March 2, 2009 – 3:42 pm – I recently hosted an industry luncheon with senior Business Analysts’ and one of the topics of conversation was templates. The question is how helpful are templates and how much are they hurting us? My take is that templates are helpful to the extent that they provide consistency but become problematic when BA’s can’t see outside their [...]
January 26, 2009 – 7:00 am – As my wife and I watched our stock and mutual fund investments drop ( I know…we should not be looking at the monthly statements now) we decided we should subscribe to Money magazine. The thought being this is a great time to get some more education in this area. There were many excellent articles in [...]
January 13, 2009 – 4:07 pm – So the current buzz word right now is Agile and it is used in so many different ways to represent so many different things that the industry is in an absolute tailspin over agile. So let's take a moment to separate fact from fiction. FICTION: Agile means we don't need to do any documentation. People that advocate [...]
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 [...]
November 6, 2008 – 9:04 pm – The Fall 2008 issue of the bridge is available in an electronic format. This edition includes some great articles on what BAs need to know about Agile and SOA. The feature article written by Barbara Carkenord, "Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis," is a must read. If you do not currently receive the magazine you can subscribe [...]
October 30, 2008 – 8:26 am – Angie Perris is attending the Business Rules Forum in Orlando, FL this week and is blogging about the sessions she is attending. Here is her update from Day 3. Day 3 - Tuesday October 28, 2008 Ronald Ross gave a keynote "From Here to Agility" today. He began by reminding the audience that BPM (Business Process Management) continues to be [...]