Archive for 2010

Come Say Hello! (IIBA ATL Chapter Panel Discussion)

Come Say Hello! (IIBA ATL Chapter Panel Discussion)

| October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

‘ve been invited to be a panelist on the IIBA Atlanta Chapter meeting next Tuesday, 10/26. The panel discussion topic will be “Characteristics of the Successful Business Analyst”.

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Survey: Help a BA (Mentor) Out!

Survey: Help a BA (Mentor) Out!

| August 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

Alex Papworth, author of the Business Analyst Mentor blog, asked if I’d spread the work about the brief survey he’s conducting to help him gain insight on a few key questions.

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Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!

Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!

| August 9, 2010 | 8 Comments

You may be a great facilitator, an excellent “elicitor” of requirements; your analytical skills may be second to none, but if you can’t package and present information in an easily usable form, then you’re not completing the job as a business analyst.

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Quoteworthy: Chinese Proverb – Involve me and I'll understand

| July 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand. – Chinese Proverb

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Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?

Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?

| July 15, 2010 | 16 Comments

We help our organizations arrive at an agreement as to “what we want to create” within the parameters of the elicited needs and constraints.

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Quoteworthy: Cicero – Be Brief

| June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men’s minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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