Latest articles
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Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts
Four key knowledge/capability domains that are especially important to the business analyst.
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The IIBA: Timely or Premature?
I picked up an interesting article by Joe Gollner this morning in my Google Alerts that seemed to call into question the need or…
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Thinking of Becoming a BA? Q&A with Laura Brandau
Laura and I chat about her new book on what it takes to become a business analyst.
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Escalation and Infinite Regression
Fancy words for pretty common ways simple projects can quickly morph into gargantuan ones.
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Could requirements analysis be automated?
Could systems and software be used to take the place of the requirements analyst?
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Structured Analysis & Big, Thick Documents
Great book on modeling & systems analysis and yet another critique of “big, thick documents.”
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Patterns and the Evolving Business Analyst
Let’s focus on what I consider the capstone to development and “evolution” as an analyst; the ability to learn, recognize and apply patterns.
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Your Name is Safe in My House
A friend of mine once told me of an uncle whose “byline” – for lack of a better term – was, “your name is…
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Requirements Are the Keystone
Requirements are the keystone of a successful project implementation.
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That's my girl!
This is my youngest daughter, Mary. She’s supposed to be finishing up a use case for me, but I’m pretty sure she’s just surfing…
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Bright Idea on Requirement Character Limits?
Adam Feldman, blogging from Bright Green Projects’ “Bright Ideas” blog poses a fun and interesting question. Twitter limits entries to 140 characters. Should we…
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Google Wave for Business Analysis
The social web is abuzz with news on the upcoming Google offering, Google Wave.
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Requirements Elicitation: Most Valuable Questions
A few of my favorite requirements elicitation interview questions, and an idea for cataloging them.
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Are "Project Teams" Really Teams?
My personal study of what makes successful teams, to which I’ve recently alluded, is ongoing. Most recently I came across the article “Project teams…