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» Best Careers 2008 - Usability/User Experience Specialist: Executive Summary

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U.S. News and World Report published their list of Best Careers for 2008 - and Usability/User Experience Professional is one of the listed professions. This is a business analysis related discipline with many business analysts also playing the role of UI designer. "Usability specialists make sure that products, especially technical on...

» Best Careers 2008 - Systems Analyst: Executive Summary

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The US News and World Report published their list of best careers for 2008 and Systems Analyst was one of the professions in the list. "The Ace Widget Co. has an ancient computer system. It'd like to upgrade to an Oracle-based operation with wireless capabilities, so employees can access the system with their BlackBerrys. The systems ...

» Establishing and Maturing a Business Analysis Center of Excellence: The Essential Guide

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Many organizations are scratching their collective heads over how to build and mature a business analysis center of excellence (COE). Where do we start? What does a business analysis COE look like? Who owns it? How does it evolve? This article, an excerpt from ESI’s white paper of the same name, outlines the standard operating practices necessary f...

» 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...

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