By Tim Bryce on 9/26/2008 6:00 AM

This week my tutorial is an introduction to the construction and navigation of the "PRIDE"-INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (ISEM), Part IX of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Going it Alone?" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

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By kashif riaz on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:37:51 GMT

There are different definations of a Business Analyst and my own simple defination of a Business Analyst is "A person who works as a liasion between business teams and development teams".

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By Tim Bryce on 9/19/2008 7:37 AM

This week my tutorial is an introduction to the concepts and principles of the "PRIDE"-INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (ISEM), Part VIII of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "Death of the Business Letter" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

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By Tim Bryce on 9/12/2008 5:54 AM

This week my tutorial is on PHASE 5 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - EEM EVALUATION, Part VII of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "360 Degrees" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

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By Tim Bryce on 9/9/2008 12:37 PM

I had a situation where I was working with a young Systems Analyst who was ambitious but a bit naive as to the field of information systems. Nonetheless he wanted to boldly tackle a major systems project for his company and asked me for advice. I encouraged him to first study the parts of the business the system would serve, specify the end-user information requirements, and produce an overall system blueprint. "No, no, no, I've already got it worked out in my head," he told me and started programming. Although he was very proficient in how to write program code, his software didn't adequately serve the needs of his users and his project failed miserably.

Regardless of how you try to coach someone, I find it disheartening that a lot of people have to burn their fingers before they learn something. Maybe this has something to do with the cockiness of youth whereby there is a great temptation to leap before you look. It seems impetuousness has a lot to do with this, particularly for those...

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By lwoods on 9/7/2008 8:32 AM

Web 2.0 allows increasingly collaborative work among teams of varying roles, locales and technical abilities; the implications of Web 2.0 for the business of Business Analysis are daunting, and demand new tools, strategies and a whole new BA mindset.

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By Tim Bryce on 9/5/2008 5:39 AM

This week my tutorial is on PHASE 4 of the "PRIDE"-ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY (EEM) - ENTERPRISE INFO STRATEGY, Part VI of our series on the "PRIDE" METHODOLOGIES FOR IRM (special broadcast). My "Pet Peeve of the Week" is "The SFB Quotient" and we also have our "Letters to the Editor."

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