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Training Video Quick-Takes
Progressive Elaboration Removes Doubt (2:45)
Using a progressive elaboration approach with itera-
tive requirements development during a project can
greatly
reduce doubt, uncertainty, and numerous
revisions.
Use Cases and User
Stories
(2:54)
Use cases and user stories
are both excellent tech
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niques for understanding
what
a user needs from a product, but while both have
a similar purpose, they are not meant to be used inter
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changeably.
Requirements Workshop: The 4 Ps (2:58)
In order to have a successful requirements workshop,
follow the Four Ps Approach — plan, prepare, practice,
and perform.
White Papers & Articles
Requirements Prioritization Strategies
Adequate prioritization
ensures that the most
critical requirements are
addressed immediately
in case time or budgets
run out.
Defining and Creating a Business Analysis
Center of Excellence
To be successful, a business analyst has to have the
right set of skills and competencies; in addition, a
standard methodology must be available to guide the
business analyst through the complexities of a project.
A Business Analysis Center of Excellence (BACoE)
provides such a framework and is essential in increas
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ing the maturity of an organization and consequently
in
reducing the risk of projects.
Webinars
The Art of the Interview: How to Improve Your
Business Analysis Interviewing Skills
(52:49)
Get more out of your
requirements inter
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views and make better
use
of time for both
you and your stake
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holders with some
simple
but highly
effective techniques
that
will dramatically improve your interviewing skills.
This webinar will provide tips for business analysts
on how to better facilitate interviews and elicit solid
requirements.
Iterative Projects: Practical Tips and Best
Practices for BAs
(59:33)
In this webinar, you will learn how iterative methods
differ from tradition waterfall methods and how specific
iterative practices are used to reduce the chances for
project failure. Upon completion of this webinar, you
will understand how to break a project into itera
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tions, how to pick an iteration length, how to manage
iteration
and project scope, and how to introduce risk
mitigation practices.
How Can Emotional Intelligence Make Me
a Better Business Analyst?
(55:57)
Business analysis, like
most professions, is
fraught with moments
of uncertainty, anxi
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ety, fear and all sorts
of
emotions, both
positive and nega
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tive. We often have to
deal
with stakeholders who at one point or the other
express feelings of project-related frustration based
upon unmet requirements. The ability to manage one's
emotions and that of others is necessary to become a
mature business analyst (BA). This webinar will detail
how we can become more emotionally mature and
grow our skillsets as a BA.
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