New Raven Product is Amazing!

Raven just announced RavenCloud. I immediately reviewed the demonstration video.
You have to check this out. It is a great product on a solid foundation with a sexy new user interface.
Very sweet!
http://www.ravencloud.com
I have known the folks at Raven for many years – I think around 10 years now – and I have done some work for [...]

3 Free Classes for May!

It is May and I feel like celebrating BA’s this month! So I am offering some free stuff to the community I love working with.
I am offering 3 free 2 hour classes this month:
13 May 2010
Risk Driven Project Management – Planning Iterations
Many BA’s are asked to manage small projects. This class discusses how to plan [...]

May Ask Geri a Question Teleseminar

April was a really busy month. 10 days in Ethiopia for a client, Jason displayed work in a photography exhibit, and I’ve been rebuilding Wyyzzk’s main website!
I should be back to posting here in the next week or so. Meanwhile, be sure to post questions for the upcoming Ask Geri teleseminar on May 8.
You can [...]

Q&A transcripts posted

On the Resources for Business Analysts member site I have created a new tab for Q&A Transcripts.
There you will find the recordings and transcripts for the January, February, and March Ask Geri Q&A sessions. For each one, I listed the questions that were answered, and posted the recording and the transcription.
Enjoy!
Geri

April ASK GERI cancelled

Hi Everyone -
I’m canceling the April ASK Geri Q&A. The reason is that I will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week, and internet connection is not reliable there. Since I do not know for sure that I will be able to attend, I think it is better to cancel.
The next ASK Geri Q&A will [...]

March ASK Geri a Question Teleseminar

Can you believe a whole month has gone by since the last ASK Teleseminar? The next one is scheduled for this coming Thursday 11 March 2010 where you can ask me any question about the BA role. I have seen some questions that people have posted already! I will have time to answer more, so [...]

Paper on Acceptance Criteria in Return for your opinion

If you have visited my site at www.ResourcesForBusinessAnalysts.com I’d really like your feedback.
What is the value of the site for you?
Is it the kind of information?
The quality of information?
Is it easy to find the information?
Does it save you time?
Is the information useful to you?
Does it help you look good – more professional – in your [...]

Article on Business Analysis and Agile

Scott Ambler dropped me a note about an new article in Modern Analyst on Business Analysis and Agile. Since it is very much along the lines of what I’ve been writing lately, I thought I’d share it.
http://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1302/The-Experts-Take-on-Business-Analysis-and-Agile.aspx
Enjoy!
Geri

Tips for BAs: Learning Facilitation

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
Meeting facilitation involves a number of skills, because your job is to guide the participants in addressing the topic of the meeting. If they need to make decisions, you guide them to make the decisions. If they need to brainstorm, you guide them in brainstorming exercises.
1. You have to be a really [...]

New Articles at Resources for Business Analysts Site

We are up to 290 members now at www.ResourcesForBusinessAnalysts.com- very soon we’ll be over 300!
I posted some articles on the site today that were in my email list or somewhere on the blog or somewhere on my hard drive
These are on the Use Case page and Determine Requirements page. I also added new [...]

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