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3 Tips for Obtaining Requirements Sign-off

Sign-offs are a sign that stakeholders agree with and approve the requirements that have been elicited and documented. There are multiple reasons why BAs seek stakeholder sign-offs and in some cases, it is not always clear whom it benefits. While some methodologies like Agile do not involve a formal sign-off, requirements sign-off does add va...

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This entry was published on Feb 28, 2014 / Stephanie Famuyide. Posted in Requirements Management and Communication (BABOK KA). Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Stephanie Famuyide

A Call to Every BA: 8 Mistakes to Avoid in Writing Requirements Specification Documents

According to the Strategies for Project Recovery report by PM solutions, based on 163 respondents, $74m invested in projects annually are at risk of failure. The report identified one of the top 5 causes of project failures as unclear, non-prioritized, contradictory, ambiguous and imprecise requirements. Information like this...

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This entry was published on Apr 04, 2013 / Stephanie Famuyide. Posted in Requirements Management and Communication (BABOK KA). Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Stephanie Famuyide

What Every Business Analyst Can Learn From Journalism: The Art of Intelligent Questioning

"Garbage in, Garbage Out" - To elicit accurate requirements, the business analyst must learn to ask the “right” questions “the right way”. The manner in which questions are delivered and the composition of these questions have a direct impact on the usefulness of the responses we receive. If your questions are properly and thoughtfully fra...

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This entry was published on Mar 02, 2013 / Stephanie Famuyide. Posted in Elicitation (BABOK KA), Soft Skills. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Stephanie Famuyide

From Verbal to Visual: Reviving the Lost Art of Prototyping

“Something is happening. We are becoming a visually mediated society. For many, understanding of the world is being accomplished, not through words, but by reading images – Paul Martin Lester, “Syntactic Theory of Visual Communication Research has shown that communication with a visual dimension is more effective than communication without. Hero...

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This entry was published on Feb 16, 2013 / Stephanie Famuyide. Posted in Elicitation (BABOK KA), User Interface & Usability. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

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Three Audacious Goals for Business Analysts in 2013

As we start a new year many of us will take the time to reflect on our accomplishments from 2012 and plan our goals for 2013. We can set small or large goals. goals that will be accomplished quickly or could take several years. For 2013, I think Business Analysts should look to go beyond our traditional boundaries and set audacious goals. Merriam-...

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Hey IIBA, What’s Up With That?

Recently, I was asked by the IIBA to present a talk at one of their chapter meetings. I am reprinting here my response to that invitation in the hope that it will begin a conversation with fellow EEPs and BAs about an area of great concern to the profession. Hi xx …. Regarding the IIBA talk, there is another issue that I am considering. It's p...

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BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram

Continuing the ABC series for Business Analysts, Howard Podeswa created the next installment titled "BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram" as an article rather than a blog post. You can find the article here: BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram Here are the previous two posts: BA ABCs: “A” is for Activity Diagram BA ABCs: “B” is for BPMN