Mastering Business Analysis

Karl Wiegers shares his lessons on requirements, project management, design, quality and more. Karl's advice can make you significantly better at what you do. Show Notes Karl Wiegers started programming in 1970 and has collected 60 lessons he has learned in several areas of software development including requirements, design, project management, culture, teamwork, quality, and […] The post MBA228: Software Development Pearls appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Ian Reynolds discusses how to discover the right solutions for your customers and then deliver them quickly. The post MBA227: The Minimum Viable Business appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

In this lightning cast, we explore the 5-step design process Elon Musk uses for SpaceX to innovate and get better results. The post MBALC: Elon Musk's 5-Step Design Process appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

The Theory of Constraints is an approach to improving organizational performance by accelerating delivery. Author Clarke Ching shares his FOCCCUS Formula to address the system's bottleneck. The post MBA226: The FOCCCUS Formula appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Mantica helps us understand business models and helps us understand how to find new opportunities to create greater value. The post MBA225: The Value of Business Models appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Clarke Ching shares an innovative problem solving approach to help us solve tricky problems. The post MBA224: Corkscrew Thinking appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Mantica discusses the brain science behind some of the challenges knowledge workers face and helps you shift your mindset to enable you to thrive in a complex and chaotic environment. The post MBA223: The Human Work Machine appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Bland discusses the importance of testing your business ideas and shares ways to dramatically reduce the risk and increase the likelihood of success for your product, initiative, or project. The post MBA222: Testing Your Business Ideas appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Adrian Reed discusses systems thinking, how it enables business agility, and how it can help elevate the value you bring to your organization. The post MBA221: Systems Thinking and Business Agility appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Author and thought leader Karl Wiegers shares principles and lessons he has learned from poor designs and what you can do to develop solutions that create a great user experience. The post MBA220: Thoughtless Design with Karl Wiegers appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Kent McDonald shares his thoughts on what it takes to succeed as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment. The post MBA219: How To Be an Agile Business Analyst appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

In this episode of the BA Toolbox, we explore the A3 report and it's use in problem solving. The post BA Toolbox – A3 Report appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Melissa Boggs discusses how the Scrum Alliance transformed into customer-centric teams and how you can have a greater customer focus. The post MBA218: Customer-Centric Transformation appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Understanding the different levels of Agile planning and what they mean for you will help your team stay aligned and focused on achieving the right outcomes. The post Lightning Cast: Agile Planning appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Paul Niven helps us to understand Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a goal-setting tool to set ambitious goals with measurable results. The post MBA217: Objectives and Key Results appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Stop the wasted time and money from ineffective meetings by giving your next meeting a POWER Start. The post Lightning Cast: POWER Start for Your Meetings appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Hawks shares an approach to transformations, projects, and large change initiatives by starting with the business outcomes. The post MBA216: Outcome Based Change appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Overcome resistance to change using Goldratt's Four Quadrants of Change The post Lightning Cast: Resistance to Change appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Roman Pichler discusses the challenges associated with leading in a Product Management role and what you can do to overcome those challenges. The post MBA215: The Challenges with Leading in Product Management appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Laura Brandenburg shares her framework for career development; the Business Analyst Success Path. The post MBA214: The BA Success Path appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

If you want to accelerate and deliver with greater speed and flexibility that's critical to serving your customers, combine Agile with Theory of Constraints. The post MBA213: Applying Theory of Constraints appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Joshua Kerievsky shares the four principles of Modern Agile and how they can help you find better ways of working and achieve better business outcomes. The post MBA212: Transforming Your Work with Modern Agile appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

In this time of unrelenting change, we need leadership at all levels. Here's what you need to help your team succeed. The post MBA211: Adaptive Leadership appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Communication is vital to success on teams and across organizations. In this episode, Tommy Re shows us how to dramatically improve communication. The post MBA210: Vital Communication appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Grant Wright Shares simple Visual Thinking tools and practices to help your team get aligned and retain information. The post MBA209: Visual Thinking appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Author Michael Levine helps us unleash the power of large, diverse groups of smart, experienced individuals to deliver positive business results. The post MBA208: Facilitative Leadership appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Paul Pelletier helps us to understand the root causes of disrespectful behaviors at work and how to address them. The post MBA207: Bad Behaviors in the Workplace appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Jim Rushton helps us to understand why 80% of analytics projects fail and what you can do to make sure yours succeeds. The post MBA206: Succeeding with Analytics appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Building on last year's episode about BA performance goals, we discuss how to choose the right goals and achieve them. The post Lightning Cast: BA Goals Revisited appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Lori Silverman helps us get real value from data by developing core competence and creating the culture needed to support collaborative data-informed decision making. The post MBA205: Beyond Data Literacy appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

LinkedIn's list of the 15 most in-demand skills includes business analysis and a many skills that are critical to your success. The post MBA204: Top Skills for 2020 appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Mantica shares ways to protect yourself from layoffs and prepare for career advancement. The post MBA203: Career Insurance appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Holiday Episode: In the style of the 1897 New York Sun editorial, a grown up Virginia asks if there are Business Analysts in Agile. The post Yes, Virginia, There Are BAs in Agile appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Find out what you can do to ensure a successful product launch. The post Lightning Cast: Failure to Launch (a new product) appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

David Mantica helps overcome one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today - understanding value and building the right solution. The post MBA202: Business Value Analysis appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Richard Larson shares his experiences as an accidental Product Owner and provides tips and advice for others moving toward a role in Product Ownership. The post MBA201: Tips From an Accidental Product Owner appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Here's the best tips and advice from industry experts in over 200 episodes. Now take action! The post MBA200: Take Action! The Best Advice from Over 200 Episodes appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Kevin Brennan discusses how the world of work is changing and how Business Analysts need to adapt. The post MBA199: The Future of the BA Profession appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Michael Roberts helps us understand what DevOps is and how it affects the role of Business Analysts. The post MBA198: DevOps – What it Means for BAs appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Lora McCoy discusses how to shift the psychological response to change and help stakeholders adapt and adopt the change. The post MBA197: Making Change Fun appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Vince Mirabelli shares some practical, how-to approaches to developing empathy, mapping the customer journey, and finding business process improvement opportunities along the way. The post MBA196: Customer Journey Treasure Hunting appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Kent McDonald shares his thoughts about what you need to know about Agile and how to use Example Mapping; a technique to create a shared understanding. The post MBA195: Example Mapping appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Adrian Reed shares approached for successfully initiating projects and stakeholder management The post MBA194: Start Your Project Off Right appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Ryland Leyton shares tips and advice from his new book to help you find the right job and grow in your career. The post MBA193: About Your Career appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Explore the use (and misuse) of story point estimation and discover the right way to estimate stories. The post Lightning Cast: Story Estimation – What’s the Point? appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Is your project suffering from requirements rot? As time passes between requirements elicitation and delivery, your requirements will become unusable. The post Lightning Cast: Requirements Rot appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Product debt can slow the delivery, erode customer value, and make it difficult to innovate. Here are the different types of product debt and what you can do about it. The post MBA192: The Blight of Product Debt appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

In this episode, we discuss the different kinds of power you can use to get things done within your team or across your organization. The post Lightning Cast: The Power to Get Things Done appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

Use Cases aren't just for waterfall. Use Cases also work well in Agile an context and help address the challenges with User Stories. The post MBA191: Use Cases in Agile appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.

80% of project tasks will be performed by AI by 2030. Will you lose your job to a machine? The post Lightning Cast: AI – Can you be replaced by a machine? appeared first on 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. The post MBA190: Business Data Analytics appeared first on Mastering Business Analysis.