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How to talk BA

POSTED May 05/12 No comments

Starting a new project, joining a new company or settling into a new role always has its fair share of acronyms to nut out and key words to become fam...

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Keeping it simple

POSTED May 05/12 No comments

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple. Marcellinus Ammianus (fourth-century Roman historian) The primary job of the business analyst...

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500 Awesome things about being a BA

POSTED February 02/12 23 comments

I recently watched Neil Pasricha's talk on The 3 A's of awesome and it got me thinking about our BA world. Neil describes himself as an “average ...

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Recently I presented at the IIBA BA Development Day conference held at Te Papa in Wellington.  I luv’d it, had an absolute blast and it will defini...

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Website Announcement

POSTED October 10/11 No comments
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We’re proud as punch of our new-look website. It’s been on the To Do list for a while as we felt we could be a little more user friendly, and well...

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Knowledge isn’t everything

POSTED May 05/12 2 comments

Knowledge isn’t everything…  when not knowing a lot works in your favour! In the current financial climate, business analysis tasks and timeli...

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Ignoring complexity is not simplicity

POSTED April 04/12 4 comments

Simplify. This seems to be the buzzword in the projects. Business owners demand it. Project Managers utter it. Architects revere it. Unfortunate...

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Tools for the Agile BA

POSTED December 12/11 No comments

In December Redvespa participated in an online webinar on Tools for the Agile BA, organised by the IIBA. Agile methodologies can change the role of th...

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Say it with numbers...

POSTED October 10/11 2 comments
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Why is business analysis considered to be a qualitative practice? By qualitative process, I infer to over-emphasis of soft-skills - like negotiation, ...

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IIBA and all that

POSTED July 07/11 1 comment
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I’ve wrestled with myself as to whether I’d ever actually write this blog. From time to time colleagues ask me, “When are you going to pull you...

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