Author: JB
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Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases
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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Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)
a few of the articles I found “bookmark-worthy” over the past week.
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Quoteworthy: Jim Brosseau
There will never be “the right approach” for all projects. Software projects come in too many shapes and sizes. There are too many cultures,…
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Classic Business Analysis Articles
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…
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Quoteworthy: Alistair Cockburn
Agile … is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so we wouldn’t ask “can I use agile here”,…
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Quotable: Herbert Kaufman
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. – Herbert Kaufman
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Quoteworthy: H.L. Mencken on Simple Solutions to Complex Problems
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. – H.L. Mencken
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Quoteworthy: Leadership
A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. – Unknown
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Quoteworthy: Douglas Adams
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. – Douglas Adams
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Quoteworthy: Margaret Fuller
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. – Margaret Fuller
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Quoteworthy: Margot Fonteyn
The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The…
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Quoteworthy: Erik Christopher Zeeman
Technical skill is mastery of complexity while creativity is mastery of simplicity. – Erik Christopher Zeeman
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Quoteworthy: Abraham Lincoln
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to…
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Quoteworthy: Seymour Papert
Anything is easy, if you can assimilate it to your collection of models. – Seymour Papert
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Business Analysis Can Kill a Project (In a Good Way)
Scrapping an ill-fated project before it gets started can be as valuable as seeing a project through to successful implementation.