13 January 2024
Categorization of requirements means that you group them into meaningful clusters. The question is, why should you consider doing this?
18 October 2024
In Agile Business Analysis, the "See the Whole" principle encourages professionals to analyze the business change in the context of the bigger picture, focusing on the business environment and why the change is necessary. This principle encourages business analysts to take a holistic view. Understanding the context, solution, and stakeholders is crucial to value delivery.
24 October 2024
In the world of Agile Business Analysis, this principle emphasizes the importance of a customer-centric approach. Rather than focusing solely on the needs of a business, this principle encourages business analysts (BAs) to incorporate the voice of the customer and adopt their perspective ensuring that every feature developed meets customer expectations and adds value.
29 October 2024
This is an article I wrote for the EXIN blog, where I try to explain the importance of strong business […]
1 November 2024
According to the IIBA Agile Extension to the BABOK Guide, the third Agile Business Analysis principle, “Analyze to Determine What is Valuable,” emphasizes the continuous process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing what delivers the most value to both customers and the organization.
22 November 2024
This article is part of our ongoing series on Agile Business Analysis principles. In this post, we’ll explore the fifth principle, Understand What is Doable, which emphasizes the importance of setting realistic goals within Agile initiatives by balancing ambition with constraints and team capabilitites.
3 January 2025
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.
20 October 2025
Two perspectives "functional" and "process". Each represents a different perspective of how value is created and how work is managed. Harmon argues that while both are legitimate and necessary, modern performance improvement depends on an organization's ability to move beyond purely functional thinking and adopt a process-oriented perspective.
26 October 2025
Eliciting requirements sounds simple, until you realise that everyone has a different view of what’s “needed.” Many new business analysts find themselves in meetings full of opinions, conflicting priorities, and vague statements like “We just need it to be faster.”