http://practicalanalyst.com/2008/11/18/the-echo-the-lie-and-the-uml-guy/ Practical Insight for Business Analysts and Project Professionals Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://practicalanalyst.com/2008/11/18/the-echo-the-lie-and-the-uml-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-4707 Martin L. Shoemaker Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:34:18 +0000 http://jonathanbabcock.com/?p=745#comment-4707 Thank you, Jonathan. You are most kind. It's also a pleasure, after meeting so many BAs for whom UML is a foreign language, to meet one who speaks it fluently. I think a lot of the BAs I meet are really closer to Subject Matter Experts, drafted into the BA role. They know the customer domain well, but don't know how to communicate it to a development team. They weren't trained as BAs, and so have to learn analysis on the job. They can do that, but it's slow! Thank you, Jonathan. You are most kind. It's also a pleasure, after meeting so many BAs for whom UML is a foreign language, to meet one who speaks it fluently. I think a lot of the BAs I meet are really closer to Subject Matter Experts, drafted into the BA role. They know the customer domain well, but don't know how to communicate it to a development team. They weren't trained as BAs, and so have to learn analysis on the job. They can do that, but it's slow!

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