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Stop Holding Meetings!

February 5, 2022 bcarkenord 2 Comments

So many people complain about too many meetings. “How can we get any work done when we are in meetings…

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Posted in: Accountability, Analysis, Analysis technique, Communication, Discipline, IIBA, Planning, Uncategorized Filed under: agile, business analysis, Communication, IIBA, leadership, planning

Why Aren’t You Tracking Your Time?

August 2, 2021 bcarkenord

It is a simple fact: if you keep track of how long it takes to complete a task, you can…

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Posted in: Accountability, Career development, Discipline, Estimating Filed under: business analysis, business case, estimating, leadership, planning, project management

Why PMs and BAs need to get involved with strategic planning

May 17, 2021 bcarkenord

Project managers (PMs) and business analysts (BAs) should be actively involved in developing strategic plans. The knowledge and skills of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: business analyst, project manager, strategy

Make it Easy for People to Work with You

February 17, 2021 bcarkenord

Have you noticed how easy it is to work with some people while others make it very difficult? There are…

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Posted in: Accountability, Business Analysis Basics, Communication, Uncategorized Filed under: Communication

Building a Professional Network as a Remote Worker

June 17, 2020 bcarkenord

Building a professional network, people with whom you share professional interests, is a time consuming and important effort. People will…

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Posted in: Business analysis community of practice, Career development, Communication, Uncategorized Filed under: colleagues, network, opportunities, remote

Downtime? Use it to Learn Something New!

March 18, 2020 bcarkenord

With the recommendations to work from home, and the slow down of the economy, many of us have some downtime.…

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Posted in: Business Analysis Basics, IIBA, Learning Filed under: business analysis

Get Your Company to Pay Your IIBA Membership Fee

December 10, 2019 bcarkenord

I’m surprised by how many professionals are hesitant to ask their manager to pay for their IIBA® membership. Using a…

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Posted in: Analysis technique, Business Analysis Basics, IIBA Filed under: business analysis, business case, IIBA

Why Finish Requirements?

September 16, 2019 bcarkenord

I’m admitting it in public – I don’t finish all of my requirements documents! Is that shocking? When you think…

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Posted in: Agile, Business Analysis Basics, IIBA, Requirements, Uncategorized Filed under: agile, facilitating, requirements, solution

Don’t Wait to Share

March 3, 2019 bcarkenord

Sharing information sounds so pleasant, we all love to share our weekend stories of family activities and adventures on our…

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Posted in: Accountability, Analysis, Business Analysis Basics, Communication, IIBA, Requirements, Uncategorized Filed under: business analysis, Communication, requirements reuse

2019: The Year of the CBAP®

November 24, 2018 bcarkenord 1 Comment

I rarely make predictions but I’m going to make one this year: I think 2019 will be the year of…

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Posted in: Analysis, Business Analysis Basics, Certifications, Communication, IIBA, Uncategorized Filed under: agile, business analysis, cbap, certification, IIBA

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