Mastering Business Analysis

By Dave Saboe, CBAP, PMP, CSM | Certified Business Analysis Professional | Agile Coach

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Mastering Business Analysis episodes:

11.30.2021
MBA228: Software Development Pearls
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...
11.16.2021
MBA227: The Minimum Viable Business
Ian Reynolds discusses how to discover the right solutions for your customers and then deliver them quickly.
10.26.2021
MBALC: Elon Musk’s 5-Step Design Process
In this lightning cast, we explore the 5-step design process Elon Musk uses for SpaceX to innovate and get better results.
10.05.2021
MBA226: The FOCCCUS Formula
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.
09.07.2021
MBA225: The Value of Business Models
David Mantica helps us understand business models and helps us understand how to find new opportunities to create greater value.
08.27.2021
MBA224: Corkscrew Thinking
Clarke Ching shares an innovative problem solving approach to help us solve tricky problems.
07.28.2021
MBA223: The Human Work Machine
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.
06.15.2021
MBA222: Testing Your Business Ideas
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.
05.25.2021
MBA221: Systems Thinking and Business Agility
Adrian Reed discusses systems thinking, how it enables business agility, and how it can help elevate the value you bring to your organization.
05.18.2021
MBA220: Thoughtless Design with Karl Wiegers
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.
03.23.2021
MBA219: How To Be an Agile Business Analyst
Kent McDonald shares his thoughts on what it takes to succeed as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment.
03.09.2021
BA Toolbox – A3 Report
In this episode of the BA Toolbox, we explore the A3 report and it's use in problem solving.
03.02.2021
MBA218: Customer-Centric Transformation
Melissa Boggs discusses how the Scrum Alliance transformed into customer-centric teams and how you can have a greater customer focus.
02.09.2021
Lightning Cast: Agile Planning
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.
02.04.2021
MBA217: Objectives and Key Results
Paul Niven helps us to understand Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a goal-setting tool to set ambitious goals with measurable results.
01.26.2021
Lightning Cast: POWER Start for Your Meetings
Stop the wasted time and money from ineffective meetings by giving your next meeting a POWER Start.
01.20.2021
MBA216: Outcome Based Change
David Hawks shares an approach to transformations, projects, and large change initiatives by starting with the business outcomes.
01.12.2021
Lightning Cast: Resistance to Change
Overcome resistance to change using Goldratt's Four Quadrants of Change
01.06.2021
MBA215: The Challenges with Leading in Product Management
Roman Pichler discusses the challenges associated with leading in a Product Management role and what you can do to overcome those challenges.
09.09.2020
MBA214: The BA Success Path
Laura Brandenburg shares her framework for career development; the Business Analyst Success Path.
07.28.2020
MBA213: Applying Theory of Constraints
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.
07.07.2020
MBA212: Transforming Your Work with Modern Agile
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.
05.19.2020
MBA211: Adaptive Leadership
In this time of unrelenting change, we need leadership at all levels. Here's what you need to help your team succeed.
04.14.2020
MBA210: Vital Communication
Communication is vital to success on teams and organizations. In this episode, Tommy Re shows us how to dramatically improve communication.
03.31.2020
MBA209: Visual Thinking
Grant Wright Shares simple Visual Thinking tools and practices to help your team get aligned and retain information.
03.19.2020
MBA208: Facilitative Leadership
Author Michael Levine helps us unleash the power of large, diverse groups of smart, experienced individuals to deliver positive business results.
03.04.2020
MBA207: Bad Behaviors in the Workplace
Paul Pelletier helps us to understand the root causes of disrespectful behaviors at work and how to address them.
02.21.2020
MBA206: Succeeding with Analytics
Jim Rushton helps us to understand why 80% of analytics projects fail and what you can do to make sure yours succeeds.
02.12.2020
Lightning Cast: BA Goals Revisited
Building on last year's episode about BA performance goals, we discuss how to choose the right goals and achieve them.
02.05.2020
MBA205: Beyond Data Literacy
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.
01.21.2020
MBA204: Top Skills for 2020
LinkedIn's list of the 15 most in-demand skills includes business analysis and a many skills that are critical to your success.
01.14.2020
MBA203: Career Insurance
David Mantica shares ways to protect yourself from layoffs and prepare for career advancement.
12.24.2019
Yes, Virginia, There Are BAs in Agile
Holiday Episode: In the style of the 1897 New York Sun editorial, a grown up Virginia asks if there are Business Analysts in Agile.
12.17.2019
Lightning Cast: Failure to Launch (a new product)
Find out what you can do to ensure a successful product launch.
11.12.2019
MBA202: Business Value Analysis
David Mantica helps overcome one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today - understanding value and building the right solution.
11.05.2019
MBA201: Tips From an Accidental Product Owner
Richard Larson shares his experiences as an accidental Product Owner and provides tips and advice for others moving toward a role in Product Ownership.
11.03.2019
MBA200: Take Action! The Best Advice from Over 200 Episodes
Here's the best tips and advice from industry experts in over 200 episodes. Now take action!
10.15.2019
MBA199: The Future of the BA Profession
Kevin Brennan discusses how the world of work is changing and how Business Analysts need to adapt.
10.08.2019
MBA198: DevOps – What it Means for BAs
Michael Roberts helps us understand what DevOps is and how it affects the role of Business Analysts.
10.01.2019
MBA197: Making Change Fun
Lora McCoy discusses how to shift the psychological response to change and help stakeholders adapt and adopt the change.
09.24.2019
MBA196: Customer Journey Treasure Hunting
Vince Mirabelli shares some practical, how-to approaches to developing empathy, mapping the customer journey, and finding business process improvement opportunities along the way.
09.17.2019
MBA195: Example Mapping
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.
09.10.2019
MBA194: Start Your Project Off Right
Adrian Reed shares approached for successfully initiating projects and stakeholder management
09.03.2019
MBA193: About Your Career
Ryland Leyton shares tips and advice from his new book to help you find the right job and grow in your career.
08.27.2019
Lightning Cast: Story Estimation – What’s the Point?
Explore the use (and misuse) of story point estimation and discover the right way to estimate stories.
08.13.2019
Lightning Cast: Requirements Rot
Is your project suffering from requirements rot? As time passes between requirements elicitation and delivery, your requirements will become unusable.
08.06.2019
MBA192: The Blight of Product Debt
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.
07.30.2019
Lightning Cast: The Power to Get Things Done
In this episode, we discuss the different kinds of power you can use to get things done within your team or across your organization.
07.23.2019
MBA191: Use Cases in Agile
Use Cases aren't just for waterfall. Use Cases also work well in Agile an context and help address the challenges with User Stories.
07.16.2019
Lightning Cast: AI – Can you be replaced by a machine?
80% of project tasks will be performed by AI by 2030. Will you lose your job to a machine?

