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» How to handle tight deadlines as a business analyst
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How to handle tight deadlines as a business analyst When you are assigned a complex project that has a short timeframe (as often happens), it can be nerve wracking - I know this from experience. It's like driving a racing car - you have to push close to the limits but any error can throw you completely off the track.

» How to Tell When the Requirements Are Done
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How to Tell When the Requirements Are Done How far can you take requirements elicitation in a project? Clearly, no one knows the ultimate answer. It would be very costly (if even possible) to capture all requirements, assumptions, rules, relationships, and hidden connections associated with a solution being built, so how do we know when we are done?

» Putting Down the Headset: BA Lessons from Tech Support
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Putting Down the Headset: BA Lessons from Tech Support As I look back on the last nine years of my BA career, I realize just how well that initial reason for leaving the call center, that desire to make a difference for my customers, has served as a guiding light for me as a BA. Providing my customers with tools and processes that anticipate problems they may have has been a goal throughout my years as...

» What’s Wrong with If-Then Syntax For Expressing Business Rules
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What’s Wrong with If-Then Syntax For Expressing Business Rules Many IT professionals currently prefer the if-then form for expressing rules. Why? Put simply, it's closer to what they need for implementation, whether under a rule engine or a programming language. Consequently, they often resist expressions of rules from the business perspective as business people would naturally prefer them. But what effect doe...

» Business Process Models and Business Rules: How They Should Work Together
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Business Process Models and Business Rules: How They Should Work Together As business analysts, we know that a business process model is a crucial technique for transforming a business and redesigning automated business systems. Yet, we struggle with the best way to represent the business rules that guide it. This is not a surprise, but disappointing. Ironically, business rules may be the most important dimension of an e...
  

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