Business Analysis, Agile, and Project Management Article Archive
Business Analysis, Product Owner, Product Management, Agile, Project Management, and Leadership Articles
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March 2023
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 14 - Is That Roadmap Stale? Keep it Fresh!
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 13 - Tips for Building Roadmaps Successfully
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 12 - Examples of Roadmaps for Products, Projects, Release Planning and More
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 11 - Types of Product Roadmaps
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 10 - 7 Steps to Incorporate Customer Feedback into Your Roadmap
- Mar 14, 2023 Part 9 - Creating Business Objectives for Roadmaps
- Mar 11, 2023 Part 8 - How to Create a Value Proposition
- Mar 11, 2023 Part 7 - Product Vision - On a Clear Roadmap You Can See Forever
- Mar 11, 2023 Part 6 - Successful Roadmap Approaches
- Mar 11, 2023 Part 5 - How to Deal With Roadmap Change Frustration
- Mar 8, 2023 Part 4 - 6 Techniques for Prioritizing Roadmaps
- Mar 8, 2023 Part 3 - Prioritizing Product Roadmaps - Continued
- Mar 8, 2023 Part 2 - Prioritizing Product Roadmaps
- Mar 8, 2023 Part 1 - What are Product Roadmaps?
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February 2023
- Feb 6, 2023 Grow Your Career in Business Analysis
- January 2023
- December 2022
- January 2021
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September 2020
- Sep 24, 2020 What's Your Story About Bob?
- Sep 24, 2020 Announcing the Sing Your Life Foundation
- Sep 16, 2020 In Memory of Bob the BA
- August 2020
- June 2020
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May 2020
- May 26, 2020 Why a Business Analyst Should Lead Your Digital Transformation
- May 19, 2020 How to Include Your Customers in Every Step of Project Development
- May 12, 2020 How BAs Can Lead the Choice of Project Management Framework
- May 5, 2020 How to Develop Project Plans That Can Adapt to Unexpected Events
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April 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 How Business Analyst Consultants Can Thrive When Working Remotely
- Apr 21, 2020 Remote Project Management: How To Avoid Miscommunication
- Apr 14, 2020 A Team In Quarantine: 8 Tips for Managing Projects When Everyone Is Working From Home
- Apr 7, 2020 IoT and Automation: Two Technologies Set to Disrupt Project Management
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March 2020
- Mar 31, 2020 Project Managers: How To Lead a Human-Centered Design Team
- Mar 24, 2020 Why Business Analysts Should Develop Soft Skills in Themselves and Others
- Mar 17, 2020 The State of Business Analyst Jobs in 2020 and Beyond
- Mar 10, 2020 How to Introduce Agile Principles to Your Existing Processes
- Mar 3, 2020 How to Get More Out of Your Business Analysis Boot Camp
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February 2020
- Feb 25, 2020 How To Transition From Freelance to In-House Business Analyst
- Feb 18, 2020 How Portfolio Project Management (PPM) Can Improve Your Workflows
- Feb 11, 2020 Why Strong Processes Make Teams More Resilient to Change
- Feb 7, 2020 Hybrid Business Analyst
- Feb 4, 2020 Does Your Business Analyst Have a Say in Vendor Selection? (They Should.)
