Analysts Corner

JANUARY 26, 2023

Classic Dilemma User stories vs use cases! A use case represents a requirement in the form of user interactions with the system. A use case is always written with a specific user goal in mind. What is a user story? A user story is a business analysis artifact that is also user or persona driven.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Shaping the product discovery process Marty Cagan’s book “ Inspired ” provides many tools that are aligned with agile and lean product development, and it’s almost a “bible” for everyone that plays a role in product management. Source: melissaperri.com The basis for defining what value should be delivered is another interesting input.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

stuff) The other half is their “ me-time” , working on important documents, presentations, user stories ( JIRA is their best friend ) meeting agendas, sending minutes of meetings, and much more. team decides on how advanced they want the user stories to be ready, for e.g, In short, a lot of “Can you hear me?”

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BA Times

MARCH 30, 2023

In this article I want to expand on how to manage requirements, particularly focused on delivering user stories to development teams ready for sprint refinement sessions.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Top stories published in September 2022 Hi there! Welcome to the new edition of Analyst’s corner digest where we share some of the great stories recently added to our corner. 5 Steps To Build the Perfect Persona, by Kevin Bendeler You’ve likely heard the term user persona before, especially if you’ve worked in user experience design.

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Analysts Corner

JULY 13, 2022

Photo by Gia Oris on Unsplash In case of bigger projects for software development, with complex processes, there are usually many stakeholders involved. In case of increase of revenues, this means that some external end user will be so thrilled with your product that s/he will want to use it and pay for it. What is our goal?

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Analysts Corner

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Top stories published in October 2023 Hi there! This time, we’ve got a collection of stories about business analysis, data, agile, and product and project management. and a personal story of becoming a business analyst. What will users be able to do with it? So, how does this relate to software product development?

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Analysts Corner

APRIL 19, 2023

Understanding human behavior to enhance business analysis in agile software development In agile software development, I've learned that understanding human behavior is the key to conducting effective business analyses. User persona development: User personas are fictional representations of the target user group.

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Analysts Corner

APRIL 10, 2024

Learning from usage analytics (collecting and analyzing data on how users interact with a product or service, e.g., Pendo.io). Focus: It primarily focuses on illustrating the product’s design, user interface, and user interactions. Development Stage: MVP comes after the idea and concept but before extensive development.

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BA Careers

AUGUST 14, 2023

What is an Epic in Agile Development? What is an Epic in Agile Development ? Agile development is a project management approach that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and iterative progress. One of the key concepts in agile development is the use of user stories to define requirements and guide development efforts.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Last September, various news outlets picked up the story of an AI-generated painting taking first place at the Colorado State Fair’s art contest. But this story spurs another problem. The user feeds the algorithm hundreds of pictures, and the algorithm tries to imitate them as best it can. Is the practice considered plagiarism?

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 9, 2024

Remember that managers, developers, QAs and even the client are all your partners. You’re not a developer, you don’t own the business, and you may lack domain knowledge. BTW, all the outputs from the elicitation phase can be later used in your user stories as supportive material or additional information. Make it work.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 15, 2021

One of the most important benefits of data analytics is improving user experience. Big Data is Crucial for Improving Online User Experience. One of the most important reasons is that they can use data from their users to see how they respond to various webpage elements. Users are the lifeblood of any website.

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BA Careers

JULY 1, 2023

Mastering the Art of User Story Format: Strategies for Creating Impactful Software In the ever-evolving world of software development, creating products that truly resonate with users is no longer just a goal, but a necessity. And the key to achieving this lies in mastering the art of user story format.

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Basics of User Stories User Story : User stories are a great way to prototype or test ideas before fully developing them. They are also an effective way to communicate your product to other stakeholders and to directly involve customers in the product development process.

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The BAWorld

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re just curious about what a Business Analyst does, trying to figure out how software development works, or looking to boost your skills for the future, these tutorials are made just for you. The trainer simplifies the complexity of software development so that viewers can understand.

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Cprime

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“We aren’t estimating stories accurately.” “Our In this post, we’ll walk through how to build a value-focused backlog for technical products using discovery practices like story mapping. In this post, we’ll walk through how to build a value-focused backlog for technical products using discovery practices like story mapping.

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Analysts Corner

DECEMBER 26, 2022

There is also another possibility, where BAs partner with POs to collaborate in developing great products. The BA quadrant is presented concerning the elicitation of User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, and how they partner with the team, with the testers, and most importantly with the customer. Understand their problem.

