Articles about Business Analysis

Here you will find informative articles and templates for business analysts; designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in the field. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices to excel in your profession.

Articles are split into 4 different categories: General Information, List Articles, Theory & Discussion and Techniques.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Common acronyms you’ll see as a Business Analyst

Looking for a quick start to the acronyms of Business Analysis? Here's a good place to start.

11/10/20241 min read

GENERAL INFORMATION

Epics, Capabilities, Features and Stories - How BAs communicate Agile requirements

This articles look into the usual work items we use as Business Analysts to communicate requirements to delivery teams. These come in the form of Epics, Capabilities, Features and Stories. We will look into each of these items with a theoretical example to help you picture what each one is.

4/1/20243 min read

LIST ARTICLES

The top 8 soft skills you need as a Business Analyst

These 8 soft skills will elevate you to the next level of Business Analysis whilst also making your life easier.

5/13/20244 min read

LIST ARTICLES

The Top 10 Tips for Running a Successful Workshop

How many workshops have you been to which were unproductive or had a veneer of success but actually achieved nothing? In spite of the number of times people throw around the word “workshop”, very few of these “workshops” are actually productive. Usually this falls on the facilitator of the workshop, and as a BA, there’s a good chance you will be expected to facilitate a workshop; so follow these tips and have yourself a successful, productive workshop that your attendees remember and your project actually benefits from.

4/5/20246 min read

THEORY AND DISCUSSION

Gen AI - Proof you need Customer Experience as your first focus

This article looks at the sorry tale of a courier company that forgot about Customer Experience and serves as a warning for the mistakes that are easy to make when implementing your own Gen AI solution.

7/8/20243 min read

THEORY AND DISCUSSION

The value of a strawman

This article looks into the value of creating a strawman of a document before a workshop to enable the attendees to focus on completion of the document rather than expending effort on creating it in the first place.

6/12/20242 min read

TECHNIQUES

Using a wireframe to gap check Acceptance Criteria

Want another tool to add to your BA toolkit? Want a tool that helps to catch gaps pre-delivery? Then check out this technique to use wireframes as a part of your gap checking exercises.

7/15/20243 min read

TECHNIQUES

The Pre-Mortem

The pre-mortem is a great technique that is used in the early stages of a product lifecycle or new deliverable. This article takes you through what it is and how you can do it.

4/23/20243 min read