https://modernanalyst.com RSS feeds for Business Analyst Community & Resources | Modern Analyst 60 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/2133/Book-Review-Building-Business-Capability-by-Ron-Ross-and-Gladys-Lam.aspx#Comments 2 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=2133 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2133&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/2133/Book-Review-Building-Business-Capability-by-Ron-Ross-and-Gladys-Lam.aspx Ron Ross and Gladys Lam have written an important book for the business analyst community. It aims to get business analysts out of the technology ghetto that many of us get stuck in. Regardless of the type of analyst you are, I think it would be worth your time to get your hands on and read this book. I’ll explain why below. craigwbrown Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:15:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2133 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/282/Mapping-from-Business-Processes-to-Requirements-Specification.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=282 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=282&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/282/Mapping-from-Business-Processes-to-Requirements-Specification.aspx There are three basic reasons why you might need to model a business: to re-engineer a business, to improve a business process and to automate a business process. Nevertheless, another reason may be very useful for analyst of software systems and their customers – to understand and automatically generate functional requirements to the system. The present paper describes the process of redefinition of the business process captured by the activity diagram and its mapping to the requirements specification represented by the use case model. Author: Svatopluk Štolfa, Ivo Vondrák craigwbrown Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:10:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:282 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/173/Requirements-Engineering-Process-Maturity-Model-for-Market-Driven-Projects.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=173 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=173&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/173/Requirements-Engineering-Process-Maturity-Model-for-Market-Driven-Projects.aspx Several software projects are over budgeted or have to face failures during operations. One big reason of this is Software Company develops wrong software due to wrong interpretation of requirements. Requirements engineering is one of the well known discipline within Software engineering which deals with this problem. RE is the process of eliciting, analyzing and specifying requirements so that there won’t be any ambiguity between the development company and the customers. Another emerging discipline within requirements engineering is requirements engineering for market driven projects. It deals with the requirements engineering of a product targeting a mass market. In this thesis, a maturity model is developed which can be used to assess the maturity of requirements engineering process for market driven projects. The objective of this model is to provide a quick assessment tool through which a company would be able to know what are the strengths and weaknesses of their requirements engineering process. Author: Rashid Awan craigwbrown Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:173 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/91/Bridges-Over-Troubled-Waters.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=91 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=91&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/91/Bridges-Over-Troubled-Waters.aspx Beverley Head interviews Australian CIOs and Technology managers on the role of the business analyst. Insights like: "I find that business analysts are more critical (thinking) than project managers." "...finding an equally business savvy and IT smart business analyst is unlikely." "Success for the business analyst is the positive legacy we leave behind." It's a good read with some interesting insights. "Acting as a bridge, spanning the gap between the business and IT, good business analysts are increasingly sought after by enterprises wishing to extract more value from their current and future information systems. " Author: Beverley Head craigwbrown Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:91 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/69/The-Yin-and-Yang-Of-Project-Management-and-Business-Analysis.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=69 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=69&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/69/The-Yin-and-Yang-Of-Project-Management-and-Business-Analysis.aspx In the July 07 newsletter of the International Legal Technology Association (ITLA) there is an article explaining the difference between the PM and BA role. It appears the ITLA is interested in improving clarity on the value of the BA.In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the important roles business analysts (BAs) and project managers; (PMs) play in many industries, including the legal industry. The roles of the project manager and the business analyst are complementary, and these two roles are often fulfilled by the same person. There are many projects where it is perfectly reasonable to assign one person to act as both the PM and the BA; it is a common practice and is appropriate on smaller projects and/or when firms have headcount constraints. Blending the PM and BA roles, however, has caused some confusion among internal stakeholders, recruiters within HR departments and external search firms as to how these roles differ. Author: Juliet Alters craigwbrown Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:69