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There have been a range of reactions to the passing of Steve Jobs. Many people, myself included, have been surprised at the depth of feelings brought up by the loss. Of course, I’m sad for his family and all those who were close to him, and all his colleagues at Apple. But I’m feeling something [...]
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Thus far in this series of articles, we’ve surveyed the topographic terrain of Business Analysis from the local hills and valleys, with a tacit assumption of an analyst working at an application or project level and interfacing with things like rules, process, agile development teams, BA centers of excellence, and so on, all towards improving [...]
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Reader Question: I have a background as a software engineer, but have been doing various business analysis activities throughout my career, as a team leader and project manager. This is my first role with the actual BA title. My company is in the health industry, specifically medical imaging (radiology). We have a lot of difficulty [...]
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When it comes to building an organizational strategy, are you considering both the what and the how? Specifically, do you have a plan for implementing your strategy that involves all the factors, including the people in your organization who must implement it? Eric Brown recently wrote an insightful article titled “Mind the Gap between Strategy [...]
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I became a business analyst when I no longer saw technology as the only solution. It seems that every week I learn something new about our profession and business change in general. When speaking with Steve Blais, author of a forthcoming book series that centers around the essence of business analysis, I felt privy to [...]
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Kathleen B. Hass, author Managing Complex Projects: A New Model has been awarded the Project Management Institute (PMI®) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award for her progression of international project management practices. As needs change and challenges grow, project management continues to evolve to meet 21st century demands. In Managing Complex Projects: A New [...]
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Susan Penny Brown is a thirty-year veteran of the software industry, with expertise in IT strategy and complex enterprise applications. She spent the first 20 years of her career in high-profile Silicon Valley firms, both highly successful and abysmal failures. Susan established Interim Technical Management, Inc. in 1998 when she relocated to the Denver area. [...]
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Recently a fellow BA asked this question in the IIBA(R) LinkedIn forum: “If a project is approved, do I still need to do enterprise analysis as defined in the BABOK? Do I need to do a business case?” He received several timely and insightful responses, so it is worth reading the entire chain. This question [...]
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Today we meet with Pat Ferdinandi, Business Architect and Chief Thought Translator founding Strategic Business Decisions, inc . Pat has been a consultant for over half of her 30+ years in business. While working for executives as a Business Architect, Pat has been writing and speaking on human communication skills. Quality of anything begins with first [...]
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For the last few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of exchanging emails with David Gillies, IT Practice Manager, at Kern Search about the business analyst profession, the types of IT jobs he is seeing, and what his clients are looking for in IT leaders and business analysts. David kindly agreed to let me share some of [...]
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