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January 2020
- Jan 28, 2020 7 Brainstorming Exercises for Design Thinking Excellence
- Jan 21, 2020 How To Change Your Business Process and Preserve Your Culture
- Jan 14, 2020 Why a Business Analyst’s Change Readiness Assessment is Crucial
- Jan 9, 2020 How Flat Management Empowers Employees and Improves Agility
- Jan 7, 2020 Understanding Minimum Viable Product: How Business Analysts Balance Needs vs. Wants
- December 2019
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November 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 How To Write an Effective Problem Statement
- Nov 12, 2019 The Role of Leadership in an Agile Company
- Nov 5, 2019 How Design Thinking Enhances Lean Six Sigma Practices
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October 2019
- Oct 29, 2019 Scaling Agile to Accommodate Enterprise Operations
- Oct 22, 2019 How a Culture of Continuous Training Will Help Your Company Thrive
- Oct 15, 2019 Why Business Analysts Are Essential to the Executive Team
- Oct 8, 2019 How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Your Organization More Resilient to Change
- Oct 1, 2019 10 Things to Look for in a Lean Six Sigma Training Provider
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September 2019
- Sep 24, 2019 Want Actionable Insights? Put Business Analysts in Your Marketing Department
- Sep 17, 2019 How Project Management Frameworks Give Facilitators Tools to Handle Under Performance
- Sep 10, 2019 How to Formalize and Refine Workflows in Your Organization and Why You Should
- Sep 3, 2019 Why Business Analysts Are Essential to Your Operations Team
- August 2019
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July 2019
- Jul 30, 2019 How to Apply a Business Model Canvas to Your Company
- Jul 23, 2019 How to Improve Your Agile Processes With Feedback
- Jul 16, 2019 Why Your Company Needs to Develop a Business Process Management Plan
- Jul 9, 2019 Why Business Analysts Are Essential in the Finance Department
- Jul 2, 2019 How to Implement Data-Driven Decision Making in Your Organization
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June 2019
- Jun 25, 2019 Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) Use a Gantt Chart on Your Next Project
- Jun 18, 2019 Agile Audit: Five Ways to Measure the Agility of Your Organization
- Jun 11, 2019 HR Analytics: Why Human Resource Departments Need BAs
- Jun 4, 2019 From the Top Down: How to Successfully Manage Change in Your Company
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May 2019
- May 28, 2019 How Business Process Management Can Improve Your Delegation Skills
- May 27, 2019 How Leaders Transform Backward Facing Companies into Forward-Thinking Organizations
- May 27, 2019 Future Proof Yourself - Certification Takes Center Stage
- May 21, 2019 24 Project and Process Management Conferences for Q3-Q4 2019
- May 14, 2019 Positive, Proactive, Professional: How Team Leaders Should Face Bad News
- May 7, 2019 How to Maintain Professionalism in a Casual Workplace Setting
- May 2, 2019 How Leaders Can Foster Confidence in the Face of Challenges
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April 2019
- Apr 30, 2019 How Managers Can Encourage Introverts and Turn Them Into Leaders
- Apr 23, 2019 How to Manage the “Smartest Person in the Room”
- Apr 16, 2019 From Both Sides: How to Use Constructive Criticism in the Workplace
- Apr 9, 2019 How to Successfully Merge Management Methodologies
- Apr 4, 2019 How to Navigate Peer Relationships After Promotions
- Apr 2, 2019 How to Identify High-Performers and Prepare Them for Leadership
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March 2019
- Mar 28, 2019 How BAs Can Spearhead Change in Their Organization
- Mar 26, 2019 Impostor Syndrome: How to Identify It, Use It and Overcome It
- Mar 21, 2019 Conflict Management Tips for Remote Teams
- Mar 19, 2019 Everything New Project Managers Need to Know About Conflict Resolution
- Mar 14, 2019 How Managers Can Add Creativity to Even the Most Logical Departments
- Mar 5, 2019 How a Good Business Analyst Can Help Leaders Combat Decision Fatigue
- Mar 5, 2019 How to Make Your All-Staff Meetings More Effective
- Mar 4, 2019 How to Convince Your Boss to Help You Grow Your Career
- Mar 4, 2019 How Business Analysts Can Identify and Prevent Scope Creep
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February 2019
- Feb 5, 2019 From Both Sides: How to Create a Sense of Meaning at Work
- Feb 3, 2019 Can Business Analyst Boot Camps Be Effective?
- Feb 1, 2019 How to Cope When the Project You’re Leading Fails
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January 2019
- Jan 31, 2019 More Than a Buzzword: How to Effectively Coach in the Workplace
- Jan 31, 2019 How Business Analysts Can Identify and Reduce Sales Gaps
- Jan 27, 2019 How Project Managers Can Successfully Lead Volunteer Teams
- Jan 27, 2019 From Both Sides: How Managers and Employees Can Solve Coworker Feuds
- Jan 23, 2019 How Your Business Can Use Gamification to Engage Employees
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December 2018
- Dec 13, 2018 What to Do When Your Best Employee Has the Worst Social Skills
- Dec 13, 2018 Authentic Leadership: How to Build Genuine Relationships With Your Team
- Dec 13, 2018 How to Overcome Public Speaking Fears For Leader and Team Success
- Dec 13, 2018 International Workflows: How to Get Your Overseas Team on the Same Page
- Dec 11, 2018 From Both Sides: How to Use Constructive Criticism in the Workplace
- Dec 10, 2018 How to Introduce Agile Project Management to Your Team
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October 2018
- Oct 29, 2018 Surviving Your First Year as a Business Analyst at a New Company
- Oct 29, 2018 How Your Listening Skills Can Make Your Employees Better Problem Solvers
- Oct 15, 2018 BA Consultants: How to Evaluate Potential Clients
- Oct 9, 2018 From Both Sides: How to Deal With Interpersonal Workplace Conflict
- Oct 8, 2018 Fail Fast - Fail Safe Book Excerpt
- September 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 28, 2018 How to Eliminate Fear in Your Organization
- Aug 17, 2018 From Both Sides: How to Discuss a Difficult Issue
- Aug 13, 2018 How Great Leaders Get Employees Motivated by Explaining Intent
- Aug 13, 2018 How Emotional Intelligence Helps Your Organization Navigate Change
- Aug 2, 2018 How Business Process Modeling Can Improve Your Operations
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July 2018
- Jul 23, 2018 How to Develop Team Resiliency to Navigate Change
- Jul 19, 2018 What is Agile at scale?
