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Share your agile experiences here!

October 1, 2007 – 9:00 am – We are seeing a lot of success with agile projects when an experienced BA is on the team. We have completed two iterations of a project internally using an agile approach and our business users are very happy with the results. They are also happy with the fast turnaround time. Agile is really just about scoping [...]

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Collaboration and Influence

September 24, 2007 – 1:41 pm – As Business Analysts we rarely have formal authority over anyone we work with on our projects.  To give our teams the best chance for success we have to work collaboratively with all of our stakeholders. I just read an article on CIO.com that I think you will enjoy.  In their article, "How Good Are You At [...]

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BA Role – Hot Job

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 [...]

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Proposed changes to the IIBA BABOK

July 16, 2007 – 9:02 am – I am really excited about the proposed upcoming changes to the IIBAs BABOK. Kevin Brennan, VP of the Body of Knowledge has posted a diagram on his blog http://www.bainsight.com/ and on the new online community Catalyze http://www.mycatalyze.com/ so take a look. Three of the knowledge areas will be renamed and some of the content will be moved. I [...]

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Make Catalyze Your Online Community

July 2, 2007 – 9:00 am – For years developers have had online communities where they can keep up with the thoughts and insights from the gurus of their discipline.  This has been a phenomenal resource for developers giving them access to unlimited knowledge helping them build better applications.  Now Business Analysts have an online community called Catalyze.     I'd like to invite you to check [...]

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Business Analyst’s Impact on Capitol Hill

June 11, 2007 – 9:00 am – In May 2007 I attended the Project Summit/BusinessAnalystWorld conference in Washington, DC.  I sat in on a presentation called “Can the BA Save the World?”, presented by a fellow CBAP, Marcos Ferrer.  Marcos is a facilitator, planner & system implementer with over 30 years experience in computing and over 22 years experience in business analysis.  When I saw [...]

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A CMM Assessor Sees Real Need for BAs

May 14, 2007 – 9:00 am – This month the Atlanta SPIN (software process improvement network) hosted Kevin Shaan from Borland Software. Kevin talked about requirements development and management. Kevin spent several years as an appraiser for CMM and SEI assessments. He shared his observations about major weaknesses in the organizations that he assessed. Not surprising, poor requirements management was common. He [...]

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Is Business Analysis the road to the Top of Your Organization?

May 7, 2007 – 10:15 am – In the next few years I think we are going to see more and more Business Analysts move into executive level positions in both business and IT organizations. Many individuals holding these positions currently have strong business analysis backgrounds (whether or not they ever had that job title). The progression of a Business Analyst into [...]

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Your IIBA CBAP Questions Answered: Application Process

April 23, 2007 – 9:00 am –  Hot News The IIBA has extended the application deadline for the Atlanta, Houston, and Minneapolis exams.  The new dates are: Atlanta – April 27, 2007 Houston – May 7, 2007 Minneapolis – May 7, 2007 B2T Tip The application process may seem like a daunting task, but you can do it.  Break it down into small chunks and take it one step [...]

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Your IIBA CBAP Questions Answered

April 18, 2007 – 9:00 am – Three of the sixteen Certified Business Analysis Professionals are B2T Training staff: Barbara Carkenord, Kevin Quilliams, and Kupe.  We are frequently asked about  our exam experience. And many people ask us a number of questions related to the IIBA CBAP exam and application process. Many of you may have similar questions and we thought it would be helpful to dedicate a [...]

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