Guidelines for Process Models
Not all flowcharts are created equal. Some are excellent, and some, well, aren’t. So, what makes a good process model? Our handy checklist identifies some common guidelines for developing useful flowcharts. Bonus: You can use it to evaluate AI-generated flowcharts in addition to ones you draft yourself. See our blog post for more on AI-Assisted […]
Solution Completeness
We all know it’s easy to get excited about a solution, but excitement can’t be the reason for accepting a project. There are a lot of other factors that must be considered when working on development projects. “Fit for purpose” is one of the keys to process improvement success that we discuss in our article […]
Excellent Requirements
Requirement consumers depend on excellent requirements in order to effectively design and construct solution components. Excellent requirements leave no room for interpretation, create or cause no confusion and omit no critical detail. They ensure that the consumer of the requirement can understand what is being requested. To ensure that we are developing excellent requirements, analysts […]
Business Process Definition Interview
There are certain pieces of information a business analyst should understand about each process under analysis. We review those in our article outlining 7 Guidelines for Achieving Business Process Improvement Project Success. This job aid provides an informal checklist of questions you can use to make certain you have covered the major points. The answers […]
Agile Business Analyst
Every agile team needs to have a serious conversation about what’s just enough and just in time documentation and what skills and resources are available on the team to do it. Bottom line, we still need good business analysis and good documentation for our organizations, maybe even more so in this fast-paced ‘agile’ world! Don’t […]
Ask the Right Questions
You’ve just been handed a project; where do you start? What questions do you ask? We compiled a list of critical questions to ask your stakeholders that will help you get started in your analysis efforts. By using this checklist, you will not only uncover initial project information, but also find where you have gaps and […]
The 4 “R”s of Progressive Elaboration
Does your team also have a “Definition of Ready” that defines when a story is ready for development? To get from idea to “ready”, a story is described in successively greater levels of detail. Our handy checklist will help you make sure your story is really ready for development.