- Jul 19, 2018 Why You’re Always Behind and How to Fix It
- Jul 19, 2018 From Both Sides: How Employers and Employees Can Increase Employee Engagement
- Jul 9, 2018 6 Smart Strategies To Encourage Your Employees To Share Their Knowledge With Co-Workers
- Jul 9, 2018 DevOps 101: What is It and How Can It Help My Organization?
- Jul 9, 2018 How Workplace Facilitators Can Improve Office Collaboration
- Jul 9, 2018 What is SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and How is it Different from Agile?
- June 2018
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May 2018
- May 31, 2018 Break Out of Your Brainstorming Rut and Come Up With Awesome Ideas
- May 30, 2018 How to Ask For (and Get) More Employees for Your Team
- May 22, 2018 How Employee High Self-Esteem Creates A Healthy Work Environment
- May 14, 2018 Scrum is Agile, but Agile May Not be Scrum: Understanding the Frameworks
- May 14, 2018 The Benefits of Business Analysis in an Agile Framework
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April 2018
- Apr 20, 2018 How to Develop Storyboards for Successful Product Development
- Apr 20, 2018 Your Project Manager is Not Your Product Manager, Too
- Apr 16, 2018 Why Agile is Ideal for Ensuring the Essentials are Prioritized Over Extras
- Apr 16, 2018 How to Develop Effective User Stories and Why You Should
- Apr 16, 2018 Everything You Need to Know About Disengaged Leaders Affecting Your Employee Engagement
- Apr 10, 2018 How to Improve Your Agile Scrum Meetings
- Apr 10, 2018 How to Sell Your Company on Agile Management Strategies
- Apr 3, 2018 How to Create Two-Way Communication in Your Organization
- Apr 3, 2018 How to Balance Your Workload When Faced With New Projects
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March 2018
- Mar 25, 2018 How to Land a Job While Attending a Conference
- Mar 17, 2018 How to Increase the Quality of Your Conference Networking
- Mar 13, 2018 9 Steps to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement
- Mar 13, 2018 How to Build a Creative Culture Within Your Organization
- Mar 5, 2018 How to Get Your Organization to Embrace Data
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February 2018
- Feb 26, 2018 Convince Leaders Who Rely on Gut Instinct To Trust Your Data Instead
- Feb 26, 2018 Be an Effective Communicator with These Tips
- Feb 20, 2018 How Business Analysts Can Spearhead Change in the C-Suite
- Feb 12, 2018 Why Project Managers and Business Analysts Should Have Separate Roles
- Feb 12, 2018 Why Honest Leaders are a Rare Breed in Business
- Feb 1, 2018 The Hybrid Roles We Play
- Feb 1, 2018 Video Online Training (VOT) Launches Today
- Feb 1, 2018 Leading Not Managing: How to Inspire Your Employees During a Crisis
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January 2018
- Jan 29, 2018 Understanding Micromanagement: How a Leader’s Insecurity Can Make Their Staff Miserable
- Jan 22, 2018 30 Top Conflict Management Experts to Follow on LinkedIn
- Jan 22, 2018 11 Skills Shared by Expert Negotiators and Great Leaders
- Jan 10, 2018 2018 Business Analysis Predictions
- Jan 8, 2018 Conflict Management: The Hidden Cost of Employee Tension
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November 2017
- Nov 28, 2017 Benefits of Cross Training in Business: Builds Strong Teams and Versatility
- Nov 28, 2017 5 Ways to Make Learning a Habit for Everyone You Manage
- Nov 28, 2017 Why Employers Should Consider Multiple Learning Styles in Their Training Processes
- Nov 28, 2017 15 Tips to Launch a Cross Training Program In Your Company
- Nov 27, 2017 Paul's Interview at the Building Capabilities Conference
- Nov 13, 2017 How to Convince Your Boss to Switch to Digital Video Training
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October 2017
- Oct 31, 2017 What's Your Problem? Modern Techniques for Problem Solving
