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Entries for August 2009


» 3 Key Elements of a Lean BPM Solution
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Businesses cope with manual, repetitive tasks to get the job done. Email, conference calls, and "walking the cubes" are too frequently the process for requesting information, getting approvals, and checking project status. Time and resources are wasted, errors abound, and everyone is less productive. Automating these everyday business processes is...

» FEATURED: Writing Flexible Requirements for Future Development
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For almost every analyst, the day comes when you write a set of requirements that causes engineers to bemoan a recent development project that they just coded. "If only we'd known that you wanted to build this, we would have made the last project more flexible. Now we've hardcoded in changes that will take days to rebuild."

» What a Business Analyst is NOT
Article Rating (5571 Views) (3 Comments)
The title of "Business Analyst" is one of the fastest growing in the IT industry. In fact, the United States Department of Labor projected a 29% increase in computer systems analyst employment by 2016. There are many resources available that explain what a business analyst is, often in terms of comparing the responsibilities of an analyst to those ...

» How The Business Analyst Was Born
Article Rating (4265 Views) (1 Comments)
A long time ago, before Business Analysts existed, it was believed that people in the business would be able to define their own requirements.  When a business department wanted to have a new piece of software, they would go to the IT department and the developers would ask them what they wanted. The business people would express this as best ...

» Information Systems Theory 101
Article Rating (8767 Views) (1 Comments)
Systems work is not as hard as you might think. However, we have a tendency in this business to complicate things by changing the vocabulary of systems work and introducing convoluted concepts and techniques, all of which makes it difficult to produce systems in a consistent manner. Consequently, there is a tendency to reinvent the wheel with each ...

» Business Analysts: Role Changes Require New Skill Sets
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The business analyst's job has changed this year -- and so have the critical skills that companies demand. New research shows that while communication is still key, knowledge of Lean and Agile methods is a must-have as well.

» FEATURED: Agile Business Analysis in Flow --The Work of the Agile Analyst (Part 2)
Article Rating (15449 Views) (8 Comments)
In Part 1 of  this article, I talked about the new skills and attitudes business analysts need to bring to agile development... Now it's time to talk specifics. What exactly do BAs do in agile development? How will your activities differ from those of traditional development? Let's take a look at agile business analysis from the perspecti...

» FEATURED: From Research to Implementation - 6 Usability Considerations for Better Mobile UI Design
Article Rating (6008 Views) (1 Comments)
Although it may seem obvious that the User Interface (UI) directly impacts usability, and therefore satisfaction, Business Analysts often find themselves focusing on functional requirements to ensure end user satisfaction. Mainly, this is due to the non-functional requirements, like usability, being dictated by existing technology or process within...

» FEATURED: 12 Things to Fertilize Your Business Analysis Career
Article Rating (9917 Views) (12 Comments)
"How do I move into the field of Business Analyst?" or "How do I move up within the field of Business Analysis?" These are common questions heard in today's job market. Whether you are a programmer, a software engineer, a business subject matter expert (SME) who wants to transition into a Business Analyst role,a recent graduate who is trying to det...

» FEATURED: Process-Driven SOA
Article Rating (5595 Views) (3 Comments)
Much of the current buzz about SOA has been focussed on the technology (inevitably Web Services) or the importance of reusability. However the real value of SOA is in the improvement to processes and ways of working that reflect the alignment of an organisation with its customers and suppliers.  The approach we favour is one that begins by ali...
  

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