Business Analyst Community & Resources | Modern Analysthttp://modernanalyst.comBusiness Analyst Resources - Modern Analyst is the community and resource portal the Business Analyst and Systems Analyst as well as other IT professionals involved in business analysis or systems analysis. The modern analyst portal features forums, blogs, jobs, and articles on a variety of topics such as: requirements, getting started, UML, business process analysis, BABOK, CBAP, etc.en-USCopyright 2006-2013 by Modern Analyst Media LLCadministrator@modernanalyst.comThree Audacious Goals for Business Analysts in 2013 As we start a new year many of us will take the time to reflect on our accomplishments from 2012 an...Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:32:18 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2455http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2455Hey IIBA, What’s Up With That? Recently, I was asked by the IIBA to present a talk at one of their chapter meetings. I am reprinti...Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:27:19 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2382http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2382BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram Continuing the ABC series for Business Analysts, Howard Podeswa created the next installment titled...Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:52:02 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2170http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2170Thoughts on the Agile Extension of the BABOK Today was the last day people could provide feedback to the IIBA’s Agile Extension of the BABOK . T...Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:36:12 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2169http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2169The Dirty Harry Approach to Requirements, or “Are you Feeling Lucky, Punk?” Solve Problems First, Ask Questions Later - Part 2 In Part 1 , we learned that the less precise things are, the easier it is to understand them. Thus ...Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:47:14 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=436http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=436The Dirty Harry Approach to Requirements, or “Are you Feeling Lucky, Punk?” Solve Problems First, Ask Questions Later - Part 1 Have you ever had to use a map to get somewhere, and after navigating around the wilderness for hou...Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:46:19 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=2047http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=204710 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Starting Out As A BA I am no longer a Webinar virgin. Thanks to the good folks at the IIBA, this week I had my first Web...Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:46:28 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1720http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1720What are the Quantitative Benefits of Business Analysis? At the end of my IIBA Webinar I tossed out a question to listeners: What are the quantitative benef...Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:35:30 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1635http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=16356 Traits Of A Great Business Analyst (And How To Interview For Them) Whether or not you have ever been a Business Analyst yourself, if you work with enough Business Ana...Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:27:38 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1585http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1585Intermediate Business Analyst Certification Brings Hope for the Junior Business Analyst: CCBA - Intermediate Business Analyst Certification Brings Hope for the Junior Business Analyst The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) has recently announced a new intermediate b...Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:34:27 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1557http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1557BA ABCs: “B” is for BPMN #2 in the series: “B” is for BPMN This blog continues a series on BA tools, based on my book “ The ...Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:15:48 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1539http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1539The Popcorn Way and the Business Analyst Given a specific project with a reasonably defined charter and clear business goals you, the busine...Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:35:01 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=542http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=542Business Analysis Conference Europe 2010 The Business Analysis Conference Europe 2010 is building on its highly successful inaugural confere...Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:48:27 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1475http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1475When the Client Isn't the Customer Usually when a Business Analyst is working on a project the client (which I’ll define as the party ...Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:27:32 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1464http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1464Video: Business Analysis and User Experience Activities - Business Analysis and User Experience Activities This is a great presentation covering business analysis and UX activities and how the two distinct ...Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:21:08 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1401http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1401BA ABCs: “A” is for Activity Diagram This blog begins a series on BA tools, based on my book “ The Business Analyst’s Handbook ”. In eac...Mon, 17 May 2010 08:57:14 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1377http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1377BABOK 2.0 Free Download/Access (V2) I've seen so many questions being asked by people looking for a free download of the BABOK® 2.0 (Bu...Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:52:49 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1341http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1341Spring Cleaning Your Personal Backlog As spring begins to plant its roots in the Northern Hemisphere, many people will begin an annual sp...Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:30:26 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1338http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1338The Lost Stakeholder Analysis Dimension: Engagement Stakeholder Analysis is an important and often ongoing activity that Business Analysts perform as p...Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:33:20 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1290http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1290Why I Don't Use BPMN First off, let me just say that I really like the BPMN standard, especially the 2.0 Beta specificat...Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:53:46 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1260http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1260Root Cause Analysis: Using the Five Whys Business Analysts are often thrown into projects to help gather requirements around a known, define...Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:58:10 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1244http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1244Mitigating the Risk of Story Point Drift In many Agile projects requirements are not typically written in the form of a formal requirements ...Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:32:25 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1230http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1230Agile Development: What we can learn from property developers – or what they’ve learned from us - What we can learn from property developers – or what they’ve learned from us Readers of this blog (both of you; I know you’re out there!) may have gathered by now that I’m a b...Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:02:22 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1203http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1203Dispatches from the WCBA Conference: Jogging through the IIBA® BABOK® Here’s a dispatch from the first day at the World Congress for Business Analysts ( WCBA ). ...Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:13:27 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1178http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1178Dispatches from the WCBA Conference: Retrospectives Dispatches from the WCBA Conference: Retrospectives “Slow Down to Speed Up: Retrospectives...Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:05:10 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1179http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1179Eliciting Business Rules with an Eye for Data Requirements “Business Rules and Data Requirements: Pulling in Tandem for Success” was the title of anoth...Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:49:10 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1190http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1190Art and IT: Two Solitudes? In these ‘tough economic times’ everything seems to be measured in dollar value and if that kind o...Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:31:10 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1009http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1009The 8 key responsibilities for Business Analysts on software projects I stumbled upon a great blog post by Jerry Nixon, Principal Architect for NixonCorp, which covers ...Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:32:48 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1007http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=1007I 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 ...Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:13:52 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=954http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=954Agile - the way I like it... This month’s eJournal issue is about Agile and the Agile Business Analyst with a coup...Mon, 11 May 2009 09:02:49 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=928http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=928How 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...Mon, 04 May 2009 05:29:34 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=921http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=921Talking with Ford’s Head of Social Media Last week I attended the Web 2.0 expo in San Francisco.  