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Notes from the BABOK 2.0 Launch Webcast

Notes from the BABOK 2.0 Launch Webcast

| March 31, 2009 | 9 Comments

Kevin and Julian did a nice job with the presentation today and answered a lot of questions. I am glad I attended. Maybe it’s my inner geek coming to the surface, but I was really pretty excited by some of the ideas IIBA is working on and about the new and improved body of knowledge.

Here are a few notes I jotted down while listening that I thought my readers might find interesting.

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Requirements Management Link Love (09-13)

Requirements Management Link Love (09-13)

| March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

A little linky love this week for those of us who like to read all about requirements management.

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Agile and Traditional Methodologies Compared…. Again

Agile and Traditional Methodologies Compared…. Again

| March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

This post is spurred by a few articles I’ve read recently which have only served to reinforce some similar thoughts I’ve been having for a while now on the constant, competitively toned comparisons between agile and traditional development methodologies.

As I read article after article extolling the wonders of these new methodologies against the weaknesses of the traditional methods, I begin to wonder if the emphasis isn’t too much on agile methodologies over agile principles.

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Sherlock Holmes on the Necessity of Requirements

Sherlock Holmes on the Necessity of Requirements

| March 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

During some time off a while back, I went to Project Gutenberg and downloaded The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I still haven’t read them all, but I was surprised to see the great detective speak out so strongly in favor of requirements in A Scandal in Bohemia.

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Analysis Model Meme

Analysis Model Meme

| March 1, 2009 | 3 Comments

Craig Brown, who runs the fabulous project management/business analysis blog Better Projects made a call for participation to various bloggers in that niche to list the first and last analysis models we’ve used at work. Being the good sport that I am, here’s my reply.

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Accounting for Technical Debt

Accounting for Technical Debt

| February 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Hidden costs of the “quick and dirty” solution.

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