Diagrams are essential to provide a clear, unambiguous picture. They can be put together in meetings, can make discussions easier than lots of text and are quicker and easier to do iterations and re-work. It is very easy to be tempted to start writing a document. However it will save time holding off until the diagrams are agreed.… Read More »
Welcome to Business Bullet, dedicated to the field of Business Analysis and promoting it. The aim of the magazine is to share useful strategies to common problems found when conducting Business Analysis, the value it can add and the skill sets required. Enjoy the magazine, Helen Winter
Organise walkthrough sessions You are far more likely to get sign off if you organise walk through sessions. It will also provide a chance to ensure understanding and to make amendments promptly to avoid delays. If the stakeholder is confident they don’t need a walk through that is fine but they should be offered one. Use a feedback… Read More »
Check list for the beginning of a project Are the scope and objectives clearly defined? Have the problems and opportunities been identified? Are all of the stakeholders known? Is there a plan? What are the deliverables? It can be difficult to know where to start at the beginning of a project so this section aims to provide a… Read More »
What is NLP? Neuro refers to how the mind and body interact Linguistic refers to the insights into a persons thinking that can be obtained by careful attention to their use of language Programming refers, not to the activity of programming but to the study of the thinking and behaviour patterns or programmes which people use in their daily lives The… Read More »
Potential problems when running workshops Stakeholders : not turning up not participating taking over and pursuing a different agenda not agreeing with each other Outcome of workshop: Not getting what was needed from it Running out of time Best practice tips If you run workshops already the chances are you may have come across many of above. Over… Read More »
This article sets out a list of 5 steps that can help reduce the timescales of a project. Step 1 Establish the confidence of the estimates. Are some high due to a lack of clarity of what is required or a high amount of contingency added. It may be possible to get lower estimates from challenging these. Step… Read More »
Reason for article To help create an understanding of how business analysts can be used and how they can contribute to ensuring a project is delivered successfully; to budget and time. Research on why projects fail Sources of Failure according to a survey by Gartner were identified as being due to poor communication between IT and the business… Read More »