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The agile methodology is utilized for software development. This method works very well for this type of project. I have seen it used in system development and it can work well there too. My question is – can it work for a business process re-engineering project? The traditional waterfall approach works very well for this kind of [...]
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In my last post about getting sign-off on requirements, a reader asked if I had a sample change request template that I could share. We thought this would be a good topic for another post, so here we go! Implications of change During a project, if there is a change in scope that will impact [...]
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There’s an old expression that says “you get what you measure”. This may be a little clichéd, but it generally holds true within organizations and processes. It’s human nature to shoot for the objectives that have been set, and it is human nature to pay attention to the metrics which are being measured. If metrics [...]
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This installment in the Building BA Maturity series, picks up where the last one on Business Process left off. This month, it’s all about Business Rules. And as many of us know, in the domain of requirements gathering and definition, “Rules” truly rule. Or, so says many a thinker in the area now commonly referred [...]
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If you were to assess the Building Business Capability (BBC 2010) event based solely on who showed up in the vendor showcase, you might rightly conclude, the event was all about Business Process. The main sponsors for the event are heavyweights in the BPM arena: Additional big players and tool vendors (Progress Software, AgilePoint, Experian, [...]
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I am sure that any business analyst who has written user acceptance scripting can confirm that script writing is super detailed, critically important and mind numbingly boring. But is it important – yes it is. Why you ask would something so boring be important? Well, if the business user cannot validate that the new business [...]
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As a Business Analyst, I tend to see processes everywhere I go. Whether I’m queuing in a coffee shop or making a hotel reservation on a website, I can’t help but draw a process diagram in my head to understand the “logic” which is hidden into the process, and the business rules that are being [...]
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A reader writes in…. I am a software designer with 2 yrs experience in developing web based applications for a large software house. I am looking to further my career in Business Analysis. I have a keen interest in print media as well. Business Analyst have a very important part to play in IT but [...]
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When I began my latest consulting job, one of my first deliverables was to assist the stakeholders with a process walk through. The purpose of the walk through was to identify gaps in the ‘to” be process. This was one way of determining if there were gaps because all teams were in new positions, the [...]
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Lately I’ve found myself getting more and more involved in the business process side of my projects. It’s emerged slowly and last week it sort of hit me over the head. It’s become the case that I can’t really define the software requirements without understanding the business process. Somewhere along the way, all the blog [...]
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