Tag: modeling
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Paul Oldfield on Why Models and Documentation Exist
The model that really matters is the one that people have in their minds. All other models and documentation exist only to get the…
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Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!
You may be a great facilitator, an excellent “elicitor” of requirements; your analytical skills may be second to none, but if you can’t package…
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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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More on Separating Rules from Use Cases
Keeping business rules out of the flow of events makes a use case easier to maintain and reuse.
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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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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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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…
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Analysis Model Meme
Craig Brown, who runs the fabulous project management/business analysis blog Better Projects made a call for participation to various bloggers in that niche to…
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How hard could it be to design the stop sign?
I recently stumbled upon this video, got a kick out of it and thoughts I’d share. It is basically a video parody for the…
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Quick Tip to Help Identify Use Case Actors
A few thoughts on identifying use case actors and a job-aid that may help simplify the effort.
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UML Use Case Modeling – A Little Help?
Recently, I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in some very interesting training sessions relating to business process re-engineering, and UML modeling. Now, I have…