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- May 17, 2012: Visual Modeling: A Critical Skill for Business Analysts
- January 12, 2012: I want to be a great business analyst. Help!
- December 1, 2011: The “Best Kept Secret” Benefit of IIBA Membership
- November 21, 2011: The Value of Small Wins (or, How to Eat an Elephant)
- November 7, 2011: Read “The Checklist Manifesto”!
- October 20, 2011: Business Analysts, Be Kind to your Stakeholders!
- October 16, 2011: Check out “The BA Coach”!
- October 5, 2011: Steve Jobs – Do great work; love what you do
- September 22, 2011: My Business Analyst Code of Conduct
- July 21, 2011: What Does the Future Hold for the Business Analyst Role?
- June 28, 2011: “Requirements as Inventory” Metaphor
- June 23, 2011: A Requirements Model (Graphic)
- June 21, 2011: How “agile” is Important to Business Analysts
- May 30, 2011: There are No Reliable Words
- May 24, 2011: The Business Analyst’s “Other Customer”
- May 19, 2011: Tools: Risk Matrix
- May 17, 2011: Quoteworthy: Brooks on the Proper Criterion for Success
- May 12, 2011: Quote: Are you passionate about what you do?
- October 19, 2010: Come Say Hello! (IIBA ATL Chapter Panel Discussion)
- August 11, 2010: Survey: Help a BA (Mentor) Out!
- August 9, 2010: Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!
- July 16, 2010: Quoteworthy: Chinese Proverb – Involve me and I'll understand
- July 15, 2010: Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?
- June 14, 2010: Quoteworthy: Cicero – Be Brief
- May 20, 2010: Quoteworthy: William Strunk – Vigorous Writing is Concise
- May 19, 2010: Business Analysts: Don’t Forget Your ROI!
- April 27, 2010: Quoteworthy: Hunt & Thomas – Don't Repeat Yourself
- April 7, 2010: Quoteworthy: Aristotle – Rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits
- April 5, 2010: Quoteworthy: Mike Krzyzewski – Five fundamental qualities that make a team great
- March 30, 2010: Quoteworthy: Paul Martin Lester – Words and Images Work Together
- March 28, 2010: Quoteworthy: Kipling – Six Honest Serving Men
- March 23, 2010: Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template
- March 22, 2010: Don’t Forget the Constraints!
- March 18, 2010: Begin with what you HAVE to do
- March 17, 2010: Free Desktop Tools a Business Analyst Should Know About
- March 15, 2010: Quoteworthy: C.S. Lewis – Don't use words too big for the subject
- March 9, 2010: Quoteworthy: George Orwell on "Scrupulous Writing"
- February 23, 2010: Leadership Through Communication
- February 23, 2010: Quoteworthy: Dave West – Agility is Responsiveness to Change
- February 17, 2010: On Schedule, As Designed and the Stakeholders are Thrilled!
- February 3, 2010: Give ‘em Pictures!
- January 25, 2010: Quoteworthy: John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- January 14, 2010: Quoteworthy: Blaine Lee
- December 1, 2009: Quotable: Arnold Toynbee
- November 12, 2009: Quoteworthy: The bitterness of poor quality
- November 4, 2009: Agile Teamwork – what BA’s need to know (Guest Post)
- October 22, 2009: Quoteworthy: Karl Popper
- October 12, 2009: Quoteworthy: Kulak & Guinney
- October 5, 2009: Quoteworthy: Joseph Joubert
- October 1, 2009: Cascade: Q&A with David Wright
- September 28, 2009: The Business Analyst Balancing Act
- September 26, 2009: Quotable: Whitney Young
- September 23, 2009: Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases
- September 20, 2009: Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)
- September 13, 2009: Quoteworthy: Jim Brosseau
- September 10, 2009: Classic Business Analysis Articles
- September 9, 2009: Quoteworthy: Alistair Cockburn
- September 6, 2009: Quotable: Herbert Kaufman
- August 27, 2009: Quoteworthy: H.L. Mencken on Simple Solutions to Complex Problems
- August 26, 2009: Quoteworthy: Leadership
- August 25, 2009: Quoteworthy: Douglas Adams
- August 24, 2009: Quoteworthy: Margaret Fuller
- August 23, 2009: Quoteworthy: Margot Fonteyn
- August 22, 2009: Quoteworthy: Erik Christopher Zeeman
- August 21, 2009: Quoteworthy: Abraham Lincoln
- August 20, 2009: Quoteworthy: Seymour Papert
- August 20, 2009: Business Analysis Can Kill a Project (In a Good Way)
- August 19, 2009: Quoteworthy: Thomas Edison
- August 18, 2009: Quoteworthy: Gustavus F. Swift
- August 18, 2009: Business Analyst "Blueprint for Success"
- August 13, 2009: Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?
