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Entries for September 2011


» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality
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Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality My understanding is that, in practice, successful agilists tend to bring together a number of activities, tasks, and deliverables that are from beyond the boundaries of what may be called “pure agile.” This mixing and matching of software process elements from agile and non-agile (more formal) approaches is a much more practical way of using these ...

» FEATURED: Putting Systems Analysis “Into Context” using the Context Diagram
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Putting Systems Analysis “Into Context” using the Context Diagram This article is all about putting your systems analysis into context; literally and metaphorically. It’s all about drawing and interpreting the not-quite-UML Context Diagram that is sometimes referred to as the System Context Diagram.

» History Repeats Itself, But It Doesn’t Have To!
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History Repeats Itself, But It Doesn’t Have To! Why does it take an 'act of congress' for some organizations to realize that what they are doing is not working? I have been in many industries(media, manufacturing, financial and the judicial system) and no matter what industry I've been in I’ve seen some of the same themes.

» FEATURED: The Real Brains Behind Better Facilitation
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The Real Brains Behind Better Facilitation Facilitation is one of the most critical soft skills of the business analyst, as well as one of the most difficult to master. Working with various stakeholders requires tremendous preparation, insight and finesse in addition to an understanding of key principles of the facilitation process.

» FEATURED: Business Analysis Certificate Program Features The Decision Model
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Business Analysis Certificate Program Features The Decision Model Like most business analysts, Charles captured business rules as part of requirements gathering. Also like most business analysts, he followed traditional business rules approaches. These included writing individual business rule expressions, storing them outside the confines of process models and use cases, and providing pointers to them. However, ...

» Transaction Business Logic
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Transaction Business Logic Transaction Business Logic is the processing required in processing database transactions to enforce business policies. It is sometimes characterized as Enforcement logic, since the transaction should be rejected if the rules are not passed. Consider the insertion of a new Purchase Order...
  

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