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BA Experts

JUNE 7, 2021

NEW: By Business Analysis Experts - Business Analysis Training, eBooks, and eMentoring.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How to successfully prevent roadblocks and overcome challenges in a custom software development project as an IT business analyst? No matter if you are an IT business analyst or a product owner, there will be challenges in any custom software development project. Common roadblocks and solutions related to custom software development.

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InfoQ Articles

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

User stories are meant to be a placeholder for a conversation. This article dives into the differences between user stories and tickets, where stories came from and how recent trends are moving us away from conversations. By Kimberly Hendrick

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What is user story in agile ? User Story in Agile : A user story is a communication model for software development that helps teams identify, understand, and resolve customer problems. In essence, it’s a formal description of how a person uses or interacts with the software.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As a product manager, you must understand how important is to learn to create user stories in Jira. User stories allow you to organize your product development and prioritize tasks, while also providing visibility into progress updates. What is a User Story in Jira?

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Analysts Corner

AUGUST 8, 2023

Top stories published in July — August 2023 Hi there! We’ve got some insights on using SWOT and identifying business rules, a guide to assess your enterprise architecture practice maturity, an interview with Karl Wiegers as recorded by Fabricio Laguna; and a few career stories: how do you start a new project as a BA? Enjoy reading.

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Analysts Corner

MAY 24, 2023

Someone from the development team should be there in these calls to understand the requirements and identify technical challenges upfront. This is where you’ll dump every requirement in the form of epics, features or user stories into the product backlog. There is no specific timeline on when to do the sessions.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Top stories published in Jan — Feb 2023 Hi there! A lot of articles on business analysis career development, BA tools & techniques, Agile, AI and Enterprise Architecture this time. User stories vs use cases , by Swati Pitre: User stories vs use cases! Which one to use? Which one to use when?

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Analysts Corner

JUNE 21, 2023

Source code and development system: To update the code and make necessary changes, AI would need access to the source code of the system in question and a development environment that allows for the implementation of those changes, as well as access to deployment in controlled testing and production environments.

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BA Careers

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Agile project management, velocity is a metric used to measure the amount of work completed by a development team during a specific time period, typically a sprint. Velocity is expressed as the sum of story points or other units of estimation assigned to user stories, features, or tasks completed within that time frame.

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

Cost savings and early ROI can’t happen if you’re losing time to development and not taking care of defects along the way. Agile Transformation can go beyond software development and improve any organization’s operations to achieve its desired business outcomes. For example: You have 1000 story points in the backlog.

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BA Careers

JANUARY 18, 2024

In Agile project management, velocity is a metric used to measure the amount of work completed by a development team during a specific time period, typically a sprint. Velocity is expressed as the sum of story points or other units of estimation assigned to user stories, features, or tasks completed within that time frame.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This development marks a significant leap in the financial sector, and by extension, the broader application of AI in various industries. Morgan, developing a ChatGPT-like AI for investors, is the next step in this transformative journey. ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is a powerful AI model known for its conversational capabilities.

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Analysts Corner

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Origin of Business Analysis Originating from the Information Technology (IT) environment, specifically software development, business analysis evolved from the challenges faced by software experts: creating something of quality through a structured process. Similarly, business analysis carries its distinct roots.

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BA Squared

JULY 28, 2020

Whether you are agile or not, acceptance criteria are critical to understanding, and creating a shared understanding on the team, of what the stakeholders and user need to see, experience and validate before approving and agreeing that the changes (requirements, user stories, etc…) are working as intended and ready to be implemented.

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Cprime

APRIL 17, 2024

Agile methodologies have reshaped software development with promises of flexibility, speed, and collaboration. The Promise of Agile, and Why It Hasn’t Delivered Agile methodologies were meant to allow software development teams to escape the rigidity of traditional models.

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The BAWorld

JANUARY 24, 2024

There are three parameters creating the constraints in software development: Schedule, Resource, and Quality. The organization defines the most and least valued parameter for its software development (or project management). For example a user can search and compare products, place an order and even view the order history.

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Analysts Corner

MARCH 10, 2024

Because I am a non-technical guy who joined an API Platform and ended up being in charge of its development as a product. It is like a User Interface (UI): not directly for end-users, but for developers to build their solutions on top of API for their end-users. However, that is not a one-sided charity.

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BA Careers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What is FRS document in software development? It is a document that contains the functional requirements of the product being developed. It is a document that contains the functional requirements of the product being developed. These requirements are broken down into smaller pieces called user stories.

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