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Low Cost Carriers Growth in Travel Industry By Ashish Kumar Gupta
IT Business Analyst - The Prophet By ashish.kumar on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:46 PM
In the era of tremendous change, due to shooting fuel prices, dropping margins, rising fares, low cost carriers consolidations, growing interlinings, multiple bankruptcies resulting from the airlines’ inability to gain market share and contain costs, to sustain low cost carriers must evolve with the growing technology and keep differentiating themselves with the innovative strategies. The strategic focus on investment on technology will not only bring the immediate ROI and cost-savings to the LCCs but will also proved to be an investment for ever-lasting growth.
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Corporate Booking Tool - Present Practice – Future Promise By Ashish Kumar Gupta
IT Business Analyst - The Prophet By ashish.kumar on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:35 PM
Key to Success of Corporate On line Self Booking Tool - Adoption!! Adoption!! Adoption!! Corporate Self Booking Tool should delivers a world-class travel booking experience with access to the broadest selection of content and a user-friendly interface that encourages adoption and helps enforce specific travel policies. All the data captured during booking and throughout the business trip should flow directly into the expense reporting process, which means organization has more visibility into employee spend then ever before.
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Start Small and Start Fast - Data Warehousing for Travel Agencies and Travel Management Companies
IT Business Analyst - The Prophet By ashish.kumar on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:29 PM
Travel Agencies and TMC considering the potential benefits of data warehousing should investigate the real differences in approach and implementation of such tools. An optimized, efficient, and useful data warehouse is not synonymous with a "database" and requires significant investments in tools, planning, and development.
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MOSS 2007 – What It Means To Your Business
IT Business Analyst - The Prophet By ashish.kumar on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:17 PM
Microsoft Office Share Point Server 2007 for Travel Industry
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Travel Managment - Business Analysis by Ashish Kumar Gupta
IT Business Analyst - The Prophet By ashish.kumar on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:58 PM
This is a Travel Management Related White Paper and Business Analysis which i would like to contribute. UPLOADTEMPLATE
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-ISEM Navigation - Sep 29, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 9/26/2008 6:00 AM
This week my tutorial is an introduction to the construction and navigation of the "PRIDE"-INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (ISEM), Part IX of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Going it Alone?" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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Business Analyst Role
Business Analyst By kashif riaz on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:37:51 GMT
There are different definations of a Business Analyst and my own simple defination of a Business Analyst is "A person who works as a liasion between business teams and development teams".
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-ISEM Concepts - Sep 22, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 9/19/2008 7:37 AM
This week my tutorial is an introduction to the concepts and principles of the "PRIDE"-INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (ISEM), Part VIII of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Death of the Business Letter" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-EEM Phase 5 - Sep 15, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 9/12/2008 5:54 AM
This week my tutorial is on PHASE 5 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - EEM EVALUATION, Part VII of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "360 Degrees" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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GETTING BURNED
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 9/9/2008 12:37 PM

I had a situation where I was working with a young Systems Analyst who was ambitious but a bit naive as to the field of information systems. Nonetheless he wanted to boldly tackle a major systems project for his company and asked me for advice. I encouraged him to first study the parts of the business the system would serve, specify the end-user information requirements, and produce an overall system blueprint. "No, no, no, I've already got it worked out in my head," he told me and started programming. Although he was very proficient in how to write program code, his software didn't adequately serve the needs of his users and his project failed miserably.

Regardless of how you try to coach someone, I find it disheartening that a lot of people have to burn their fingers before they learn something. Maybe this has something to do with the cockiness of youth whereby there is a great temp ...

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BA 2.0
Chewing Gum and Baling Wire By Lisa Woods on 9/7/2008 8:32 AM
Web 2.0 allows increasingly collaborative work among teams of varying roles, locales and technical abilities; the implications of Web 2.0 for the business of Business Analysis are daunting, and demand new tools, strategies and a whole new BA mindset.
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-EEM Phase 4 - Sep 8, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 9/5/2008 5:39 AM
This week my tutorial is on PHASE 4 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - ENTERPRISE INFO STRATEGY, Part VI of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "The SFB Quotient" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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How to write Entity Relationship Diagrams
Better Projects - Modern Analyst Edition By craigwbrown on 8/29/2008 3:59 AM
Below is a primer in writing entity relationship diagrams. Have fun.
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-EEM Phase 3 - Sep 1, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 8/29/2008 5:50 AM
This week my tutorial is on PHASE 3 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - PHYSICAL ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS, Part V of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Making your problems mine" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-EEM Phase 2 - Aug 25, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 8/22/2008 6:14 AM
This week my tutorial is on PHASE 2 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - LOGICAL ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS, Part IV of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "How much do we really use our head?" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-EEM Phase 1 - Aug 18, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 8/15/2008 7:04 AM
This week my tutorial is on PHASE 1 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - EEM PROJECT PLANNING, Part III of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Thinking Small," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE-Enterprise Eng Methodology - Aug 11, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 8/8/2008 6:02 AM
This week my tutorial is on the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM), Part II of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Auto Dealership Ads," and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."
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Does anyone have a good definition/description for the purpose of an Actor Map
Does anyone have a good definition/description for the purpose of an Actor Map By Bill T on 8/4/2008 8:29 AM
Does anyone have a good definition/description for the purpose of an Actor Map I am looking for a defintion/description for an actor map i.e. utilized during the requirements elicitation processes to identify actors and their responsibilities, flushing out the business senarios that actors perform within their respective areas.
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MGMT VISIONS - PRIDE Methodologies - Aug 4, 2008
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 8/1/2008 1:42 AM
In this week's "Management Visions" broadcast, my essay is entitled "THE PRIDE METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM" - Part I of a series on the "PRIDE" Methodologies for IRM (special broadcast).
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MBA PREPS "PRIDE" METHODOLOGY PODCASTS
MANAGEMENT VISIONS By Tim Bryce on 7/28/2008 2:41 PM

    MBA PREPS "PRIDE" METHODOLOGY PODCASTS

    Aimed at eliminating confusion in Systems Development and IRM

    PALM HARBOR, FL, USA (July 28, 2008) - In an unprecedented move, M. Bryce & Associates (MBA), the developers of the "PRIDE" Methodologies for IRM announced plans to produce a series of podcasts explaining the methodologies and how they work. "PRIDE" was originally introduced in 1971 as the first systems methodology in the indu ...

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