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Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases

Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases

| September 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Yes, sometimes we BA’s need to think of creative ways to help us withhold the technology and implementation detail from our requirements.

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Classic Business Analysis Articles

Classic Business Analysis Articles

| September 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

I was sorting through some of my bookmarks and articles I’ve accumulated over time via the Web, and found that there are a few articles that I seem to refer back to time and again.

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Business Analysis Can Kill a Project (In a Good Way)

Business Analysis Can Kill a Project (In a Good Way)

| August 20, 2009 | 16 Comments

Scrapping an ill-fated project before it gets started can be as valuable as seeing a project through to successful implementation.

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Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?

Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?

| August 13, 2009 | 5 Comments

In this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the king is giving the guards orders to keep an eye on his son, and not to let him leave the room. Sounds simple enough, right?

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More on Separating Rules from Use Cases

More on Separating Rules from Use Cases

| August 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

Keeping business rules out of the flow of events makes a use case easier to maintain and reuse.

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Congratulations, You're Ignorant!

Congratulations, You're Ignorant!

| August 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

The more we learn, the more we realize we don’t know.

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