Larimar Consulting

I seem to find quite a few job postings for Business Analysts that have a couple of lines in the ‘tasks to perform’ description that scare me like: Define test strategy and test plan Develop and execute test cases Perform stress and load test scenarios It’s not that I don’t believe I am capable of [...]

Every year I like to reflect on my personal growth in the previous 12 months as well as decide what I’d like to focus on improving in the coming year.  As I have been reflecting on my professional development I found myself thinking about the Business Analyst profession in general.  In 2009 I have seen [...]

Over the past few years social media offerings have become an increasingly common way for people to interact with each other in the digital age.  While this revolution began in the consumer space, organizations have begun to leverage social media tools for internal operations.  Blogs, forums, prediction markets and document sharing/collaboration tools are becoming more [...]

As Business Analysis is still a relatively new profession, not every organization understands what a Business Analyst is or how they add value to an organization.  While I believe that Business Analysts should not feel they live only as a gateway to the IT organization for the rest of the business, this is one area  [...]

One of the challenges a Business Analyst can have is figuring out what the priority of various requirements are.  On a typical project this means trying to classify requirements into what I could consider absolute categories (for example, “mandatory”, “should have”, “nice to have”, etc.).  Sometimes a relative prioritization is also considered (usually within an [...]

Welcome!  My name is Jarett Hailes, a business and technology consultant based in Edmonton, Canada.  I began my career in the technology field just over 10 years ago.  While I started in technology, I have worked in a variety of technical and business roles with organizations ranging from small start-up companies to large enterprises and [...]