Archive for May, 2008

Quick Tip to Help Identify Use Case Actors

Quick Tip to Help Identify Use Case Actors

| May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

A few thoughts on identifying use case actors and a job-aid that may help simplify the effort.

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Choosing Between Agile and Classic Management Methods

Choosing Between Agile and Classic Management Methods

| May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

“[T]he determination is made by evaluating project environments and organizational stakeholders.”

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It's Good to be a Business Analyst II

It's Good to be a Business Analyst II

| May 15, 2008 | 0 Comments

A recent CIO.com article has piqued the interest of many business analysts.

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Documentation is No Substitute for Interaction

Documentation is No Substitute for Interaction

| May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’ve long been of the opinion that involving as many stakeholders in the project as early as possible is a key to successful business analysis, and, more importantly, to successful projects, and have said as much in a few of my posts on this site.

Jim Highsmith, in the book Agile project management : creating innovative products, thinks that the reason projects tend to have so much documentation and so few results is that:

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More on User Stories

More on User Stories

| May 7, 2008 | 6 Comments

How are user stories different from use cases and from traditional requirements?

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Weekly Digest – 8-17

Weekly Digest – 8-17

| May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments

Requirements for ERP projects, Waterfall as a criminal offense, and what developers want from BA’s.

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