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Karl Wiegers shares his lessons on requirements, project management, design, quality and more. Karl’s advice can make you significantly better at what you do. Show Notes Karl Wiegers started programming in 1970 and has collected 60 lessons he has learned in several areas of software development including requirements, design, project management, culture, teamwork, quality, and […]

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Ian Reynolds discusses how to discover the right solutions for your customers and then deliver them quickly.

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In this lightning cast, we explore the 5-step design process Elon Musk uses for SpaceX to innovate and get better results.

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The Theory of Constraints is an approach to improving organizational performance by accelerating delivery. Author Clarke Ching shares his FOCCCUS Formula to address the system's bottleneck.

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David Mantica helps us understand business models and helps us understand how to find new opportunities to create greater value.

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Clarke Ching shares an innovative problem solving approach to help us solve tricky problems.

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David Mantica discusses the brain science behind some of the challenges knowledge workers face and helps you shift your mindset to enable you to thrive in a complex and chaotic environment.

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David Bland discusses the importance of testing your business ideas and shares ways to dramatically reduce the risk and increase the likelihood of success for your product, initiative, or project.

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Adrian Reed discusses systems thinking, how it enables business agility, and how it can help elevate the value you bring to your organization.

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Author and thought leader Karl Wiegers shares principles and lessons he has learned from poor designs and what you can do to develop solutions that create a great user experience.

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Kent McDonald shares his thoughts on what it takes to succeed as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment.

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In this episode of the BA Toolbox, we explore the A3 report and it's use in problem solving.

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Melissa Boggs discusses how the Scrum Alliance transformed into customer-centric teams and how you can have a greater customer focus.

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Understanding the different levels of Agile planning and what they mean for you will help your team stay aligned and focused on achieving the right outcomes.

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Paul Niven helps us to understand Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a goal-setting tool to set ambitious goals with measurable results.

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Stop the wasted time and money from ineffective meetings by giving your next meeting a POWER Start.

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David Hawks shares an approach to transformations, projects, and large change initiatives by starting with the business outcomes.

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Overcome resistance to change using Goldratt's Four Quadrants of Change

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Roman Pichler discusses the challenges associated with leading in a Product Management role and what you can do to overcome those challenges.

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Laura Brandenburg shares her framework for career development; the Business Analyst Success Path.

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If you want to accelerate and deliver with greater speed and flexibility that's critical to serving your customers, combine Agile with Theory of Constraints.

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Joshua Kerievsky shares the four principles of Modern Agile and how they can help you find better ways of working and achieve better business outcomes.

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In this time of unrelenting change, we need leadership at all levels. Here's what you need to help your team succeed.

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Communication is vital to success on teams and across organizations. In this episode, Tommy Re shows us how to dramatically improve communication.

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Grant Wright Shares simple Visual Thinking tools and practices to help your team get aligned and retain information.

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Author Michael Levine helps us unleash the power of large, diverse groups of smart, experienced individuals to deliver positive business results.

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Paul Pelletier helps us to understand the root causes of disrespectful behaviors at work and how to address them.

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Jim Rushton helps us to understand why 80% of analytics projects fail and what you can do to make sure yours succeeds.

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Building on last year's episode about BA performance goals, we discuss how to choose the right goals and achieve them.

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Lori Silverman helps us get real value from data by developing core competence and creating the culture needed to support collaborative data-informed decision making.

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LinkedIn's list of the 15 most in-demand skills includes business analysis and a many skills that are critical to your success.

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David Mantica shares ways to protect yourself from layoffs and prepare for career advancement.

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Holiday Episode: In the style of the 1897 New York Sun editorial, a grown up Virginia asks if there are Business Analysts in Agile.

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Find out what you can do to ensure a successful product launch.

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David Mantica helps overcome one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today - understanding value and building the right solution.

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Richard Larson shares his experiences as an accidental Product Owner and provides tips and advice for others moving toward a role in Product Ownership.

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Here's the best tips and advice from industry experts in over 200 episodes. Now take action!

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Kevin Brennan discusses how the world of work is changing and how Business Analysts need to adapt.

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Michael Roberts helps us understand what DevOps is and how it affects the role of Business Analysts.

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Lora McCoy discusses how to shift the psychological response to change and help stakeholders adapt and adopt the change.

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Vince Mirabelli shares some practical, how-to approaches to developing empathy, mapping the customer journey, and finding business process improvement opportunities along the way.

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Kent McDonald shares his thoughts about what you need to know about Agile and how to use Example Mapping; a technique to create a shared understanding.

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Adrian Reed shares approached for successfully initiating projects and stakeholder management

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Ryland Leyton shares tips and advice from his new book to help you find the right job and grow in your career.

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Explore the use (and misuse) of story point estimation and discover the right way to estimate stories.

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Is your project suffering from requirements rot? As time passes between requirements elicitation and delivery, your requirements will become unusable.

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Product debt can slow the delivery, erode customer value, and make it difficult to innovate. Here are the different types of product debt and what you can do about it.

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In this episode, we discuss the different kinds of power you can use to get things done within your team or across your organization.

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Use Cases aren't just for waterfall. Use Cases also work well in Agile an context and help address the challenges with User Stories.

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80% of project tasks will be performed by AI by 2030. Will you lose your job to a machine?

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