December 30, 2008 – 4:05 pm –
I just read a very good blog by Alistair Cockburn that summarizes the challenges in agile development when substituting user stories for use cases as the primary functional requirements deliverable. I love it when he says a user story is similar to a use case like a gazelle is to a gazebo. Pretty funny. I highly [...]
November 22, 2008 – 7:49 pm –
Please take 15 minutes to take the new IIBA BA role delineation task survey. You do not need to be an IIBA member to take the survey. Your responses will influence the BABOK V2.00 new exam questions and knowledge area question percentages. Let your voice be heard. For more information refer to this blog http://blog.theiiba.org/2008/11/babok-version-2-task-survey-your.html
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July 28, 2008 – 1:41 pm –
You choose. Have you ever worked with anyone who complains about every task that comes their way? It makes the work day seem so much longer. Some people always seem to have a problem or reason why things go awry or they believe that their issue is always someone else’s fault. They can’t see that [...]
April 7, 2008 – 9:00 am –
Recently I participated in an interesting discussion about software development projects. There was an underlying assumption by some that using a consistent software development life cycle (SDLC) on all projects is a good thing and someone asked how to best enforce it. For me, enforcement is a morale killer. In working with many companies over [...]
January 22, 2008 – 12:27 pm –
In today’s uncertain economic times businesses, governments, and non-profits around the globe are trying to maximize their efforts, develop innovative opportunities, and overcome difficult challenges. During this economic slump in the US some organizations are disappearing because they cannot keep up with their competition or their business costs. Businesses are looking hard at all their [...]
December 21, 2007 – 7:16 pm –
After recently attending a couple of conferences with business analysts and project managers, I noticed a common theme about the topics presented this year. Many speakers devoted their energies to discussing the importance and complexity of effective project communication. This topic was articulated in a number of presentation topics such as: how to work with [...]
October 26, 2007 – 9:00 am –
After recently attending a couple of conferences with business analysts and project managers, I noticed a common theme about the topics presented this year. Many speakers devoted their energies to discussing the importance and complexity of effective project communication. This topic was articulated in a number of presentation topics such as: how to work with [...]
September 10, 2007 – 9:00 am –
Some people cannot understand why data requirements are important. There are a lot of Business Analysts who say they have never collected data requirements and do not understand why they should. Here is one small example from my experience. I was doing some business analysis consulting at a state agency that was just beginning to use [...]
September 4, 2007 – 9:00 am –
A BA's understanding of how business stakeholders do their work is very critical to gathering the right requirements to meet their business goals. A BA, like a detective, investigates until he or she has uncovered the details about how the business operates: the good, the bad and the ugly. It's true we need to understand the business [...]
July 30, 2007 – 9:00 am –
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out CIO magazine article written recently by Katherine Walsh about the Hot Job of a Business Analyst:
http://www.cio.com/article/120154/Hot_Jobs_Business_Analyst
Ms. Walsh describes the role of the BA consistently with the IIBA definition and has some good things to say about our Business Analyst role and why it’s hot right now. What [...]
Angie Perris, CBAP, 