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Be Kind to your Stakeholders!
I can remember at times being frustrated at the lack of involvement in requirements validation on the part of some of my business...
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Be an Unselfish Business Analyst!
Business analysts ought to be unselfish communicators. What do I mean? To explain, I’ll cite a presentation by Dr. Michael A. Covington...
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Quoteworthy: Cicero – Be Brief
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men’s minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every...
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Quoteworthy: William Strunk – Vigorous Writing is Concise
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason...
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Quoteworthy: Aristotle – Rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the s
It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to...
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Quoteworthy: Paul Martin Lester – Words and Images Work Together
Words and pictures are intricately linked in journalism, advertising and educational contexts. Words printed under a photograph, the...
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Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template
I recently read and highly recommend Barbara Carkenord’s book, Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis, and must admit it has quickly...
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Don’t Forget the Constraints!
I found this interesting little quote a few weeks ago. I recently visited an Eastern sage and asked him, ‘Is it possible to live for...
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Begin with what you HAVE to do
I came across a short review of the book Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson on Leading Blog this evening. In it, I found...
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Quoteworthy: George Orwell on "Scrupulous Writing"
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2....
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Give ’em Pictures!
The longer I do this “business analysis” thing, the more convinced I become of the notion one of the surest ways to ensure project...
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Quoteworthy: Kulak & Guinney
An appropriate and complete requirements specification does nothing to ensure a successful implementation; however, it makes it possible....
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Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases
We business analysts are surrounded by “solution” folks; those whose jobs are to determine how to solve problems. On one side, our...
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Bookmarks & New Favorites (09-38)
Here are a few of the articles I found “bookmark-worthy” over the past week. Improv Comedian Turns Business Analyst by Jonathan...
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More on Separating Rules from Use Cases
As I was organizing some of my bookmarks I came across an article by Kathy Long on the BRCommunity* in which she describes the benefits...
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Use Case Basics: Keeping it Simple
I’ve been “heads down” on some use case work the past few days, so this is a topic that is fresh in mind. While I’m thinking of it, I...
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Could requirements analysis be automated?
I remember reading not long ago about advancements in the area of business rule automation and being interested in the interfaces for...
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Structured Analysis & Big, Thick Documents
I’ve been reading Ed Yourdon’s “Just Enough Structured Analysis” recently (by following this link, you can download the whole book in PDF...
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Patterns and the Evolving Business Analyst
I’ve stated before that I believe the primary difference between the novice and expert analyst – all else being equal – lies in the...
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Bright Idea on Requirement Character Limits?
Adam Feldman, blogging from Bright Green Projects’ “Bright Ideas” blog poses a fun and interesting question. Twitter limits entries to...
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