Peter Drucker famously wrote that “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. It’s become something of a cliché because, frankly, it’s true! Whatever great plans we think we’re hatching to improve the organisation, its culture will make (or break) our prospects of success! Culture acts as a lens or filter, determining what actually happens and how people… Read More »Culture: the key to successful business change
Why aren’t more business analysis professionals using fun and exciting techniques with their stakeholders to drive creative thinking? Is our reliance on a limited range of tools reducing the number and quality of ideas? Are we, to put it bluntly, a bit boring? A few years ago, I stumbled on an image of a workshop… Read More »Creative thinking and having more fun
When performing requirements validation activities, you need to know: That the requirements you’ve documented are accurate. That the requirements you’ve documented are complete. Only your stakeholders can help you be sure of this. Circulating a 100-page document, asking for their feedback, and then waiting for the helpful responses to flood in is not an effective… Read More »Improving requirements validation