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Analyst’s corner digest #17

Analysts Corner

yours, Igor [link] BA Skills & Processes 1) Turn guesses into estimates with Wideband Delphi by Karl Wiegers Most software professionals must provide estimates for their work, but few of us are skillful estimators. A process model helps with visualising the problem area or defining the future state.

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Business analysis tips for effective Product ownership

Analysts Corner

In the 4-Quadrants of Product Ownership , Business Analysis stands together with Product Management , Project Management , and Leadership. Mainly, product management or ownership should use business analysis within the following points: 1. Process modeling may be used to document the “as is” process.

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Succeed As a Business Analyst

Analysts Corner

Business analysts’ skills comprise both soft skills (facilitation skills, interpersonal, and consultative skills) as well as hard skills (for example, documentation skills, process modeling, requirements engineering, and stakeholder analysis). The business analyst is a change agent.

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How to boost profits and stand out in the market using value chain analysis

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Michael Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy and wrote about value chain analysis in his book Competitive Advantage. The value chain activities required to produce a final product involve hundreds if not thousands of tiny actions from beginning to end. Get started.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

John Boddie’s book, Crunch Mode: Building Effective Systems on a Tight Schedule , provides a recipe for doing this on purpose. As the Product Owner role is often poorly understood, the competition quickly takes the form of political infighting. In reality, one product may be supported by several teams.

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