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Entries for December 2007


» FEATURED: Requirements Risk Management
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I have a hypothesis I want to explore: Requirements Risk management could be a useful approach to requirements analysis, and lead to better requirements management. High level the idea goes like this: Risk management is an important part of project management Requirements management is also a critical part of the puzzle Should we...

» Requirements Simulation- Analyst’s Perspective
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Simulation tools gain visibility in the marketplace. This article highlighted some key advantages and disadvantages around the tool’s ability to identify, communicate, and validate business requirements. The use of a simulation tool should highlight the underlying business process and not focus on ‘pretty’ screens. Your requirements are the structu...

» The Ratio of Analysts to Programmers
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"Good specifications will improve programmer productivity far better than any programming tool or technique." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION In terms of systems development, during the 1960's and early 1970's you were either a Systems Analyst or a Programmer. Period. At the time, there were substantially more analysts than programmers (at lea...

» Business Analysis - Considering Process Analysis
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Business analysis is about more than software development. It can help business leaders to understand the business and develop resourcing, training and IT strategies. Through careful analysis of workflows and business processes you can identify opportunities for increasing efficiency and profitability. You can use business analysis techniques to he...

» Management Consulting As A Career
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Business analysts go by many titles one of them being Management Consultant.  In this article, Tony Jacowski talks about the management consulting career. Author: Tony Jacowski

» BPMN and the Business Process Expert, Part 3: The Art of Process Modeling
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In the first two installments of this series, we saw why BPMN is important to the Business Process Expert and got an overview of the notation. In this part, we’ll look beyond the spec to suggest some best practices for making your BPMN models most effective. The art of effective process modeling depends on what you are trying to do. Unlike traditi...

» BPMN and the Business Process Expert, Part 2: Mastering the Notation
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In the first installment of this series, we saw why BPMN is important to the Business Process Expert. In this part, we’ll look at the notation itself. In BPMN there are only three first-class diagram elements, or flow objects:  Activity, a rounded rectangle, representing work performed in the process  Gateway, a diamond, r...

» BPMN and the Business Process Expert
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Business process management (BPM) is an emerging discipline that looks at the enterprise in a radically new way. Instead of trying to automate and optimize individual functional units, like sales, supply chain, and customer service, in isolation, BPM views your company from the perspective of end-to-end cross-functional processes – exactly the way ...

» Functional Specification - a Tutorial
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What Is A Functional Specification? Functional specifications (functional specs), in the end, are the blueprint for how you want a particular web project or application to look and work. It details what the finished product will do, how a user will interact with it, and what it will look like. By creating a blueprint of the product first, time an...

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