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» FEATURED: The State of Business Analysis Practices in Organizations

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The State of Business Analysis Practices in Organizations

To remain competitive, it is more important than ever for an organization’s leadership team to use business analysis (BA) practices to execute strategies through innovative solutions. Over the years, business analysis has been rapidly developing as a profession and as a core business practice in many organizations; however, all too often business a...

» Requirements Reuse: the State of the Practice

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Requirements Reuse: the State of the Practice

For several decades, software reuse has been a recognized solution to improving efficiency of software development. However, implementing reuse in practice remains challenging and the IT community has little visibility into the state of the practice specifically as it pertains to reusing software requirements. This paper presents the results of a s...

» FEATURED: eBook: What is a Business Analyst? ...and why do I need one?

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eBook: What is a Business Analyst? ...and why do I need one?

Worldwide, there are between five hundred thousand and one million people working as Business Analysts... So why are all types of businesses, from charities to investment banks, hiring so many of them?... What do they actually do?...

» FEATURED: Knowledge Management in the Real World

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We can probably all agree that Knowledge Management is generally A Good Thing and that we should do more of it. But what does “doing Knowledge Management” actually involve, and how as BAs can we ensure we effectively reuse our knowledge?

» The three parts of the bridge

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“The overall purpose of Business Analysis is to build a bridge between business and IT”. This is a good enough definition for a position as hard to define as Business Analysis.

» FEATURED: Nobody Knows Your Business Like Your Own Business Analysts

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Nobody Knows Your Business Like Your Own Business Analysts

Many organisations hire external consultants with no experience of their business to shape strategies and propositions. In doing this, they are unconsciously ignoring internal resource with exactly the same skills but additional knowledge and experience of the business – namely their Business Analysts. BAs have a unique skillset, offering holistic ...

» The Roles and Skill Sets of Systems vs Business Analysts

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The Roles and Skill Sets of Systems vs Business Analysts

The role of business analysts and systems analysts appears to be very closely related, and there is no agreement on the definitions of the roles or the required skill set to become one of the said analysts. Though the number of these positions is increasing, the understanding of what the business and systems analysts are remains unclear and differs...

» FEATURED: Video: What is a Senior Business Analyst?

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I get this question and variations of it all the time! What is a senior business analyst? What skills do I need to develop to become one? What are the most valued business analyst competencies? This is a tough question. And although finding the answer can be difficult, it’s also a tough question because it has multiple answers. Business analysis, ...

» FEATURED: An Overview of Requirements Elicitation

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A thorough discovery of business requirements is almost never readily available at an analyst’s fingertips—rarely can requirements be quickly looked up as one would gather information for a term paper or study for a test. Much of business or technical requirements is not documented anywhere—it resides in the minds of stakeholders, in feedback that ...

» FEATURED: A BRMS is not a BDMS: Ten Ways in Which Dealing Business Rules Vendors can be Frustrating for Business Analysts

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A BRMS is not a BDMS: Ten Ways in Which Dealing Business Rules Vendors can be Frustrating for Business Analysts

There is a great deal of confusion about the role of the Business Rule Management System (BRMS). Given the prominent role of the words “business” and “management”, one would be forgiven for believing that a tool thus named would manage the business aspects of the rules of the business. But to the contrary, across the entire class of these tools the...

» Analysts in position to name their price

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Analysts in position to name their price

If you can dream up ways to save your company money by developing new systems and better ways of working then the job of business analyst might be for you. It's a job that currently has a skills shortage in the IT world, and that - says recruitment consultant Tom Derbyshire - means strong job candidates can call the shots.

» FEATURED: Are you results-oriented?

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There are many qualities that contribute to great business analysis. You have to be a good communicator and be able to analyze problems. It generally helps to have some solid background in the common techniques of business analysis. For some jobs you need domain knowledge, for others technical expertise. All of these are debated and discussed often...

» FEATURED: What is Enterprise Analysis: does it differ from Enterprise Architecture?

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What is Enterprise Analysis: does it differ from Enterprise Architecture?

Enterprise Analysis is a knowledge area which describes the Business analysis activities that take place for an enterprise to identify business opportunities, build a Business Architecture, determine the optimum project investment path for that enterprise and finally, implement new business and technical solutions. The question you may ask: Does th...

» FEATURED: Stakeholder Strategy 101

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As stakeholders play decisive role towards solution delivery, it would be helpful for business analysts and project managers to have a stakeholder strategy. Stakeholder strategy can help facilitate communication between stakeholders and IT teams. Stakeholder strategy allows project members to consider stakeholder availability and associated risks e...

» FEATURED: How to Manage the Complexities of Urgent Projects

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How to Manage the Complexities of Urgent Projects

Today it seems like every project is urgent due to time-to-market compression and fierce competition in the global marketplace. In this article we recommend management techniques that can help you and your team manage the complexities that are most likely present in urgent projects, while establishing and maintaining an environment of a...

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