- Oct 23, 2017 Out With The Old, In With Online Video Training
- Oct 23, 2017 10 Daily Habits of Your Favorite Co-worker
- Oct 17, 2017 10 Ways To Increase Collaboration at Work — Even if You’re an Entry Level Employee
- Oct 2, 2017 A Matter of Trust: How Positivity in the Workplace Impacts Productivity
- Oct 2, 2017 How to Refresh Your Meetings So They're Insanely Productive
- Oct 2, 2017 Agile Management Isn't for Techies - Using Agile Effectively in Your Business
- September 2017
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August 2017
- Aug 24, 2017 Six Soft Skills that Set Amazing Business Analysts Above the Rest
- Aug 24, 2017 How to Encourage Critical Thinking in the Workplace
- Aug 21, 2017 How Business Analysts Can Embrace Failure to Make Better Decisions
- Aug 16, 2017 Progress, Not Perfection: How to Quit Second-Guessing Your Own Work
- Aug 7, 2017 Agility and User Stories: What You Need to Know and Why You Should Care
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July 2017
- Jul 31, 2017 The Key to Breaking Bad News to Your Boss? Calmness and Clarity
- Jul 17, 2017 Strategic Daydreaming: How to Let Your Mind Wander So You Can Make Smarter Decisions
- Jul 10, 2017 How to Get Your Boss to Green-Light Your Conference Request
- Jul 10, 2017 How Clear Priorities Help Project Managers Advance Company Initiatives
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June 2017
- Jun 26, 2017 Nail Your Next Presentation With Advice From These 15 Public Speaking Experts
- Jun 20, 2017 Strong Leaders Share: Transparency and Autonomy in the Workplace
- Jun 12, 2017 Doubt is a Virtue: 10 Ways to Inspire Your Team to Think Critically
- Jun 5, 2017 These 17 Companies Expertly Handle Conflict Management
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May 2017
- May 30, 2017 Lateral Leadership: Tips for Leading Colleagues Even If They Don’t Report to You
- May 22, 2017 8 Tips to Get Management’s Approval for (Almost) Anything
- May 17, 2017 Strategic Enterprise Analysis
- May 15, 2017 We Are All Mediators: How to Solve Conflict in the Workplace
- May 8, 2017 Persistence & Persuasion: Convince the Boss to Try Your Big Idea
- May 1, 2017 Why the Best Data Comes With a Good Story
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April 2017
- Apr 24, 2017 A Product Called Desire – Create the Desired State
- Apr 17, 2017 5 Common Pitfalls in Current State Analysis
- Apr 10, 2017 Parachutes and User Experiences in Business Solutions
- Apr 4, 2017 Spinach and Wisdom
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March 2017
- Mar 27, 2017 The Skeptical Business Analyst – 9 Tools to Build a Baloney Detection Kit
- Mar 20, 2017 Can Putting FUN Your Environment Make a Process More Effective?
- Mar 20, 2017 Spring Has Sprung
- Mar 17, 2017 March 17th is St Patrick's Day - Let's Have a Retrospective
- Mar 16, 2017 March 16th is Freedom of Information Day
- Mar 13, 2017 Today's is National Ear Muff Day - Let's Listen Unmuffled
- Mar 12, 2017 Captain May I? Weak Intent is Destroying Innovation
- Mar 12, 2017 Pieces of Business Analysis Wisdom
- Mar 12, 2017 The Back-Fire Effect - Handling Difficult Stakeholders
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February 2017
- Feb 13, 2017 Return on Design - Design Winners Get Bump in Stock Price
- Feb 13, 2017 Defining Scope with a Context Diagram
- Feb 13, 2017 Documentation Overload
- Feb 13, 2017 11 Tips for Building Better Relationships with Sponsors and Teams
- Feb 13, 2017 10 Principles of Leading Change Management
- Feb 13, 2017 10 Change-Management Strategies That Are Backed By Science
- Feb 1, 2017 Agile Retrospectives - Over and Over Again
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January 2017
- Jan 30, 2017 Today is National Backwards Day - A Different Perspective
- Jan 30, 2017 Today is National Croissant Day! Let's Get Agile.
