Every article, by where you are starting from
Written for people moving into agile delivery from another career. If you have not picked a role yet, start with the free Role Fit Diagnostic. It takes six minutes.
Choosing your role
Business Analyst vs Scrum Master vs Product Owner vs Agile Project Manager: the honest differences
Four job titles that look identical from outside. What each one actually does on a Tuesday, what transfers from your current job, and how to tell which one is you.
Getting in without experience
How to get scrum master experience when nobody will give you the job
The experience loop, and the five things that actually break it for a career changer. What hiring managers are really asking for when they say two years experience.
Can you become a scrum master with no IT experience?
Yes, and plenty do. What the technical gap actually costs you, the five bits of vocabulary you genuinely need, and where a non-technical background is an advantage.
Do you need to code to be a business analyst?
No. Where the confusion comes from, the five things worth learning instead of programming, and the honest caveat about technical fluency.
From your old job
Nurse to business analyst: what actually transfers
The five things from ward nursing that genuinely transfer into business analysis, the two that do not, and how to describe eleven years of clinical work so a delivery lead recognises it.
Teacher to scrum master: what actually transfers
The six things from teaching that genuinely transfer into a scrum master role, the two that do not, and how to describe classroom experience so a delivery lead recognises it.
Retail manager to agile project manager: what actually transfers
Six things from store management that transfer directly into agile delivery, the two that do not, and the decision most retail managers leave off their CV.
Paralegal to business analyst: what actually transfers
Legal work is one of the closest matches to business analysis of any non-technical background. The six things that transfer, the two that do not, and where legal experience is worth real money.
Portfolio and projects
Business analyst portfolio project: what to build when you have never had the job
What a portfolio project is actually for, the four mistakes that make one useless, and the exact specification to build so you have something to answer interview questions from.
Interviews
“Tell me about a project” when you have never had a project
The first question in every interview, answered honestly by someone who has not had the job yet. The five things a strong answer contains, where the disclosure sentence goes, and a worked example.