- August 12, 2009: More on Separating Rules from Use Cases
- August 11, 2009: Congratulations, You're Ignorant!
- August 4, 2009: Passing Thoughts on Business Analysis II
- July 28, 2009: Use Case Basics: Keeping it Simple
- July 21, 2009: Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts
- July 14, 2009: More Business Analyst Link Love (09-28)
- July 13, 2009: The IIBA: Timely or Premature?
- July 9, 2009: Thinking of Becoming a BA? Q&A with Laura Brandau
- July 8, 2009: Escalation and Infinite Regression
- July 1, 2009: Could requirements analysis be automated?
- June 29, 2009: Structured Analysis & Big, Thick Documents
- June 23, 2009: What’s in a Signature?
- June 18, 2009: Patterns and the Evolving Business Analyst
- June 15, 2009: Your Name is Safe in My House
- June 11, 2009: Business Analysis Link Share (09-24)
- June 9, 2009: Requirements Are the Keystone
- June 3, 2009: That's my girl!
- June 3, 2009: Bright Idea on Requirement Character Limits?
- June 1, 2009: Google Wave for Business Analysis
- May 28, 2009: Requirements Elicitation: "Most Valuable" Questions
- May 21, 2009: Best of the Web this Week (09-21)
- May 19, 2009: Are "Project Teams" Really Teams?
- May 14, 2009: It's All About the Teams
- May 12, 2009: Passing Thoughts on Business Analysis & Requirements
- May 4, 2009: So, what do you do, exactly?
- May 1, 2009: I'm with Einstein
- April 27, 2009: Requirement Visualization: Mock-up & Wireframe Goodies
- April 20, 2009: IT’s Interest in Business/IT Alignment
- April 14, 2009: What Good is the "As-is"?
- April 6, 2009: Did I Really Write That?
- March 31, 2009: Notes from the BABOK 2.0 Launch Webcast
- March 30, 2009: Come Fête the Release of BABOK 2.0
- March 26, 2009: Requirements Management Link Love (09-13)
- March 23, 2009: Farewell to JonathanBabcock.com
- March 21, 2009: Business Analysis Digest (09-12)
- March 16, 2009: Agile and Traditional Methodologies Compared…. Again
- March 12, 2009: Recommended Reading (09-11)
- March 10, 2009: Sherlock Holmes on the Necessity of Requirements
- March 1, 2009: Analysis Model Meme
- February 23, 2009: Accounting for Technical Debt
- February 20, 2009: Economic Stimulus, Meet Project Manager
- February 16, 2009: Economic Stimulus, Meet Business Analyst
- February 5, 2009: Use Cases or User Stories? Read Up!
- January 26, 2009: What do I know about "Maximizing IT Value?"
- January 13, 2009: Requisite Pro + Doors = ?
- December 18, 2008: A Few Quick Links – 12/18/08
- December 16, 2008: Use Case Basics: Distinguishing Between Exception and Alternative Paths
- December 2, 2008: Business Analysis in an Uncertain Economy
- November 18, 2008: The Echo, The Lie and The UML Guy
- November 16, 2008: Free Scrum & XP Project Tracking Tool
- November 13, 2008: The Business Analysis "Artist" and the Requirement Tools of the Trade
- November 4, 2008: Is the Solution Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?
- October 31, 2008: Weekly Digest 08-44
- October 29, 2008: Wise Counsel from the Algebra Teacher and the Martial Arts
- October 23, 2008: Weekly Digest 08-43
- October 20, 2008: Vision Statement Form and Function
- October 16, 2008: Weekly Digest 08-42
- October 9, 2008: Pardon the Mess..
- September 30, 2008: Preparing Questions for a Great Customer Interview
- September 23, 2008: Agility vs. Bureacracy (and other thoughts)
- September 16, 2008: The "Requirements Workbench" Concept
- September 10, 2008: Does Your Paperwork Add Value?
- September 7, 2008: How hard could it be to design the stop sign?
- September 4, 2008: Requirements Management Tool Resources
- August 14, 2008: Looking for Sample Requirement Specifications and Templates?