- Jan 26, 2017 Today is Fun at Work Day!
- Jan 25, 2017 Today is Oppposite Day!
- Jan 24, 2017 Today is Global Belly Laugh Day!
- Jan 23, 2017 Today is Handwriting Day!
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December 2016
- Dec 8, 2016 Bob the BA is Now 100% Wind Powered
- Dec 6, 2016 My Biggest Mistake - An Interview with Thought Leaders
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November 2016
- Nov 11, 2016 Scope Visualization Presentation - Winnipeg
- Nov 11, 2016 Fail Fast - Fail Safe Presentation - Winnipeg
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September 2016
- Sep 22, 2016 Watch Bob's TED Talk
- Sep 15, 2016 Stop Apologizing for Your Questions
- Sep 13, 2016 9 Traits of an Incredible Awesome Leader
- Sep 8, 2016 6 Ways to Make Organizational Changes Easier
- Sep 1, 2016 8 Ways to Be a Badass Business Analyst Employee
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August 2016
- Aug 30, 2016 You Suck – And That’s Good
- Aug 25, 2016 Are You Being a Design Illusionist?
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July 2016
- Jul 28, 2016 The Agile Business Analyst Webinar
- Jul 25, 2016 Check out Bob's Newest Video
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June 2016
- Jun 29, 2016 Don’t Try Harder, Try Differently
- Jun 27, 2016 Scope Visualization and Pablo Picasso
- Jun 21, 2016 Why You Should Keep An Accomplishments List
- Jun 20, 2016 Adaptability: Creating Transforming Understanding
- Jun 16, 2016 Fun Theory - Can Climbing Stairs Be More Fun?
- Jun 13, 2016 Adaptability: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
- Jun 9, 2016 Mastering Business Analysis - Interview with Bob the BA
- Jun 5, 2016 Scope Visualization: Moving to the Same Beat
- May 2016
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April 2016
- Apr 18, 2016 Fail Fast - Fail Safe
- Apr 5, 2016 Twinkle in Their Eye - Enterprise Analysis
- Apr 5, 2016 Measure What Matters: Sensible Measurements and Metrics
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March 2016
- Mar 29, 2016 Transparent Collaboration: Becoming a Learning Team
- Mar 14, 2016 Being a Minimalist - Minimal Viable People
- Mar 6, 2016 Maximize the Minimal – Minimally Viable Deliverables
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February 2016
- Feb 28, 2016 You Can’t Fake It – Be Authentic
- Feb 28, 2016 Virtually Better
- Feb 22, 2016 Remove the Competition
- Feb 22, 2016 Focus Your Training
- Feb 12, 2016 Is Bias Destroying Our Decisions?
- Feb 12, 2016 We Learn Best By Doing
- Feb 5, 2016 Choose the Right Type of Collaboration
- Feb 5, 2016 Never Anytime to Learn
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January 2016
- Jan 28, 2016 Why Can't Business Analysis Training be like YouTube?
- Jan 28, 2016 Being a Life Saver - Onboarding New Project Team Members
- Jan 14, 2016 The Badass BA Book
- Jan 11, 2016 Strategy: Define Roles and Responsibilities
- Jan 11, 2016 The Challenge Of Challenging Appropriately
- Jan 11, 2016 Merry Repeatable Christmas
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November 2015
- Nov 16, 2015 Don't Should Each Other
- Nov 16, 2015 Pictures from BBC
- Nov 10, 2015 Thanks for visiting Bob the BA at BBC 2015!
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October 2015
- Oct 26, 2015 Marathons and Business Analysts
- Oct 20, 2015 BBC Interview with Bob the BA
- Oct 20, 2015 Yoga and Business Analyst
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September 2015
- Sep 28, 2015 The Intelligent Disobedience of a Badass Business Analyst
- Sep 28, 2015 The Challenge of Challenging Appropriately
- Sep 8, 2015 Progress over Perfection: Should you embrace the 80/20?