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Empower Your BA Capability 

28 September 2016
Business design
28 September 2016

BUSINESS DESIGNER WANTED!

Looking at the history of software engineering, it is interesting to see its evolution. It all started with a pretty basic ‘writing programs’ that did perform some (hopefully functional and useful) tasks. Quickly, it appeared that happy nerd-driven programming was insufficient for addressing more serious functional problems.
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26 October 2025
Working on requirements elicitation plan
26 October 2025

Don’t Start Eliciting Without a Plan! How to Structure Your Requirements Discovery

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.”
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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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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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13 March 2026
Volere Snow Card
13 March 2026

The Volere Snow Card

Business analysts often face a common challenge when gathering requirements. Stakeholders tend to focus on solutions instead of their actual needs. As a result, important requirements can stay hidden. At a recent workshop, someone brought up this exact problem. His stakeholders kept talking about solutions instead of the problem they wanted to solve.
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