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Managing backlog flow with the “Rock Crusher” method

Analysts Corner

We talk about the book “ The Rock Crusher: A Model for Flow-Based Backlog Management ”, by authors Steve Adolph, Shane Hastie, and Ryland Leyton. In this article, we get a glimpse at the book’s method, with the same name. the backlog transforms into a bottomless pit and thus loses sight of what is important.

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Business Analysis Digest #37

Passionate BA

Many big books on software requirements and business analysis recommend dozens and dozens of practices. The Rock Crusher: Mastering Agile Backlog Management. Join other BA experts for an engaging webinar featuring the authors of the book, The Rock Crusher. 14.09, 8 PM CEST. Essential Requirements Practices.

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IIBA BABOK Guide Version 3 – What’s Inside?

The BAWorld

What’s inside IIBA BABOK Guide Version 3 Let’s accept it, the BABOK guide version 3 is a big book. Even though the IIBA BABOK guide is a big book and may look overwhelming, a strategic approach to mastering the BABOK guide will make your task easier. It has a total of 514 pages (aggregate).

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Why Product Owners Need Effective Scrum Masters?

Roman Pichler

While the role is discussed in many books and articles, I find that it is still not always correctly understood. Product backlog work : Keeping the product backlog up to date is a responsibility the Scrum product owner and development team share. You should therefore not expect that your Scrum Master refines the backlog for you.

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Analyst’s corner digest #19

Analysts Corner

We talk about the book “ The Rock Crusher: A Model for Flow-Based Backlog Management ”. > link] Visit our website for online training courses on business analysis and agile: [link] or if you want to read our book — Information Technology Essentials for business analysts and project managers.

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Business Analysis Digest #35

Passionate BA

In my humble opinion, it is a brief but helpful overview, more of a taste of a book, which is excellent. Backlog Management: Unveiling the Power of The Rock Crusher. 12.07, 3 AM UTC+2. A member-exclusive webinar related to the latest publications by IIBA. 13.07, 8 PM UTC+2. 13.07, 8 PM UTC+2. 17.08, 8 PM UTC+2.

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Firefighting in the Dependency Hell and Notes about Managing Dependencies

Analysts Corner

There is an entire discipline about that, and I have an essay on a book about it. And I can’t agree more after reading the Team Topologies book (I wrote about it here ). You can’t eliminate all the dependencies, as a system can’t act in isolation. It uses different systems on its level and is also embedded into higher-level systems.