In previous blog posts, we compared how people who work in business analysis have many parallels with entrepreneurs. Much of the similarity rests with the products that BA practitioners help create and the solutions they bring to organizations. There are also many, many personal traits and skills that the two have in common. In our […]
To certify or not to certify, that is the question. I certainly have my own perspectives on the topic, but I thought I’d take the question on the road to see what others have to say about their certification pursuits and how it has or hasn’t helped them. I interviewed two Project Management Professional (PMP)®
The following questions were asked by participants in our recent webinar, BA Guide to Essential Agile Techniques, which is now available as an on demand recording. Keep reading this post for answers to our participants’ great questions! Themes & Epics Sounds to me like themes and epics could really be interchanged under certain circumstances. This is confusing me somewhat! Would
Comments on this post are closed. To see questions and answers about this presentation or to ask you own questions for the author, please visit the Q&A post. In our February 13 webinar presentation, BA Guide to Essential Agile Techniques, we delved into following topics that are essential for an Agile team member with BA skills. Vision
What’s wrong with lessons learned sessions done at the end of a project? If the sentiments of my project management training students are any indication, plenty. The complaints are many and varied: “They take too long and we don’t have time.” “At that point, the project is over so people don’t really care anymore.” “By
In January we wrote an article like we do every year about the upcoming trends in business analysis and project management: Distributed leadership Design Schizophrenic approach to certification Innovation and entrepreneurship Changing culture through Agile team training Balance in project governance Making Agile work for organizations In our latest article, featured on Project Times, we
In all of our business analysis training classes, we usually cover the importance of relationships in doing BA work. They are key to us delivering products that the business values and can put to use. Quick – which is the most important relationship you have in your work as a BA? The PM or Scrum
During our recent Agile Estimating and Planning webinar, we received many fabulous questions, and we were thrilled by the energy and engagement of the participants! Unfortunately, we were unable to answer all of the questions during the scheduled webinar. So, here we are providing answers to many of the submitted questions that we didn’t have
Watermark Learning is excited to announce that this month (January 2015) we are expanding our PMP Certification Prep into a 4-day PMP Certification Boot Camp that will provide all 35 required contact hours for the PMP exam! The first class will be held as both virtual (live online) and in-person options starting January 26, 2015.
Three Agile Planning Horizons Agile estimating and planning involves three “horizons” : Release Plan, around 2-6 months Iteration Plan, 2-4 weeks Daily Plan, every day Below is a brief overview of these horizons, as explained in our latest Watermark Learning webinar: Agile Estimating and Planning Best Practices. The webinar is now available on demand and it includes
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