Running BPMN 2.0 Workshops That Actually Produce a Map
Process mapping workshops have a reputation for being long, tiring, then producing something nobody uses. Usually that’s not a notation problem. BPMN 2.0 is well designed, widely understood, precise enough for developers while still readable by the business. The problem is what happens in the room. Someone puts a blank wall in front of 12 […]
Why People Skills Matter More Than Technique for a Business Analyst
You can learn the technical side of business analysis in about 6 months. Requirements templates, process notation, user stories, traceability matrices, gap analysis. It’s all learnable, all documented, all fairly consistent from one organisation to the next. What takes years is the other part. Getting a room full of people who disagree to tell you […]
Digital Transformation Projects Run on People, Not Plans
I’ve worked on programs with excellent methodology that went badly. I’ve worked on messy ones that landed well. The difference was never the framework. It was who was in the room, how they got on, whether anyone was willing to say the difficult thing out loud. That’s not a soft observation. On a program with […]
🤝 Building Rapport With SMEs to Get the Information That Matters
As a technical writer or business process analyst, your work depends on other people’s knowledge. Subject matter experts hold the detail behind the diagrams, SOPs and work instructions. They know what really happens beyond the documented process. They know where things break. They know which steps exist only because of history. But getting that knowledge […]
📘 How to Build a Good Knowledge Base Through Collaboration
A knowledge base is one of the most valuable tools a business can have. It saves time, reduces errors and keeps knowledge inside the organisation. But building a good knowledge base isn’t just about choosing the right software. It’s about working with people, drawing out their knowledge and turning it into something structured and useful. […]
The Human Side of Process Change What 11 Years Have Taught Me
🌱 Change Is About People Not Just Processes After 11 years in business and process analysis, one truth has stayed consistent — change is never just about workflows, technology, or efficiency. It is about people. A new system or process can look flawless on paper, but if the people living it every day feel unheard, […]
Why Process Maps Don’t Solve Problems (But People Do)
🗺️ The Limits of Diagrams Process maps are valuable tools. They show workflows, dependencies, and bottlenecks in clean, visual ways. But diagrams have limits. They are static representations of dynamic realities. A perfectly drawn process map does not reveal frustration when a system times out, or the creative workarounds employees use when official steps do […]
🧑💻 Skills Required to Build and Maintain a Strong Knowledge Base
A knowledge base doesn’t build itself. It takes the right mix of technical ability, documentation practice and people skills. While platforms like Confluence, SharePoint or Notion provide the tools, it’s the skills of the people who manage them that determine success. Here are the key skills required to create and sustain a knowledge base that […]
🧑🤝🧑 Building a Knowledge Base with People Skills
A knowledge base is only as strong as the people who contribute to it. Technology provides the platform, but emotional intelligence and people skills are what bring it to life. As a business process analyst or documentation specialist, your challenge isn’t writing content—it’s getting the right information out of people’s heads. That takes patience, curiosity […]