Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

You manage the stakeholders, for example, by inviting them to roadmapping workshops and sprint review meetings or by having regular one-on-ones with them. 5] It’s not uncommon, though, that the head of product —also referred to as Director of Product Management, VP of Product, and Chief Product Officer—determines the product strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 4, 2023

It is also possible to generate timely reports and store them for reference. Disaster restoration software helps provide necessary documents, videos, or other resources to either provide DIY training on facilitate live workshops.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Two-Day Workshop. We begin every Transformation with a two-day workshop where we gather 20-30 leaders in a room and collaboratively build a Transformation Hypothesis. It’s essential that the leaders see their organization within the reference architecture. So, a typical engagement looks something like this….

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Analysts Corner

MARCH 12, 2023

In the digest below you will find answers to the questions like: how to perform SWOT analysis, how to use requirements traceability matrices, how to nail you requirements workshops, and probably most importantly how to overcame one of the biggest concerns of an aspiring BA — dealing with the problem of no prior experience.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. This starts by inviting them to a kick-of workshop for a brand-new product or a major product update and asking them to contribute to the product discovery and strategy validation work.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 19, 2020

To be clear, I am not talking about what is commonly referred to as “Scrum-ban”. I learned about STATIK from a colleague several years ago and began applying it as a model for my Team Chartering workshops. As with any team activity or workshop, it’s important to properly set the stage and get everyone connected.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

I refer to this group as key stakeholders. A great way to co-develop the product strategy and roadmap—as well as to review and update the plans—is to bring people together through collaborative workshops. This is especially helpful when the group is new to collaborative decision-making and when the workshops take place online.

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Cprime

MAY 9, 2023

Through iteration retrospectives, inspect-and-adapt problem-solving workshops, measure-and-grow workshops, and communities of practices, we have opportunities to improve our way of working iteratively. Thus, we often use the term “cargo cult Agile” to refer to this mindset. No framework is immune to the cargo cult mindset.

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Bridging the Gap

JULY 27, 2022

Before I forget, I want to be sure you know about my Quick Start to Success free workshop , that’s designed to help you, the mid-career professional, kick-start your business analysis career. >>Plan Your Next Step with a Free Workshop. If you pursued your MBA right after your bachelor’s, refer to my answer above.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Depending on the company size and org structure, the role might also be referred to as Director of Product Management, VP Product, and Chief Product Officer. Working as a head of product includes the following three duties, as I discuss in more detail in the article What Should a Head of Product Do?

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Business Analysis Knowledge Share

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Workshops: Bringing together a group of stakeholders in a workshop setting can be highly effective. This not only serves as a reference but also ensures that no detail is overlooked. Surveys and Questionnaires: Ideal for projects with a large number of stakeholders. The key is to design clear and concise questions.

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Userzoom

APRIL 30, 2019

We kickstarted the project with a workshop involving all the stakeholders. We used the workshop to refresh their memory of how these methods work. After the initial workshop we began the actual work. Since they were already familiar with our internal evaluation approach, we decided to use it for this project as well.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2019

Please note that one of the triangle’s vertices must always stay flexible and act as a release valve to account for unforeseen events, also referred to as Sod’s Law. For more information on the Iron Triangle and how you can determine dates and budget, please refer to my book Strategize.). Why Dates Are Not Helpful.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Finally, at the end of the PI, during the Inspection & Adapt event, the Business Owners assess the actual value delivered by each team and participate in the Problem Solving workshop. References: scaledagileframework.com and SAFe® Business Owner video. To summarize, Business Owners always play a key role in ART’s success.

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Analysts Corner

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Another optional yet common element is the reference to a season, not necessarily literal. You may also note that like haiku can mention a season, a user story can provide some reference to a context for its actor. Schedule a workshop (call it backlog grooming or feature review) and start with the context: Remind actor definitions.

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

– AI Upskilling refers to the process of training and equipping software development teams with the necessary skills to effectively use AI tools and technologies in their work. Encourage collaborative learning environments, such as workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 6 Have the Courage to Say No.

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Tableau

JULY 19, 2021

Reference guides for digital processes and tutorials for specific tasks enable people to bridge minor gaps in knowledge, minimizing frustration and the need to interrupt someone else’s work to ask for help. . Material that invites continuous learning ensures that employees’ skills stay relevant as technology and business needs evolve.

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Domo

MAY 30, 2024

Cross-reference your data set with reality Let’s go back to the turnover example—do the hourly wages of each employee make sense given the population’s minimum wage? Educate your team on data security best practices Provide ongoing education and workshops for all employees about why data quality matters and their roles in maintaining it.

