Nobody retired the Business Analyst role
The requirements still need gathering. The stakeholders still need translating. The gap between business and engineering still exists.
Field Notes05 entries
Notes from
the work.
Practical observations about delivery, process, products, and AI, based on what happens when the plan meets the actual organization.
Written from the mess,not the sidelines.
Complete collection
Newest first.
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FN 04
I removed stretch goals from PI planning
How removing stretch goals reduced missed or descoped commitments from 15-30 per PI down to one.
FN 03
The case for a thinner operating system
Why the answer to fragmented work is often a clearer coordination layer, not another attempt to replace every system.
FN 02
AI governance should make useful work easier
Practical AI governance creates a safe path for useful work instead of another approval system people learn to avoid.
FN 01
Most transformation problems are context problems
Why teams struggle when the information needed to make a decision is scattered across systems, meetings, and people.