Agile for dummies – 5 key concepts

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Adam Feldman

Stories. Acceptance Criteria. Value based prioritisation. Iterate often. Change is normal – be agile.
Stories
Agile encourages the use of User Stories as a requirements gathering technique.  Stories are similar to high level requirements, however, they are normally written from the perspective of the actual user.
It is helpful for each story to express the value of the story [...]

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What not to do! How to be a bad Business Analyst.

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Adam Feldman

No one wants to do a bad job, but unfortunately not all BA’s impress their clients.
Here are a few things to avoid.
3 – Saying “yes” to every request from the business.
It is really important to listen to the business, but we are Analysts, not Dictaphones.
Our job is to put ourselves in the shoes of our [...]

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