Episode 26: Gebruikers acceptatie testen door Eric Lopes Cardoso

Going Dutch again for the second interview with Eric Lopes Cardoso of empulsys.com in The Netherlands.

The interview is in Nederlands for our listeners in both South Africa and Benelux.

Time / Topic
01:04 Gebruikers acceptatie testing
01:49 Systeem test via use cases
02:53 Testen als simulator
03:45 Ketentesten
04:35 Branche specifiek ervaring - pensioen en verzekering?
07:24 Project teams begeleiden
09:00 meten en onderzoeken waarom Agile soms niet goed gaat
09:50 Rational tooling

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Duration: 14mins 01 seconds

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Episode 25: Conflict resolution, mentoring by Barbara Davis

This is the first part of a my interview with Barbara Davis at http://www.e2consultinginc.com/

Time / Topic
01:04 Introducing my guest
03:25 Where did your BA career start?
05:15 Introducing conflict resolution in project teams
06:45 The meaning of assertiveness
07:19 Learning to say no to stakeholders
07:50 Requirements management in a 2-man company vs big corporate environment.
08:21 Organizing and structuring requirements on your network hard disk
11:00 Managing that "5,000 page requirements document"? You must be kiddin' me.
11:40 Enlightening realizations in your career
13:05 Horrible happenings is learning experiences
14:00 Asking for feedback from your team
14:50 Who was your BA mentor?
16:10 gaining a head start from a mentor
17:10 Don’t recruit fractures from college
18:15 Sharing experiences, helping one another. There's plenty for everyone!
19:00 Learning how to contribute back
19:40 How do you pick your mentor?
20:45 Advice on networking with previous mentors
22:10 University course for BAs
22:40 BA's struggles without CRRSP!

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Duration: 32mins 01 seconds

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Episode 24: SCRUM, mentoring, RUP met Eric Lopes Cardozo

Going Dutch with Eric Lopes Cardoso of empulsys.com in The Netherlands.

The interview is in Nederlands for our listeners in both South Africa and Benelux.

Time / Topic
1:27 Vertel iets over jezelf bij empulsys.com
2:45 Introduceren concept coaching
4:00 Hoe gaat jullie teams mentoren?
4:58 mentor doet het voor als methode voor mentoring
6:30 Ontwikkel jezelf naar een functionele niveau
8:00 Hypnose en NLP als communicatie hulpmiddel
8:50 Het Rational User Group van Nederland
11:00 IT kennis in het Nederlands voor Nederlanders
12:25 Wat is volgens jou de definitie van niet-functionele eisen?
14:24 Kwalificerende beschrijvende woorden
15:30 Whitepaper iteratie planning
16:26 Betrek je team!
17:39 Overstappen van waterval naar iteratief ontwikkelen
20:50 SCRUM vs RUP
23:00 Praktijk van SCRUM

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Duration: 27mins 24 seconds

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Episode 23: Amitava Banerjee from India

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Today is a short conversation with Amitava Banerjee reaching out from India!

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Duration: 23mins 14 seconds

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Episode 22: Laura Brandenburg across the gap

This is the second of interview with Laura Brandenburg of http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/

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Time / Topic
1:25 Effective IT communcation
5:01 How not to get steamrollered by fellow team members
6:20 Taking control instead of becoming a victim.
9:28 Combined BA and PM in one role.
12:23 Blogging about your own real life experience
13:30 Reading recommendations
16:00 Functional BA vs Enterprise BA. Differences?
18:00 Stepping up to Senior BA level
22:00 Competitive intelligence


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Duration: 26mins 30 seconds

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Episode 21: Laura Brandenburg bridges the gap

This is part One of a two-part interview with Laura Brandenburg of http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/

Time / Topic
1:30 Howto podcast interviewing via Skype.
2:20 Laura introduces her blog and website at http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/
4:00 Blogging as a marketing tool for yourself.
7:00 Legitimate ways of getting contact with enior Business Analysts.
7:50 Laura reveals career career progress from Philosophy to "glorified data entry".
9:30 Aquiring Business Analyss skills from a developer background.
12:45 Starting a Business Analyst Career book publication.
14:00 BA vacancies requires BA Experience. Exploit oppertunities!
15:30 Examining job specs as guideline for gaining experience.
16:45 How long does it take to become a BA?
17:00 Communication skills for techical software developers.
19:15 Introducing leadership through communication.
21:00 Achieving success by helping your team.
23:00 Advancing your career being considerate of your team.
26:15 Empathy as leadership.
27:15 Building trust, in a new job environment.

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Duration: 32mins 01 seconds

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Episode 20: Nog meer kennis van Joe Newbert in Suid-Afrika

This is part 3 of my interview with Joe Newbert.

Time / Topic
1:30 change cycle for advancement in life -- http://mindtools.com
4:40 not being a shit analyst
6:15 pro-activity advances your career
8:05 IIBA setting up shop in kaapstad, business analyst jobs http://careerjunction.co.za
9:35 Companies asking skills which lacks in your skills portfolio.
10:35 Explaining Agile methods RUP, DSDM and its components.
15:33 Horstman's 5 laws of interviewing
17:20 making a first impression at a job interview
18:58 Recap topics covered during the interview
19:09 Asking feedback from my interviewee
20:02 Being critical about yourself
22:30 Catchup with fellow BA-guru Jonathan Babcock
23:15 My reasons for doing this podcast series

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Duration: 26mins 32 seconds

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