- May 21, 2008: Quick Tip to Help Identify Use Case Actors
- May 19, 2008: Choosing Between Agile and Classic Management Methods
- May 15, 2008: It's Good to be a Business Analyst II
- May 13, 2008: Documentation is No Substitute for Interaction
- May 7, 2008: More on User Stories
- May 2, 2008: Weekly Digest – 8-17
- April 25, 2008: Weekly Digest – 08-16
- April 21, 2008: New Tools – and Their Implications
- April 2, 2008: Looking the Part
- March 31, 2008: Corporate Strategy and the Business Analyst
- March 6, 2008: Random Observations from the February Atlanta IIBA chapter meeting
- March 3, 2008: IIBA Atlanta Chapter Meeting & Requirements.net
- February 22, 2008: Going to the Atlanta IIBA Chapter Meeting
- February 20, 2008: Happy 1st Birthday, Blog!
- February 6, 2008: On Business Analysis in an Agile Setting
- February 6, 2008: Onshore vs. Offshore
- February 1, 2008: With requirements, discussions matter most
- January 28, 2008: A Call to Participate!
- January 22, 2008: A Couple Tips on Keeping Use Cases Simple
- December 27, 2007: Economist Sowell on… Usability!
- December 26, 2007: Precision Tools: Requirement Structure
- December 18, 2007: Good Requirements Are More Than Just Accurate
- December 16, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-49)
- December 3, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-47)
- November 17, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-45)
- November 11, 2007: Requirements Elicitation: Are You the Artist, or the Order-Taker?
- November 10, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-44)
- November 3, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-43)
- November 3, 2007: What are user stories, and why should I use them?
- November 2, 2007: Thought, Problems, and Business Analysts
- October 26, 2007: JB Weekly Digest (07-42)
- October 23, 2007: Business Analysts and the Abilene Paradox
- October 22, 2007: UML Use Case Modeling – A Little Help?
- October 10, 2007: Does Humor on the Job Work for You?
- September 21, 2007: Dr. Pausch's "Last Lecture"
- September 18, 2007: Handy Requirements Quality Digest/Checklist
- September 10, 2007: Some Use Case Best Practices
- August 14, 2007: How Can a Business Analyst Help You?
- July 23, 2007: Finding a Home for Business Analysts
- July 18, 2007: Is "Requirements Engineering" a Misnomer?
- July 3, 2007: Business Analysts: Domain Experts or Generalists?
- July 2, 2007: Recommended Link for July 1st
- June 28, 2007: Excellent Resources for Business Analysts
- June 22, 2007: You Know It’s Getting Deep When..
- June 22, 2007: Links for 2007-06-22
- June 21, 2007: Links for 2007-06-21
- June 19, 2007: Links for 2007-06-19
- June 18, 2007: McDonald's Burgers and High-Quality Business Analysts
- June 11, 2007: Meeting Agenda as Catalyst?
- May 17, 2007: Planning a Successful Review Meeting, Part I
- May 15, 2007: It's Good to be a Business Analyst
- May 3, 2007: Reasons for Engaging a Requirements Analyst – Humorous, but True!
- April 30, 2007: So you're going with an out-of-the-box solution?
- April 19, 2007: Design for Use and Reuse
- April 6, 2007: Link Post for 2007-04-06
- April 1, 2007: Sharing the Love – 2007-04-01
- March 30, 2007: Favorites for 2007-03-31
- March 26, 2007: The REAL Development Lifecycle?
- March 25, 2007: More Analysis Paralysis
- March 20, 2007: Weaknesses of E-mail Communication
- March 19, 2007: Advantages of E-mail Communication
- March 14, 2007: Curing Analysis Paralysis
- March 13, 2007: Excellent Use Case Primer
- March 12, 2007: Timeless Management Principles
- March 1, 2007: The 6 "Be's" of Meeting Etiquette
- February 24, 2007: What do software developers and drug dealers have in common?
- February 20, 2007: The Cornell Method of Note-taking
- February 20, 2007: Open Source Data Modeling Tools – Worth a Look!
- February 18, 2007: What's the value of good requirements?
- February 15, 2007: "Party of Four" Key Considerations in Product Development
- February 14, 2007: Business Analyst Job Description
- February 13, 2007: Functional Specs: Don't write them??
- February 13, 2007: Great Software Engineering Proverbs
- February 12, 2007: Avoiding the "How" Trap in Requirements Authoring
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