Scheduling 101: Credibility
byIn his latest course, an experienced project management trainer makes the case for a durable but resilient schedule model that accounts for requirements, dependencies and uncertainties as fully as possible.
Requirements
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Better Than Tea Leaves
byAgile projects benefit from the rapid pace of feedback achieved through frequent releases, but what happens when you’re working on a complex project with a long timeline and resistance to releasing early? As a compensating strategy, story maps based on project goals can leverage some benefits of a release even if you aren’t “going live” any time soon.
Managing Scope Creep
byEvery project runs the risk of scope creep, but not all scope creep should be prevented if it leads to enhancements that the customer needs. The key is how you document and manage it. Here are some suggestions for keeping your project on track, and adapting to stakeholder needs.
Who Defines Business Need?
byIt is not in the best interest of an organization for either project managers or business analysts involved in defining business needs. They need to be focused on delivery of the solution and ensuring that it meets the business need. And they do that best when they are neutral facilitators, now owners of the project.
Right-Sizing Documentation
byNew research reveals practical strategies to help business analysts match requirements documentation to the project at hand. The goal: Docs that are lean and “just enough.”
Requirements, the Agile Way
byWhile requirements discovery and analysis is a critical best practice for application development, requirements and Agile methods have rarely meshed. In a new book, Dean Leffingwell shows how to leverage the benefits of Agile without sacrificing the value of effective requirements.
BA Trends for 2011
byToday’s business realities demand a better balance of soft and technical skills from business analysts, according to a global panel of senior executives and consultants asked to identity the Top 10 Trends for the discipline.
Bring Diversity to Your Methods
byThere is no such thing as a perfect methodology. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Each has situations they handle well and situations where their use will spell disaster. Unfortunately, most organizations choose simplicity over common sense. A better way begins with some questions.
There Is No Big Fix
byIn the face of unmet requirements and slipped deadlines, how do you begin to catch up? Can a better process erase previous shortfalls? Not overnight. Here are suggestions for making realistic progress through ruthless prioritization, transparency and positivity (which is not the same as magical thinking).
Devil in the Details
byWhen gathering requirements, many participants will be eager to dive into very specific user needs. But what is the right level of detail when it comes to business requirements? What are the risks of too much or too little information?
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