Bringing Stakeholders back from the Solutions Edge

BA Insight Series - Season 4, Episode 19: Bringing stakeholders back from The solutions Edge (#179) For this BA Insights session, I was pleased to have been joined by Rebecca Chatfield (Business Analyst, UK), Matthew Dean (Head of Business Analysis, Lancashire Insurance Group, UK) and Nataliia Petryshak (Consultant on Business Analysis/Product Ownership/Product Management, Germany). This focused session covered: 1) Why it’s appropriate for a Business Analyst to influence a stakeholder set of a specific solution 2) The reasons that many projects jump to solutions before the real need is clearly understood 3) How the BA can recognise early warning signs that their stakeholders are becoming too solution-focused 4) Questions for Business Analysts to challenge stakeholder perceptions 5) The appropriate manner, way of engagement or use of language, to employ for building trust, while challenging stakeholders 6) Techniques to challenge and explore the needs of stakeholders set on a solution 7) Tips for allowing the BA or their stakeholders, to free there mind of solution/tech bias 8) How to manage your own biases as a BA #BAInsight #businessanalysis #businessanalysts #ba #capco #bainsights #iiba #businessanalyst #analysis #profession #job #role #responsibilities #professionaldevelopment #cv #resume #resumetips #interview #interviews #interviewtips #portfolio #mentor #jobs #jobsearch #jobsearching #Requirements #Documentation #benefitsMapping #BusinessCase #SolutionFocused #ChallengingStakeholders #AI