Category Archives: Business Analysis

The Revolution

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

Software Development – Art OR Science? A seemingly clichéd question. Never passed my mind all these years. But let me tell you how I got thinking about this and maybe it’ll interest you a bit. Like I said earlier, I … Continue reading →

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Kanban

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

Although I am not in the thick of things right now (because I am onsite, alone, so far away from my team) I follow the very active kanbandev yahoo group. It’s a great resource for thoughts and questions on lean … Continue reading →

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Story Dependencies

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

As I mentioned in this post, I am pretty annoyed with myself because of the way I structured stories in the first release of my current project. Here are a few things that I learnt. First of all when we … Continue reading →

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Credit Cards, PCards and Level 3 data

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

Here’s a post that talks about business more than business analysis. I have been researching what it means to process level 3 data for credit cards. For quite a while now. Finally today I had that “Oh!” moment and I … Continue reading →

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Can you shuffle your stories?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

No? Neither can I and I am not happy about it. So I got my new iPod Touch. One thing I find slightly annoying is the fact that when you select an album it gives you the list of songs. … Continue reading →

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A Bunker Buster coming!!!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Akshay Dhavle

Get Down!!! Take Cover!!! A bunker buster on it’s way here guys……been a long time since I wrote one of those But then again, as Nassim Taleb says in The Black Swan What you know can’t hurt you (much) More … Continue reading →

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Features V/s Sophistication

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Akshay Dhavle

Usefulness of software:Letting the user do what s(he) wants easily and fast. Features:Number of activities a user can perform with the software. Sophistication:Software intelligence which simplifies user interactions. Software, like anything else follows the laws of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Here … Continue reading →

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Cumulative Flow Diagrams

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Akshay Dhavle

Once you have your wall in place, it’s time to start monitoring your progress through the project. Best done on a daily basis and best done with a “Finger Chart”. Here’s an example. A finger chart is basically your wall … Continue reading →

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Choose your lanes

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Akshay Dhavle

Starting a new project is always fun. For Agile/Lean teams setting up the story wall is a part of the fun. Some would say you are defining the process that you want to follow. The life-cycle of the user stories … Continue reading →

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Can’t negotiate size… and a good thing too

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Akshay Dhavle

In many companies the Business Analyst or the Project Manager “estimate” the project and bind developers on the project to that estimate. This is an absolutely brutal thing to do to your project. But even within agile teams where the … Continue reading →

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