About Vinay Pandey

Vinay started and leads the Business Analysis Practice at e-Zest. He is responsible for mentoring and coaching Business Analysts, establishing and optimizing Business Analysis processes and templates. He is expert in estimation and established the estimation methodology at e-Zest.

Security vs Flexibility vs Automation vs Compliance (Part – 2)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Vinay Pandey

In continuation from my previous post, let me share few stories about Security vs Compliance vs Flexibility….

Story 2: Compliance vs Flexibility vs Cost

Around a couple of months back I was briefly involved in a small application for automobile … Read More

Security vs Flexibility vs Automation vs Compliance (Part – 1)

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Vinay Pandey

Everybody who has been in IT Industry long enough would have played the balancing game between factors mentioned in the title of this post at some time or other. It is amazing I have run into such balancing game so … Read More

Key Attributes of Business Analysis Tools

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Vinay Pandey

In my post on Need for Innovative Tools in Business Analysis, I touched upon the need for innovative tools that can shorten business analysis cycle time so that commitment to estimates can be obtained early on. The tools I … Read More

Need for Innovative Tools in Business Analysis

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Vinay Pandey

In my post Committing to Estimates, I presented Cone of Uncertainty with my thoughts and stated we need to be pragmatic about the depth to which we should go into requirements analysis before we commit to estimates. I received offline … Read More

Committing to Estimates

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Vinay Pandey

In one of my recent discussions on IIBA group in LinkedIn, related to whether BA’s should be involved in estimation, a point came up about when does an estimate become a commitment for an organization. Thanks David Owens for … Read More