Author: JB
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Quoteworthy: Chinese Proverb – Involve me and I’ll understand
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?
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
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…
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Quoteworthy: William Strunk – Vigorous Writing is Concise
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should…
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Business Analysts: Don’t Forget Your ROI!
It’s important that we take our own advice when it comes to our analysis efforts and keep ROI (Return on Investment) at front of…
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Quoteworthy: Hunt & Thomas – Don't Repeat Yourself
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system. The alternative is to have the same thing expressed in…
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Quoteworthy: Aristotle – Rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits
It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and…
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Quoteworthy: Mike Krzyzewski – Five fundamental qualities that make a team great
There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as…
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Quoteworthy: Paul Martin Lester – Words and Images Work Together
Words and pictures are intricately linked in journalism, advertising and educational contexts. Words printed under a photograph, the caption, signal the importance of the…
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Quoteworthy: Kipling – Six Honest Serving Men
I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where…
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Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template
I recently read Barbara Carkenord’s book, Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis…
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Don’t Forget the Constraints!
In addition to eliciting and specifying the requirements, an important part of the analyst’s value-add lies in helping business stakeholders and delivery teams identify…
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Begin with what you HAVE to do
The simple fact is, you can’t know all the details upfront. You can and should, however, be able to work with your stakeholders to…
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Free Desktop Tools a Business Analyst Should Know About
Below is a short list of free desktop/productivity tools that I use regularly. I thought some of you might benefit from knowing about them…
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Quoteworthy: C.S. Lewis – Don't use words too big for the subject
“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want…