What's Mastering Business Analysis about?

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Mastering Business Analysis episodes:

MBA228: Software Development Pearls

MBA227: The Minimum Viable Business

MBALC: Elon Musk’s 5-Step Design Process

MBA226: The FOCCCUS Formula

MBA225: The Value of Business Models

MBA224: Corkscrew Thinking

MBA223: The Human Work Machine

MBA222: Testing Your Business Ideas

MBA221: Systems Thinking and Business Agility

MBA220: Thoughtless Design with Karl Wiegers

MBA219: How To Be an Agile Business Analyst

BA Toolbox – A3 Report

MBA218: Customer-Centric Transformation

Lightning Cast: Agile Planning

MBA217: Objectives and Key Results

Lightning Cast: POWER Start for Your Meetings

MBA216: Outcome Based Change

Lightning Cast: Resistance to Change

MBA215: The Challenges with Leading in Product Management

MBA214: The BA Success Path

MBA213: Applying Theory of Constraints

MBA212: Transforming Your Work with Modern Agile

MBA211: Adaptive Leadership

MBA210: Vital Communication

MBA209: Visual Thinking

MBA208: Facilitative Leadership

MBA207: Bad Behaviors in the Workplace

MBA206: Succeeding with Analytics

Lightning Cast: BA Goals Revisited

MBA205: Beyond Data Literacy

MBA204: Top Skills for 2020

MBA203: Career Insurance

Yes, Virginia, There Are BAs in Agile

Lightning Cast: Failure to Launch (a new product)

MBA202: Business Value Analysis

MBA201: Tips From an Accidental Product Owner

MBA200: Take Action! The Best Advice from Over 200 Episodes

MBA199: The Future of the BA Profession

MBA198: DevOps – What it Means for BAs

MBA197: Making Change Fun

MBA196: Customer Journey Treasure Hunting

MBA195: Example Mapping

MBA194: Start Your Project Off Right

MBA193: About Your Career

Lightning Cast: Story Estimation – What’s the Point?

Lightning Cast: Requirements Rot

MBA192: The Blight of Product Debt

Lightning Cast: The Power to Get Things Done

MBA191: Use Cases in Agile

Lightning Cast: AI – Can you be replaced by a machine?