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David Wright

Cascade - The Book

This blog has been started because, like anyone who writes a bit for a living, I thought I had a book to write...so I did. This blog also hi-lights the arrival of lulu.com, a website that will publish your book with the 'tarnish' of a vanity presss. So, check both out at http://www.lulu.com/content/2088656 . The book is "Cascade - Better practice...

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This entry was published on May 07, 2008 / David Wright. Posted in Systems Analysis, Career as a Business Systems Analyst. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

26 reasons why projects succeed or fail

There are several studies out there that identify why projects go wrong and what you have to have in place to make sure they have a chance. Naturally the readers of Modern Analyst (and BetterProjects.net) are aware of the importance of good requirements management, a theme which permeates the list below, culled from a range of PM literature[1]....

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This entry was published on Mar 25, 2008 / Craig Brown. Posted in Project Management, Soft Skills, Leadership & Management. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

Business Analysts Needed - Everywhere!

A new survey highlights the importance of proper requirements management “More than half "did not have professional, trained staff dedicated to the function of getting requirements, and the vast majority view the process of getting requirements to be inefficient," the report states. Read the original article here. Key points I got fro...

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This entry was published on Feb 13, 2008 / Craig Brown. Posted in Career as a Business Systems Analyst. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

Prince Lite has a strong focus on Requirements Management and Stakeholder Engagement.

“A recently launched website aims to define a simple lightweight project delivery framework designed to combat the phenomena of PINO (Prince2 in Name Only). The new site is the brainchild of Dr. Peter Merrick and it is a synthesis of Prince2, RUP and waterfall. The main points of this new framework is it explicitly recognises the needs of all manag...

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This entry was published on Jan 20, 2008 / Craig Brown. Posted in SDLC, Process, and Methodologies. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

Do you have what's in the BABOK?

How do you measure up against the IIBA's BOK. Take a quick self assessment and then work out a personal development plan to help you get ready for certification. | View | Upload your own

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This entry was published on Jan 19, 2008 / Craig Brown. Posted in IIBA & BABOK. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

A wiki project for Business and Systems analysts

The BA Handbook is a wiki designed for Business Analysts. It's aim is to create a knowledge base that analysts can use to share their knowledge and learn about new and useful things. So far the content is limited. It needs more information and more people to contrinute to it. Maybe you can help. If so, click on the link below an...

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This entry was published on Jan 15, 2008 / Craig Brown. Posted in Business Analysis. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

Carnival of Business Analysts #5 - Requirements Analysis

The 5th edition of the Carnival of Business Analysts has been published at Better Projects. This edition is focused on Requirements Analysis. This is a series of blog posts that collect other blog posts on topics themed around the BABOK knowledge areas. Edition 5 is on Requirements Analysis. Previous editions include Loo...

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This entry was published on Dec 16, 2007 / Craig Brown. Posted in Requirements Analysis (BABOK KA) , Systems Analysis, Business Analysis. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Chris

Requirements Gathering Between Business Analysts

I've come to understand the necessity for stakeholder involvement throughout the Requirements Gathering process. But what if it's another BA who is the stakeholder company's point of contact whom you'll be gathering requirements from instead of the stake holder themselves? Is there an advantage? How do we leverage the strength of our Requirements&#...

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This entry was published on Dec 02, 2007 / Chris. Posted in Elicitation (BABOK KA), Business Analysis. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

Craig Brown

Agile Business Analysts?

Do Business Analysts belong on Agile Projects? Some say yes, but isn't a better model for Agile developers to learn BA skills? Don’t be fooled. Agile projects threaten the role of business analysts on IT projects. An important thing to consider for Agile projects is that users need to be senior enough to be able to look beyond local ag...

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This entry was published on Nov 28, 2007 / Craig Brown. Posted in Business Analysis, Agile Methods. Bookmark the Permalink or E-mail it to a friend.

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Jarett Hailes

Three 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 and plan our goals for 2013. We can set small or large goals. goals that will be accomplished quickly or could take several years. For 2013, I think Business Analysts should look to go beyond our traditional boundaries and set audacious goals. Merriam-...

Howard Podeswa

Hey 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 reprinting here my response to that invitation in the hope that it will begin a conversation with fellow EEPs and BAs about an area of great concern to the profession. Hi xx …. Regarding the IIBA talk, there is another issue that I am considering. It's p...

Adrian M.

BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram

Continuing the ABC series for Business Analysts, Howard Podeswa created the next installment titled "BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram" as an article rather than a blog post. You can find the article here: BA ABCs: “C” is for Class Diagram Here are the previous two posts: BA ABCs: “A” is for Activity Diagram BA ABCs: “B” is for BPMN