ish Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Starting Out As A BA by Howard Podeswa

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"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett, Wostward Ho) 10-ish Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Starting Out As A BA

1 See every BA engagement as an opportunity to learn about other people.

2 Turn off the inner monologue while listening to other people.

3 Find out, from day 1, who has signing authority, and who the sponsor is – and meet them as soon as possible.

4 Don’t go off for too long on your own.

5 Don’t be afraid to ask ‘dumb’ questions. Don’t be bamboozled by jargon.

6 Test assumptions as early as possible in order to mitigate risk – especially if this is something you (or your organization) is doing for the first time.

7 Budget your time wisely.

8 There is almost always a hidden agenda.

9 Don’t solutionize the requirements.

10 The clients always think they know the answer (and sometimes they do).

11 Flip side: Because most people don’t know what they want till they see it, the only way to get a good user interface is through many iterations of prototyping and user testing.

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