Author: JB
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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…
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It's All About the Teams
As an industry have we been missing the mark by focusing so much on process and methodology at the expense of developing and empowering…
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Passing Thoughts on Business Analysis & Requirements
Here are just a few impressions I’ve jotted down over the past few weeks that may never evolve into full blog posts, but that…
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So, what do you do, exactly?
Business analysts? How many times have you been asked what you do for a living and had to pause to think for a minute…
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I'm with Einstein
What are some things we could improve by simplifying? How can we think differently and what can we do differently to get the desired…
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Requirement Visualization: Mock-up & Wireframe Goodies
Here are some great product links and quotes on rapid UI prototyping that have helped reinforce the value of visualized requirements in my mind,…
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IT’s Interest in Business/IT Alignment
Bob Lambert says IT should take the initiative in solving problems of business/IT misalignment, and thinks the requirements process can be an effective vehicle…
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What Good is the "As-is"?
Adrian Marchis at Modern Analyst posted a helpful article on process mapping describing, among other things, diagramming the “as-is” process as part of the…