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Welcome to Business Analysis unplugged – your go-to resource for tackling IT project challenges with confidence.
This blog is designed for business analysts and IT professionals looking for:
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At Business Analysis unplugged, we focus on simplifying IT processes, breaking down common problems, and helping you deliver impactful solutions.
Check Out The Latest Posts
- Nobody Knows What Done Looks Like on Your Project
When done means different things to the BA, the developer, the tester, and the business stakeholder, UAT surprises and release arguments are the predictable result. This Problem Clinic helps you make completion explicit at the story, feature, and release level. Before the gaps surface under pressure. - Definition of Ready and Definition of Done: The Two Quality Gates BAs Actually Control
Definition of Ready and Definition of Done are not Agile ceremony — they are two lightweight quality gates that bracket the BA’s work on every story. This guide explains what each one does, why they solve different problems, and how a BA shapes and uses both on a real project. - Your UAT Keeps Finding Basic Requirement Gaps Too Late
When UAT keeps surfacing basic workflow gaps and missing business rules, it’s not a testing problem, it’s a requirements problem that travelled too far downstream. This Problem Clinic post helps you diagnose why it keeps happening and what to do earlier in the cycle. - Acceptance Criteria That Actually Work: How to Write Them Before UAT Finds Out You Didn’t
Most acceptance criteria confirm the feature exists. They do not describe how it behaves and UAT finds out the difference. This guide shows how to write criteria that make expected business behavior explicit before the build starts.
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