In case you thought that social ...Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:37:59 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=902http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=902Top 10 Tech Skills: Process Modeling tops the list Last week I came across an article on NetworkWorld.com that listed today’s “ Top 10 Technology s...Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:44:56 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=901http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=901April 09 Editor’s Note: Should the BA care about BPM and SOA? - April ’09 Editor’s Note: Should the BA care about BPM and SOA?   Yep!       OK… this could have been a really short editor’s note but I’ll w...Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:09:45 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=900http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=900Computer Systems Analyst: Career that Pays Well Even in a Recession In a recent Yahoo! Hot Jobs article, Grace Chen identifies 5 Careers that Pay Well Even in a Re...Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:23:57 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=877http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=877Why I Do This I was at a talk yesterday by American artist Lawrence Weiner. He spent half the time saying there...Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:54:40 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=875http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=875Talking “Cloud” with Rajen Sheth — Inventor of Google Apps Cloud computing is one of the largest forces in IT in 2009.  With the deeping of the global econom...Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:24:24 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=869http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=869Could the Recession be Good News for Business Analysts? Most of us would agree that recessions are not a good thing – especially the one we are in right n...Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:29:32 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=863http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=863Which Business Analysts are in demand: The Reality! I've heard and read many opinions painting the role of the business analysts as being (or needing ...Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:10:49 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=831http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=831The Business Analyst will probably go down... The Business Analyst will probably go down as one of the more important players to help us get out...Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:14:03 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=824http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=824Possess a Clear Understanding of Business Analysis As a programmer who moved into business analysis I got most of my business analysis skills the old...Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:06:34 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=810http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=810Demand for Business Analysis skills is still strong "The 2009 Benchmark of Salaries and Employment Trends in IT survey from the National Computing Cen...Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:15:58 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=809http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=809Talking with the President of Dell Americas about Cloud Computing and the Economy When I attended the RackSpace Customer event back at the end of September I was impressed with...Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:16:55 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=707http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=707What will you do to increase your value as a Business Analyst in 2009? I’ve had the chance to interview numerous candidates for business analyst positions and there is o...Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:04:15 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=662http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=662A Business Analyst in Obama's Administration? Recently, the media was buzzing with news that president-elect Obama named Nancy Killefer, a mana...Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:20:58 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=661http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=661Morphis: Accidental Process Consultants Morphis is a company that provides currency supply chain management software and counts among it...Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:25:45 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=638http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=638Continuing a project in the penumbra... INTRODUCTION Being dropped in the middle of a project that is already in a bad shape (over ...Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:13:51 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=431http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=431BA 2.0 “Web 2.0” allows increasingly collaborative work among teams of varying roles, locales and technic...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:18:10 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=556http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=556Systems Analyst in the list of Best Careers 2007 The Systems Analyst role is and will continue to be one of the best careers for a long time...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:46:28 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=545http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=545Business Analyst Roles AKA “In Search of the Business Analysis Holy Grail” Take any area of study and you will always find a quest for the Holy Grail . Business Analysis is...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:37:12 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=553http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=553Every Business Analyst Must Negotiate Like a Pro In the larger context of life, it is very clear that negotiation skills are very important and th...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:18:29 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=552http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=552From Developer in India to Business Analyst Abroad Business Systems Analyst as a Career Option If you are an IT professional in India, think...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:03:32 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=551http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=551A framework for defining competencies for business systems analysts If you are managing business or systems analysts, trying to identify the skills and competencies ...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:54:40 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=550http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=550Tablet UML In most of the projects and organizations I have worked for I have seen a very interesting pa...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:45:23 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=549http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=549The Case for System Documentation AKA “Developer is no longer King” While it might be difficult to create and maintain system documentation, from the perspective of ...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:38:53 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=548http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=548More on how to deal with bad requirements After posting my last entry on questioning suspect requirements, I've read a great piece o...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:30:50 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=547http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=547You MUST question business requests When you come across a request from the business side (new requirement, a change in the bus...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:24:11 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=546http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=546Employers should do more to train Business Analysts and Systems Analysts While the Business Systems Analysis line of work is just beginning to be recognized as a professio...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:58:47 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=544http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=5445 Traits of Successful Projects Michael Vinje, an I.T. and software engineering specialist with more than two decades experience, ...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:42:19 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=543http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=543The Dirty Harry Approach to Requirements, or “Are you Feeling Lucky, Punk?” Solve Problems First, Ask Questions Later - Part 1 Have you ever had to use a map to get somewhere, and after navigating around the wilderness for ho...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:26:57 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=438http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=438Obstacle Analysis: How Problematic Scenarios Occurring during Requirements Analysis can be Nullified Analysts everyday and in every domain of business come across obstacles in their analysis and eff...Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:07:49 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=432http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=432If you want to succeed, you've got to read! One of the traits of the professional business analyst or systems analyst is continuous improvemen...Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:22:49 GMThttp://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=541http://modernanalyst.com/Community/ModernAnalystBlog/tabid/181/Default.aspx?ArticleType=ArticleView&ArticleID=541