Comments on: It’s Not the Shoes http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/ Connecting Business Requirements to Technology Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:41:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kupe http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Kupe Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2534 Yes, the team should come together to make sure roles are clear. This sums it up. To me it is not important if no one has the official title of BA. I think we are saying the same thing. I am just saying having someone with an official HR title of Business Analyst is not as important as making sure someone on the team is doing business analysis. In your example the persons title is Sr. programmer, developer, etc. Yes, the team should come together to make sure roles are clear. This sums it up. To me it is not important if no one has the official title of BA.

I think we are saying the same thing. I am just saying having someone with an official HR title of Business Analyst is not as important as making sure someone on the team is doing business analysis. In your example the persons title is Sr. programmer, developer, etc.

]]> By: baliga http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 baliga Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:49:23 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2533 I am not sure where you are going here. For any project I think that it is important to have clear cut description of people roles or title. I think analysis is time consuming task and requires considerable amount of time and effort. So if you have a dedicated person doing a business analyst role, you would not like to say that he is the project BA? I think BA is not just a title . It determines who is playing a role of doing analysis. So if a programmer is doing the business anlalysis for the project then he has to be the project BA/ programmer! I am not sure where you are going here. For any project I think that it is important to have clear cut description of people roles or title. I think analysis is time consuming task and requires considerable amount of time and effort. So if you have a dedicated person doing a business analyst role, you would not like to say that he is the project BA? I think BA is not just a title . It determines who is playing a role of doing analysis. So if a programmer is doing the business anlalysis for the project then he has to be the project BA/ programmer!

]]> By: Shawn Debbad http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 Shawn Debbad Fri, 09 May 2008 01:38:40 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2532 analytical thinking with a good ear are great. one must also give consideration to "KIS" Keep it simple. Too often BA's pay attention to the people who propose complex (intelligent sounding) solutions. Way too often, they use their analytical thinking to implement the newest, and (often mistaken as) greatest technologies. Compare that to a doctor. Some prescribe medicine that have been tested for 10 yrs. Their benefits and side effects, well known. Others who prescribe the newest drug invented. How many new drugs get later pulled out of the market, due to their side effects... Phenphen? remember anyone? By no means am I suggesting that old technologies are better. How many websites have we seen, that dont just make it, even though they use the latest of the web technologies. Yet we can learn from simple pages of Amazon.com, Ebay.com, for that even Google.com As a BA, I always look for opportunities where "keeping it simple" is respected. Shawn Debbad Business Analyst/Systems Analyst khalikrishna@yahoo.com analytical thinking with a good ear are great. one must also give consideration to “KIS” Keep it simple. Too often BA’s pay attention to the people who propose complex (intelligent sounding) solutions. Way too often, they use their analytical thinking to implement the newest, and (often mistaken as) greatest technologies. Compare that to a doctor. Some prescribe medicine that have been tested for 10 yrs. Their benefits and side effects, well known. Others who prescribe the newest drug invented. How many new drugs get later pulled out of the market, due to their side effects… Phenphen? remember anyone?

By no means am I suggesting that old technologies are better. How many websites have we seen, that dont just make it, even though they use the latest of the web technologies. Yet we can learn from simple pages of Amazon.com, Ebay.com, for that even Google.com

As a BA, I always look for opportunities where “keeping it simple” is respected.

Shawn Debbad
Business Analyst/Systems Analyst

khalikrishna@yahoo.com

]]> By: Steve http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Steve Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:27:06 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2531 In my observation, the critical success factor is all about being a strategic and systematic thinker of innovative solution design. Tittles mean nothing, rank is something we all wear, and respect is something that must be earned to connect all the dots. At the end of the day it is about people, process, and technology in this order. Get these items out of order and you will have project failure with the J-curve. Too many expect the hockey stick curve in business analysis. In my observation, the critical success factor is all about being a strategic and systematic thinker of innovative solution design. Tittles mean nothing, rank is something we all wear, and respect is something that must be earned to connect all the dots. At the end of the day it is about people, process, and technology in this order. Get these items out of order and you will have project failure with the J-curve. Too many expect the hockey stick curve in business analysis.

]]> By: Kupe http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Kupe Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:29:34 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2530 Bingo! That is exactly what I am talking about Ganesh. Thanks for commenting. Bingo! That is exactly what I am talking about Ganesh. Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Ganesh http://www.b2ttraining.com/2008/03/10/its-not-the-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2529 Ganesh Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:34:24 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/129/its-not-the-shoes#comment-2529 What I feel is, any one who has a strong accumen towards analytical thinking with an attitude of Good Listening skills can add value in terms of business analysis. Not necessarily you need to be titled as a BA to actualy perform Business Analysis. The value you add to a project in terms of long run benefit to the customer can readily prove that some sort of Business understanding exists among the project team members. Thanks, Ganesh What I feel is, any one who has a strong accumen towards analytical thinking with an attitude of Good Listening skills can add value in terms of business analysis. Not necessarily you need to be titled as a BA to actualy perform Business Analysis. The value you add to a project in terms of long run benefit to the customer can readily prove that some sort of Business understanding exists among the project team members.

Thanks,
Ganesh

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