Organizations using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) might want to integrate a business analyst (BA). This proves rather difficult, since SAFe has not included this role in its framework. This leaves many organizations questioning how a BA could be integrated into the process. They opt to have a BA flesh out what needs to be developed. This sometimes leads to conflict with the Scrum teams or a requirements engineer of a team.
I often get asked 'what is the best tool for requirements engineering and requirements management?' The answer is not so simple because what starts out as a question about a tool only for one group of people quickly turns into a question about the underlying process and organization. If you want the whole truth and nothing but the truth about introducing these tools … Weiterlesen What is the best Requirements Engineering Tool?
"In which part of the organization should a business analyst or requirements engineer be located?" is actually an age-old question. It always comes along with other questions like the „what is the difference between a business analyst and a requirements engineer?“, as well as the WHAT and HOW. These questions have a symbiotic relationship. If an … Weiterlesen In which part of the organization should a business analyst or requirements engineer be located?
Am Swiss Requirements Day 2015 wird Roger Köppel die zweite Keynote halten. Als Chef-Redakteur der Weltwoche wird er Verbindungen und Ähnlichkeiten zwischen den Berufen des Journalisten und des Requirements Engineers aufzeigen. Die ablehnende Haltung von potenziellen Teilnehmern ihm gegenüber zeigt aber, wie schwierig es ist, ein guter Requirements Engineer zu sein. Roger Köppel ist politisch sehr … Weiterlesen Die wichtigste Charaktereigenschaft eines Requirements Engineers
Am 17. Juni 2015 wird der Swiss Requirements Day wieder als eine der grössten Veranstaltungen im deutschsprachigen Raum für Business Analysten, System Analysten und Requirements Engineers stattfinden. In den vergangenen Jahren sind jeweils rund 500 Teilnehmer dem guten Ruf der Veranstaltung gefolgt und in das Kongresshaus Zürich gekommen, um sich über die neuesten Trends und … Weiterlesen Spannendes Programm beim Swiss Requirements Day 2015
My daily experiences show that Scrum is a natural, biologic countermeasure against the usual shortcomings in projects.
A company obsessed with its processes and roles will lose its obsession with its products and customers.
Every team whose demand and task stack is open to multiple sources wishes for someone to prioritize and decide which tasks would create the biggest business value at this point in time. Having only one person who knows it all and who prioritizes all demands and tasks? Who wouldn’t want that for his or her … Weiterlesen The product owner for the rest of us
On November 5 there will be the 2nd Agile Leadership Day here in Zurich which will be another excellent chance for senior management and others to learn about the agile movement and the benefits that agile brings.
I recently came across an organization who had declared „Mission accomplished“ for becoming agile. I found – let’s say – a few anti-patterns why that was far from the case.
At the Product Management Festival 2014, the expert panel consisting of Rich Mironov, Jeff Lash, Michael Eckhard, and Teresa Torres shortly discussed about the best title and definition for a product manager. Teresa was quick to state that it is not the name that's important but what product managers do. In my opinion, a product manager needs a certain mindset to be successful.
Olav Dreier 