Thursday, July 02, 2009
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A Lean and Scalable Requirements Information Model for the Agile Enterprise
Agile development practices introduced, adopted and extended the XP-originated "User Story" as the primary currency for expressing application requirements within the agile enterprise. The just-in-time application of the user story simplified software development and eliminated the prior waterfall like practices of overly burdensome and overly constraining requirements specifications for agile tea... Read More...

The SOA Experience for Analysts
Most analysts are introduced to SOA in one of three ways; two of which are potentially painful and one of which is actually useful. I’l... Read more...
The Path to Requirements Elicitation
The path to requirements elicitation is something that analysts are rarely taught. Everyone knows that it involves interviews and resea... Read more...

Establishing a Business Analysis Community of Practice, Part 4
Babies and Business Analysts go through four stages, as they open their eyes and see.  In Stage 1, with eyes closed, BAs are blin... Read more...
Business Analysis Center of Excellence
In the twenty-first century, business processes have become more complex; i.e., more interconnected, interdependent, and interrelated t... Read more...

MODERN ANALYST BLOG - LATEST POSTS
I want to be a Business Analyst… Raise me, mentor me, and set me free!
“Once upon a time, young people learned a trade through years of apprenticeship.” Have you noticed an interesting dilemma faced by those wanting to e... Read More...

Agile - the way I like it...
This month’s eJournal issue is about Agile and the Agile Business Analyst with a couple of great articles by Ellen Gottesdiener and Scott Ambler expos... Read More...

How much analysis do you really need to do?
As a BA, one of the central guiding principles for me has always been, "If it isn't going to make a difference to the outcome, don't do it." Yet I see... Read More...


COMMUNITY BLOG - LATEST POSTS
Exploring progressions into BA careers
I know. You recently read Adrian’s latest post and said: “Yes! that’s exactly what I’m looking for! I want an employer to hire me, mentor me as a new ... Read More...

Your Journey to the CBAP® Certification Exam
Pursuing your International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) certification? The adage “It’s not... Read More...

Agile for Analysts
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