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» FEATURED: Using the Business Architecture in Business Analysis

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Using the Business Architecture in Business Analysis

“…The Analyst will [...] facilitate the identification, design and implementation of business and systems solutions in a rapidly growing and evolving business…” What strategic initiatives might a business analyst as described above discover, and how will they deliver the “business and systems solutions” in today’s 21st Century...

» Book Review: Building Business Capability by Ron Ross and Gladys Lam

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Book Review: Building Business Capability by Ron Ross and Gladys Lam

Ron Ross and Gladys Lam have written an important book for the business analyst community. It aims to get business analysts out of the technology ghetto that many of us get stuck in. Regardless of the type of analyst you are, I think it would be worth your time to get your hands on and read this book. I’ll explain why below.

» FEATURED: What’s Really Needed to Align Business and IT Part 1: Creating True Business Solutions

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What’s Really Needed to Align Business and IT Part 1: Creating True Business Solutions

So many IT projects ultimately end in failure and are simply written off. Same old story, time and time again. Why is it so hard? Why can’t we figure out beforehand whether some solution will actually work once we roll it out? Most project management approaches and many IT methodologies include steps for building business cases and provide guidelin...

» The 21st Century BA: From Tactical Requirements Manager to Creative Leader of Innovative Change

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The 21st Century BA: From Tactical Requirements Manager to Creative Leader of Innovative Change

Welcome to the new series of articles on the BA as the 21st Century Creative Leader. It was a perfect storm. As we entered the second decade of the 21st century, we found ourselves struggling to adapt. ... It is no coincidence that the business analysis profession is taking hold to address many of the 21st century business challenges.

» 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...

» From Mission Statement to Business Process

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From Mission Statement to Business Process

Most business analysts will never interview a CEO and many don’t understand how a company’s real objectives cascade down to the little bit of requirements they’re doing for a particular system. How does my system fit into the company’s business strategy? What is my role in the big picture?

» FEATURED: The Tasks of Enterprise Architecture

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An enterprise exists for a purpose, stated in its high-level goals and business model. It also has everyday operations which may or may not serve this purpose. We need a link between the two and this is what Enterprise Architecture is about – the establishment of a link between an organization’s ultimate goals and its day-to-day operations.

» Enterprise Engineering

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"Enterprise Engineering" is a term coined in to reflect the third and final part of the concept of Information Resource Management (IRM) representing a triad of methodologies to design, develop, and control all of the resources needed to support the information requirements of an enterprise, be it a commercial or nonprofit endeavor.

» 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 ...

» FEATURED: What the Heck Is Enterprise Analysis Part 2

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What the Heck Is Enterprise Analysis Part 2

I believe the Problem Pyramid™ provides the appropriate structure for guiding effective business analysis, both for initiating and carrying out projects, whether for what BABOK® v2 calls projects or for topics that truly fit within Enterprise Analysis.

» FEATURED: What the Heck Is Enterprise Analysis Part 1

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What the Heck Is Enterprise Analysis Part 1

For many business analysts (BAs), the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®) Knowledge Area that is the least familiar is Enterprise Analysis (EA). In some ways, this may be a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the BABOK® Version 2 (v2) EA area describes important topics and techniques that BAs should be conversant with: defining business ...

» FEATURED: Making Modern Research

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“I may not know much about art, but I know what I like”. This famous punch line to a Monty Python sketch about a fictional conversation between a disgruntled Pope and innovative Michelangelo (who wanted extra disciples, multiple messiahs and a kangaroo in his first draft of the Last Supper), can also be seen to satirize our own modern fixation with...

» FEATURED: Principles of Agile Architecture

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The benefits of Agile methods are becoming more obvious and compelling. While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. That's largely because Agile provides quantifiable, "step-change" improvements in the "big three" software developm...

» 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: Service Oriented Analysis

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Although you can do ‘standard’ requirements gathering for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects, there is now an evolving a set of analysis techniques, methods and approaches that purport to be better suited to information gathering and design specification. I will call these generically Service Oriented Analysis.

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