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» FEATURED: Why Rulebook Management?
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Why Rulebook Management? Contrary to what you might think, the problem that rulebook management addresses is a relatively simple one. Its solution is relatively simple too. The reason people have a hard time seeing that is because the problem is so big. It’s all around us, everywhere we look – a whole host of trees blinding us to the forest.

» True Systems Analysis?
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True Systems Analysis? Regretably, many of today's Systems Analysts are still glorified programmers in sheep's clothing.  I recently came across some job postings under the title, "Systems Analyst," and it occurred to me people still do not know what it means. In the postings I saw things like "seeking a Systems Analyst with 4 - 6 years experience... Candi...

» FEATURED: Making Modern Research
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Making Modern Research “I may not know much about art, but I know what I like”. This famous punch line to a Monty Python sketch about a fictional conversation between a disgruntled Pope and innovative Michelangelo (who wanted extra disciples, multiple messiahs and a kangaroo in his first draft of the Last Supper), can also be seen to satirize our own modern fixation with...

» FEATURED: Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?
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Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company? Whether it is in software development, business analysis, portfolio management or business strategy, everyone wants to be Agile - and nobody wants to admit they aren't Agile. But what does it really take to be Agile? What is the state of Agility like?

» Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron
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Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron  Adult children. Jumbo shrimp. Seriously funny. I’m sure you recognize these expressions as oxymorons—self-contradictory phrases, often with an ironic meaning.  Should we add “agile requirements” to the list? Does agile development fit in with traditional requirements practices? And if so, how?  

» How to Deliver a Recommendation
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How to Deliver a Recommendation Like it or not, every business analyst will have to stand up in front of a group and present. The group might be your business clients, the project stakeholders or just your fellow team members but for many people, one of two things will happen: it will frighten the life out of them OR they’ll umm and ah their way through, sending the audience to s...

» FEATURED: Making the Most of Working with your Business Analyst Colleagues
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Making the Most of Working with your Business Analyst Colleagues If you work with other business analysts, you are fortunate. Together with your colleagues, you can experience greater effectiveness than you could have achieved on your own.  Additionally, your colleagues can provide you with a diverse and convenient pool of expertise from which to draw.

» FEATURED: Use Cases and Business Rules: Can They Work Together?
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Use Cases and Business Rules: Can They Work Together? There is much written today about separating business rules from other dimensions of automated business systems. Without proper separation, they operate in enterprises without a great deal of thought given to them. Ironically, they may be the most important dimension because they represent important business thinking behind processes, use cases, fo...

» FEATURED: Systems Thinking: Management by Doing the Right Thing
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Systems Thinking: Management by Doing the Right Thing What we have witnessed in the last 25 years is a series of programmes of change failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Customer Care, ISO 9000, TQM, ABC, BPR. All the research and experience show that the latest panacea does no better than its predecessors. Over and over again improvement programmes are thwarted by commonly-known but illusive ...

» FEATURED: A Baseball Analogy – Monitoring Processes through Leading and Lagging Metrics
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A Baseball Analogy – Monitoring Processes through Leading and Lagging Metrics This article provides the business analyst an analogy on how process owners manage value chains by monitoring leading and lagging metrics. The article highlights the need for business analysts to provide process owners with these metrics. These metrics provide indications of positive and negative process and business risks. Examples of the traditio...
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