Agile extension for BABOK is now available

Though I have been somewhat critical of the BABOK thus far (perhaps a little unfairly, given the fact that there has been clearly a huge amount of thinking gone into it and it is at this point the best reference we as a business analysis community have!), I was pleased to note that the agile extension has just been published for public review. In my view it is a bit lacking in its description of techniques for facilitating refinement (i.e. lots of different kinds of visualisations and the like), but on the whole it is a great start.

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• HM Government best management practice

  The HM Government best management practice website has a bunch of interesting pod- and vodcasts on programme and project management for beginners.

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• The Cult of Done Manifesto

  OK, the number of manifestos is getting a little silly, but there is one statement here I really like; "Accept everything is a draft").

• User experience treasure map

  I stumbled across Peter Morvilles' user experience treasure map in a disappointing presentation on cross-channel design. This is an excellent summary of the user experience lifecycle deliverables and his take on how they fit together (into a treasure map).

• 30+ iPad Apps For Designers, Developers And Creative Types | SpyreStudios

  I still love my iPad. This is a great selection of sketch and design apps.

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• Slowest Load Times of Microsoft Sharepoint | Visual.ly

  I love the sharepoint features, but hate the loading times...

• (Agile 2011) Lean UX: Getting Out of the Deliverables Business

  Lots of pretty pictures and a good basic message about the need for UX-guys to focus on the experience and not the beautiful deliverables in a lean project. Would have liked to see more about approaches.

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• Stupid, Stupid Client | UX Magazine

  I don't like the title, but the commentary on approaches to help your client understand the user experience design process are solid.

• The priming effect - British Airways Business Life. Business advice and inspiration, insider tips from the world’s top CEOs, analysts and entrepreneurs.

  Subtle priming of meetings and decisions seems to have a big effect - no surprises from my side here - context is everything! I fear I am becoming known as being a little obsessive about this stuff though...("thought-police" has come up a couple of times in recent feedback sessions ;-)).

• Agile & CMMI

  My thoughtful colleague (see previous postings) is once again busy reading up on interesting things (and in particular software engineering capability building. In this context he has revisited CMMI, thus causing me to revisit CMMI, having dismissed it as a truly helpful tool several years back (the last time I even surfed the SEI website was about 5 years ago). Shame on me! There has been a good deal of thoroughly interesting improvements and the SEI lot have build an impressive portfolio of useful materials. This link is an appraisal of how to combine agile and CMMI elements - a little dry, but quite thorough.

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• Bain & Company : Management Tools - Top 10 Management Tools

  Amusing overview of management tool development over the last 20 years - not much change!

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• Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations | Video on TED.com

  Finally another interesting talk at TED after many disappointments - companies die, cities don't don't.

• User Centred Design | Visual.ly

  A little simplistic, but I am a big fan of penguins ;-)...

• Home | CRM Idol

  Slightly depressing.

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