Archive for June, 2007

Excellent Resources for Business Analysts

Excellent Resources for Business Analysts

| June 28, 2007 | 6 Comments

Thinking of trying your hand at business analysis? Already a BA, and want to find information that will help you hone your skills? Just wondering what in the world a Business Analyst is, and what he/she does? If so, I hope you’ll find this post helpful.

There are lots of great Web resources available to BA’s and those with similar interests. Below is a list of just a few of my current favorites, in no particular order.

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You Know It’s Getting Deep When..

You Know It’s Getting Deep When..

| June 22, 2007 | 5 Comments

I really enjoyed Chris Woodill’s collection of “weasel words” that IT delivery folks will use to buy time, deflect responsibility, or describe a situation as much rosier than reality. Now, I’ve never met Chris, but having read through this list, I’d almost swear we must have worked on the same projects with some of the same people!

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Links for 2007-06-22

| June 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

Jonathan Miles: Fingerjig Typing Game Fingerjig is a 6 minute game that tests your typing prowess. Words are randomly chosen from a dictionary of over 70,000. You must try to type them as quickly and accurately as you can! The average score for Fingerjig is 476,983. If you can beat this then (tags: hu) David’s [...]

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Links for 2007-06-21

| June 21, 2007 | 0 Comments

Modern Analyst | The Community for Business & Systems Analysts Modern Analyst is a community and resource portal for the business analyst, systems analyst, as well as other IT professionals involved in the business analysis or systems anaysis activites of software engineering. (tags: businessanalyst) Meeting Management Made Easy This article presents some useful tips for [...]

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Links for 2007-06-19

| June 19, 2007 | 0 Comments

Better Projects: Ethics in project management Craig Brown discusses ethics in project work & encourages reflection on personal core values as well industry standard values and how they align with one’s project work. (tags: ethics management) Change is Bad? Mistakes are Worse | Tyner Blain Scott Sehlhorst takes on CNET over an article implying in [...]

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McDonald's Burgers and High-Quality Business Analysts

McDonald's Burgers and High-Quality Business Analysts

| June 18, 2007 | 7 Comments

What can business analysts learn about quality from McDonald’s?

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