EDITOR'S NOTE CBAP, Six Sigma, Requirements Traceability, BPM, SOA and more... Here's another great issue packed with BA-centric articles: > Cultivating CBAP Competencies for Your Rise to the Top > Six Sigma and the Business Analyst > The Business Analyst of Tomorrow (and Now Today) > The Value of Requirements Traceability BA Events: > Webinar: How Lean & Nimble BPM Helps Analysts Drive Business Change > Webinar: Requirements Best Practices from Haworth > World Congress for Business Analysts Also in this issue: > More Business Analyst Humor > Even more Articles for Business Analysts > New Interview Questions - Adrian Marchis, Editor
FEATURED ARTICLES The Cream of the Crop: Cultivating CBAP Competencies for Your Rise to the Top by Glenn Brule, Executive Director of Client Solutions, ESI While Business Analysts are in demand, only the best will do. We investigate quintessential business analysis professional competencies, with a discussion of how academics and application can work together for your success. Key planning and preparation insights for CBAP certification are also uncovered. Read more...
Six Sigma and the Business Analyst by Kimberly Terribile, Manager of Business Analysis, Pfizer I began my career at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young where doing business analysis and implementing large scale systems was my job. At that time, I just thought everyone intrinsically knew you had to understand the business and all the requirements before you begin designing a system (whether custom built or off the shelf). Read more...
The Business Analyst of Tomorrow (and Now Today) by Treff LaPlante, CEO at WorkXpress We are witnessing a marked increase in both the importance of and focus on the work of the business analyst that is directly proportional to the depth with which cloud computing services are utilized. What's more, we are experiencing a shift in the tools and skills that our analysts and those of our customers are required to utilize. Read more... The Value of Requirements Traceability by Doug Goldberg, Senior Business Analyst As the process of capturing and documenting business requirements matures, there is often a watershed moment when an organization must decide whether to perform traceability of requirements as part of that process. Most companies involved with a formal methodology for software development utilize some degree of traceability... Read more... UPCOMING WEBINARS How Lean & Nimble BPM Helps Analysts Drive Business Change Tue, Oct 20, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific (5:00 PM GMT) Register Now! Requirements Best Practices from Haworth on Creating 'The Agency Within' Wed, Sep 23, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific (5:00 PM GMT) Register Now! EVENTS World Congress for Business Analysts November 16-18, 2009 - Anaheim, CA - More Details Business Analysis Conference London September 28-30, 2009, London - More Details MORE FROM ModernAnalyst.com More Informative Articles for BAs > 3 Key Elements of a Lean BPM Solution > SOA as a Service > Writing Flexible Requirements for Future Development > What a Business Analyst is NOT > How The Business Analyst Was Born > Information Systems Theory 101
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