Comments on: Who Should Plan the Business Analysis Work? http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/three-ways-to-avoid-bapm-conflict/ For Business Analysts and Project Managers Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ElizabethLarson http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/three-ways-to-avoid-bapm-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-13 ElizabethLarson Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:04:59 +0000 http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/?p=202#comment-13 Thanks for the comment, David! I agree about leading and about removing obstacles as a primary PM function. I hope the conversation continues and am curious what others think about the title of project leader vs. project manager... Thanks for the comment, David! I agree about leading and about removing obstacles as a primary PM function. I hope the conversation continues and am curious what others think about the title of project leader vs. project manager…

]]> By: ElizabethLarson http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/three-ways-to-avoid-bapm-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-12 ElizabethLarson Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:59:42 +0000 http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/?p=202#comment-12 Lucy, I'm so glad you are enjoying the blogs! I hope you continue to follow them and add your own experiences. Elizabeth Lucy,
I’m so glad you are enjoying the blogs! I hope you continue to follow them and add your own experiences.

Elizabeth

]]> By: David Morris http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/three-ways-to-avoid-bapm-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-11 David Morris Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:58:51 +0000 http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/?p=202#comment-11 Agreed: As with all delivery colleagues, BAs should be responsible for their own workload, after agreeing goals and timelines - while project management should focus on delivering goals and removing obstacles rather than micro-managing. Project management can too easily become a fight to keep the plan up-to-date while stressing the delivery team because task 2.5.43a wasn't completed yesterday -- and unfortunately, this loses sight of the reason for running a project, which is to realise some business value by introducing some form of change for the business. Speaking from personal experience as project manager as well as business analyst -- having managed projects, both successfully and poorly -- I far prefer the term project leader, as this puts the emphasis more on supporting, facilitating, and leading a team to achieve the goals rather than managing tasks, processes, and resources. Agreed: As with all delivery colleagues, BAs should be responsible for their own workload, after agreeing goals and timelines – while project management should focus on delivering goals and removing obstacles rather than micro-managing.

Project management can too easily become a fight to keep the plan up-to-date while stressing the delivery team because task 2.5.43a wasn’t completed yesterday — and unfortunately, this loses sight of the reason for running a project, which is to realise some business value by introducing some form of change for the business.

Speaking from personal experience as project manager as well as business analyst — having managed projects, both successfully and poorly — I far prefer the term project leader, as this puts the emphasis more on supporting, facilitating, and leading a team to achieve the goals rather than managing tasks, processes, and resources.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/three-ways-to-avoid-bapm-conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Lucy Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:35:47 +0000 http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/?p=202#comment-10 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Lucy http://businesseshome.net I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Lucy

http://businesseshome.net

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