Management
Many software start-ups and IT companies are now resorting to ‘Agile’ and change management. Agile methodology mainly refers to dissecting a project into short-term cycles which are commonly known as “sprints”. The central assumption behind agile methods is that the situation keeps changing throughout the project. Agilists focus on the reality of the business and […]
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July 24, 2018
Change Management: What’s in a Name?
In the recent years, change management is a term which has been steadily growing regarding usage. Although the name may sound a little obscure, change management is something that can help companies streamline various facets of their businesses, to achieve a determined outcome. A whole range of target audiences is included in this umbrella, right […]
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July 24, 2018
The Past Present and Future of Change Management – Part 1
The evolution and growth of change management as a discipline has seen a meteoric rise over the three main eras of the definitive past, evolving present and the formalized and expanding future. The foundational years before the 1990’s saw academics beginning to define and understand the very basics of change management and systems experiencing, reacting […]
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June 30, 2018
Lean Change management – Innovative practices
“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”― Heraclitus Take a look the growth of any industry within the last 200 years and the one thing that will definitely stand out to you is the amount of change they would’ve gone through, whether technologically or in relation to their work culture. The above quote […]
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June 25, 2018
Defining Culture – Critical Turning Point To The Success of Change
Culture transformation could perhaps best be defined as a constantly changing process of updating a company’s outlook or culture, and ultimately, its policies, and actions to reflect a more efficient of operation. Culture, itself can perhaps be best defined as a collection of values, beliefs, and other attributes that comprises any person’s personality. This directly […]
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June 1, 2018
Why Change Doesn’t Happen and What to Do About It?
This is a time of the year when courses get over, the market is filled with new opportunities and talent, the best time to issue changes in an organization. But why do changes not happen? Decisions have been taken to either offer a new product or refine the offering, yet it seems too difficult for […]
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May 17, 2018
The Rapid Changes Brought Into Banking Due To Digitalization
We have well and truly arrived into the digital era, and every facet of our lives is seeing change on a scale never seen or imagined before. People are buying clothes, ordering food, booking tickets, conducting meetings with colleagues or clients and doing so much more in a remote, digitized way. The modes of communication […]
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May 10, 2018
How to Lead Your Team through Change
Although it is a well-worn cliche, the phrase the only thing constant is change is still true today as it was years ago when first coined. In fact, one could say that this is even truer in today’s disruptive times than it ever was before. There is no individual or company today who doesn’t go […]
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May 2, 2018
Ways Organisations Can Work On Change Management
Change is imperative for growth and development but is extremely hard to bring about to achieve exactly those. For Organizations to remain relevant and in demand, there is an irrefutable need to bring change to the processes, job roles, organizations structures and enabling technology. Before an Organization plans to enact the change, they need to […]
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July 7, 2017
Tips for Preparing CBAP Certification Exam
So at long last, you have decided and wanted to take up the most desired confirmation in the Business examination space after much tarrying and thoughts. Most importantly I should praise you on your plans of getting confirmed. That is the best blessing potentially you can give your expert profession. Uplifting news is that an […]
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April 5, 2017
What is Agile Development and How is It Different from Scrum?
Agile development, which is also known as agile software development is a term that is used to describe a set of principles for the development of a software. This is a system where cross-functional teams are supposed to function in a more collaborative manner and assist in the evolvement of solutions and requirements. Developed by […]
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