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18 December 2024
Stakeholder nomination technique
18 December 2024

Identify Your Stakeholders Through Nomination

The stakeholder nomination technique is not a new concept; it has been used for decades as a practical way to identify relevant stakeholders in projects and decision-making processes. Its origins are rooted in basic principles of stakeholder theory and collaborative identification methods that have been widely recognized in management and organizational literature.
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3 January 2025
Stakeholder Identification Checklist
3 January 2025

Stakeholder Identification Checklist

Exhaustive requirements elicitation is critical for successful project outcomes, and it starts with thorough stakeholder identification. A stakeholder checklist is one of the simplest and most effective ways to ensure comprehensive stakeholder identification. This technique offers a structured and quick way to ensure no essential group is overlooked.
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13 November 2025
The Cynefin Framework
13 November 2025

The Analyst as Sense-Maker in the VUCA World

In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world, business analysts play an important role as sense-makers. Rather than providing straightforward answers, analysts are increasingly called upon to interpret ambiguity, surface patterns, and guide organizations through uncertain situations.
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9 February 2026
Switching between certifications
9 February 2026

Switching between business analysis certifications

If I already hold a certification, can I move to another scheme without starting from scratch? The short answer: yes, but with conditions. The longer answer depends on how the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), British Computer Society (BCS), and International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) certification frameworks overlap and where they don’t.
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23 February 2026
Business Analysis Certifications
23 February 2026

Your First Business Analysis Certification: IIBA, BCS, or IREB?

In this post, I’ll compare the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), British Computer Society (BCS), and International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) through a career lens: consulting vs. corporate, geographic reach, industry fit, and the professional community you’ll be joining.
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3 March 2026
Elicitation Plan
3 March 2026

Choosing the Right Elicitation Technique

There is a well-documented pattern in requirements engineering that most experienced practitioners will recognize the moment they hear it and quietly wince. Research (2014) from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid found that when an analyst faces an elicitation challenge, they tend to reach for the technique they know best, regardless of whether it is the most appropriate one for the situation.
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7 April 2026
Rapport is a skill
7 April 2026

Rapport Is a Skill

In the first post in this series, we watched Anna, a business analyst, meet Marcus, a skeptical IT Director, in three different versions of the same corridor conversation: same setup, same 10 minutes, three very different outcomes. In one, she built a strong connection. In another, she lost him entirely. In the third, she stumbled but recovered.
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