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Analysts Corner

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

References [IIBA NE]. Please do let me know whether this article was helpful, and what more you would like to read with respect to business analysis. Leave a comment here or connect on LinkedIn. IIBA North East Wisconsin. What is a business analyst? link] Last accessed Dec 30 2021. Pratt and Sarah K.

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Bridging the Gap

AUGUST 31, 2022

In particular, elicitation often refers to engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations when it comes to the scope and detailed requirements of the project. . When many BAs think of elicitation, they think of big complex, full day workshops. . There are many requirements elicitation techniques. . Big events.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 3, 2023

Hackathons , also referred to as hack days : People come together for one or more days to collaboratively explore new ideas and create prototypes. Hold these workshops at least once every three months and invite development team members and key stakeholders to them. Facebook’s Like button was conceived in this way, for example.

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Passionate BA

MAY 30, 2023

Context, in the realm of IT business analysis and software development, refers to the surrounding environment within which software operates. Conduct interviews, workshops, or surveys to ensure a comprehensive understanding of their needs and the context within which the product will operate. What is a Context?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2016

My first MVP had little resemblance with the finished product: I used my product strategy and roadmap workshop as the initial minimum viable product. Taking into account the questions and feedback of the attendees allowed me to refine the book’s value proposition—and improve the workshop. Minimum Viable Product #2.

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 7, 2024

Thus, we again reference archeology, which has many historic layers buried under the ground without written pieces of evidence and other eyewitnesses. Be prepared to hold multiple workshop sessions. That “people” knowledge is temporary: it vanishes with time and when employees leave an organization or join another team.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Notes [1] For a more detailed discussion of the four factors and how they help you identify strategy risks, please refer to my article The Four Product Success Factors and my book Strategize , 2 nd ed. [2] 3] For a more detailed explanation, refer to my book Strategize. 2] The process described builds on Eric Ries’ work. [3]

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Timo Elliott

DECEMBER 6, 2023

And part and parcel of that is what I refer to as understanding the why. And this year, we have seen that the understanding of RISE across the UKI has progressed significantly, thanks to the help of our joint workshops and this forum, the user group. But it will, I believe, help create that foundation of trust.

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BA Coach

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

BA Coach also provides online workshops about BABOK ® . References. If you wish to get more in-depth information about these knowledge areas, competencies or techniques please consider buying the BABOK ® Guide, or become a member of the International Institute of Business Analysis. BABOK Guide V3.

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Business Analyst Learnings

JULY 18, 2019

The scrum guide specifically refers to the Product Owner as “ Responsible for the product backlog, its content, availability and ordering”. There’s no official “Business Analyst” role in the scrum guide however, as scrum identifies only the Product Owner, Scrum Master and the Development Team.

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EBG Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Use visual models where possible to enhance and enliven conversations in Product Canvas and product discovery workshops. Because the Product Canvas is a tool to build shared understanding, the best approach for building the Product Canvas Part 2 is in facilitated workshops with customer, business, and technology representatives.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

The Daily Scrum meeting, sometimes also referred to as stand-up meeting, wants to help the development team manage its work. Therefore, don’t turn it into a product backlog or roadmapping workshop. Similarly, if you require the help of the team to work on the product roadmap, then hold a separate workshop.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Then maybe just to kind of add another thing here, which is reference architecture. Like, you know, where does reference architecture, we’re not talking about IT reference architecture but business reference architecture fit in and what is your? Mike Cottmeyer 15:10. Speaker: Miljan Bajic 16:00.

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Cprime

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

What we are really referring to here is Visual Literacy (reference Anneliese Tillmann What We See and Why It Matters , 2012) which includes the ability to interpret, comprehend, and express ideas using or creating visuals. Use this template for Product Visioning workshops, planning sessions and customer journeys.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This is best done by having regular, collaborative strategy workshops as well as attending sprint review meetings. 2] If you are interested in how a product team as I have characterised it and a Scrum team relate, refer to my article Product Teams in Scrum. [3] 4] As you may have noticed I didn’t list the product backlog.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

SAFe is a scaling agile framework, so referring to it as just an agile framework may not be appropriate. It is a workshop with hands-on learning activities. While 42% stated that they lack experience and skills. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. Is there a solution? There sure is an Agile framework called SAFe.

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Vitality Chicago

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In addition to coaching leaders, teams and Product Owners, Anjali conducts workshops on a number of topics including leadership and design thinking. Right now, I think we, we would, we would probably refer to it as a little bit chaotic. I will be featuring a new agility expert each month so stay tuned. You know, we were so dynamic.

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Data Pine

MARCH 6, 2023

Employee engagement refers to the level of commitment employees have to their work, their team’s goals, and their company’s mission. Engaged employees understand their purpose and impact on the organization. Work with managers to incorporate career conversations in regular meetings with their teams.

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