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Entries for May 2009


» FEATURED: Business Analyst Career Progression
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Many business analysts' find themselves in their role quite by coincidence but once there either decide this is a role they love or hate. There are certain requirements (if you'll pardon the cliche) or competencies you must display to be successful in this profession. We will first explore the foundational knowledge and skills needed in the early p...

» The Creative Business Analyst - Part 2, Generating Solution Ideas
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The Creative Business Analyst - Part 2, Generating Solution Ideas A lot of people think that coming up with solutions to business problems is the hardest part about being a business analyst – particularly when working with a client who knows more about the business than you ever will. Don’t believe it, after all you’ve already made considerable progress in understanding the problem – and your understanding is bas...

» Golden Rules for Business Analysts
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Like all professions, business analysis has its golden rules – rules that are fundamental to the design of successful business systems. They might seem like common sense but it’s surprising how often we forget them and get ourselves into hot water.

» Communication Underpins Successful Application Development
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Where application development is concerned, the ability to produce great code is just one small component of overall success. Just as essential is the ability for the developers to clearly grasp the business requirement – and deliver against an accurate functional specification. Nick McKenzie, technical director at nVisionIT, notes that the proces...

» FEATURED: Agile Business Analysis in Flow - The Work of the Agile Analyst (Part 1)
Article Rating (8004 Views) (8 Comments)
Agile is here, and it's coming soon to an organization near you-if it's not already there. As a business analyst, are you ready to make the transition to this value-centered development approach? How will your role change? What will you do differently? What will you actually do as part of an agile team? What agile analysis practices might you adapt...

» FEATURED: Establishing a Business Analysis Community of Practice, Part 3
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Understanding why BA CoPs fail is an essential part of strategic planning. If you can identify the gaps in your own organization, you will be in a much better position to put a plan in place to "Mind the Gap."  This article will look at 10 common reasons why BA CoPs fail.  

» FEATURED: Requirements Specifications on Agile Projects
Article Rating (8499 Views) (3 Comments)
Business analysis is an important aspect of agile software development projects, but the agile approach is significantly different than the traditional, serial approach of yesteryear. Because the agile approach to business analysis is different the approach to requirements specification is also different, for many traditionalists this will prove to...

» FEATURED: Can SOA Give You A Good Service?
Article Rating (2136 Views) (2 Comments)
Like any other religion, sorry architecture, SOA has its own language and meanings for the terms it uses. Unfortunately, some of these words can be very confusing, none more than the term "service". So here is a bluffer's guide to understanding and conversing in SOA-speak.

» FEATURED: How Pandemics Affect Business Processes
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It's a sad topic, but it is reality. When a world wide pandemic, like the current swine flu hits, business suffers.  Obvious economic issues come to mind, but what often slips the mind is what affects us even more. The interruption of normal business processes.  

» FEATURED: Find Your Subject Matter Experts
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No matter what requirements gathering process you subscribe to-waterfall, unified, or another approach-your discovery will be markedly easier if you can identify the right subject matter experts from the beginning. Whether they exist inside or outside your organization, people who intimately know your project's product or service, its actors, and i...

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