IN THIS ISSUE Featured articles showcased in this issue: > Video: What is a Senior Business Analyst? > Why Decision Tables are not enough > An Overview of Requirements Elicitation > Give Us Back Our Verbs! Also in this issue: > More Business Analyst Humor > Even more Resources for Business Analysts > New Interview Questions
FEATURED ARTICLES Video: What is a Senior Business Analyst? by Laura Brandenburg, Bridging the Gap I get this question and variations of it all the time! What is a senior business analyst? What skills do I need to develop to become one? What are the most valued business analyst competencies? This is a tough question. And although finding the answer can be difficult, it’s also a tough question because it has multiple answers. Read more...
Why Decision Tables are not enough by Barbara von Halle and Larry Goldberg of KPI LLC Decision tables have long been a successful technique for representing structured logic. Being visual, they circumvent the need for unnatural formal language or grammar. We use them not only to communicate that logic, but also to automate it. They are especially useful for validating the logic’s completeness and consistency. Yet, this article advocates that this is not enough. Read more...
An Overview of Requirements Elicitation by Morgan Masters, Staff Writer at ModernAnalyst.com A thorough discovery of business requirements is almost never readily available at an analyst’s fingertips—rarely can requirements be quickly looked up as one would gather information for a term paper or study for a test. Much of business or technical requirements are not documented anywhere... Read more... Give Us Back Our Verbs! by Ronald G. Ross, Featured Speaker at AttainingEdge.com Data models and class diagrams are generally created to serve design purposes. If they include verbs at all, they are not vetted against business rules or other forms of operational business communication. Verbalization depends on well-constructed sentences, which in turn puts a premium on verbs... Read more... EVENTS Business Analysis Conference Europe (IIBA UK) September 27-29, 2010 - London, UK - More Details Business Analysis Forum: The Official IIBA Conference October 17-21, 2010 - Washington, DC - More Details World Congress for Business Analysts November 8-10, 2010 - Orlando, FL - More Details No Magic World Conference (UML Conf) November 7-10, 2010 - Dallas, TX - More Details MORE FROM ModernAnalyst.com Informative Posts/Resources > BA Careers - Domain knowledge versus analysis skills > Humor: Project Management Speak vs. Business Analysis Wisdom > The New Business Analyst Economy: Doing More With Less > “So, what do you do for a living?”: A BA/Product Manager’s guide to surviving cocktail parties
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