Designing with Least Privilege: A BA’s Guide to Role and Access Modeling.

May 18, 2025

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Integrating least privilege into business analysis is critical for developing secure, well-governed systems. When role modeling is handled early, business analysts help reduce unnecessary access, reduce compliance gaps, and improve operational efficiency throughout the organization. Analysts can mak...

Too Many Requirements?

A reader wrote to me with questions regarding a development project that he thought involved too many requirements and too little flexibility around requirement priorities. (You&rs...

Business Analyst as a General Contractor

By adopting the General Contractor mindset and the practices described in this article, you move from “requirements writer” to builder of business value. The next time ...

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