What you write may not be what I read. What I read may not be what I understand. And what I understand now may not be what I remember later…When you capture the result of your analysis, how do you…
Yulia Kosarenko
Yulia Kosarenko is the author of "Business Analyst: a Profession and a Mindset". She is a speaker and business analysis community activist, and offers online courses, personalized coaching and corporate training for business analysts and architects.
Business Analysis Pitfalls: Feeding the Tool
Imagine a business analyst starting a new job in a large organization. After being shown around and getting oriented, the analyst gets a demo of the new requirements management or application lifecycle management tool. “All of our requirements are now…
Business Analysis Pitfalls: Cumulative Note-Taking
“We will start by reviewing and approving last meeting’s minutes”… “This is not what I have captured in the notes from two months ago”… “If you compare our notes from meetings #4, 5 and 7, you will conclude that…” “In…
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How Long Will It Take: The Elusive Sum of All Parts
How long will it take you to do it? When will you get it done? What is the task duration? How many times have you had to answer such questions? How often was your answer proven to be just right?…
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Business Analysis Pitfalls: “I Don’t Care Why”
A project team is reviewing solution design, tracing it back to the requirements. A business analyst is flashing the original requirement on screen. Everyone in the room is looking at each other, doubts on their faces. “Was this our requirement?…
How to Execute Well: Learning From Chocolate Bites
If you’ve seen my previous post “How is baking macaroons like a software project”, then you may remember my rather frustrating experience of doing something without preparation and foreplanning. This time, I’ve decided to be more in control and picked…
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How is Baking Macaroons Like a Software Project?
We can learn valuable project management lessons from any project - including baking macaroons.