The Elusive Dream of Good Requirements for IT
Requirements define the future state that someone would like to experience. The problem with requirements is whether the person who wrote them and the people reading them share a common understanding.
A Proof of Concept: Business Analysis Techniques Work – Part 3 and Final
… continued from Part 2 Business Analysis Techniques Applied to Real Life When we arrived in Tampa, we followed a time-honored approach to assessing a potential new home (one lesson learned from 63 moves, by the way) by renting a house with reasonable access to both...A Proof of Concept: Business Analysis Techniques Work – Part 2
… continued from part 1: Applied Business Analysis Technique – Prioritizing Your Requirements The only unanswered question was to where. The methodology we were following indicated that we should first define our requirements for where we wanted to live, so we...A Proof of Concept: Business Analysis Techniques Work – Part 1
Business Analysis Techniques Applied to Real Life I recently posted a blog in which I proposed that business analysis techniques could benefit anyone, in their private as well as their professional life. I wrote the post in my typical, rather abstract writing style...Do Your User Requirements Suffer from GIGO?
I recently recognized that we who wear the Business Analysis hat are actually in the garbage business. This may sound controversial on the face of it, but let me explain. Early pioneers of information technology experienced an obvious epiphany when they expressed the...Business Analysis Skills for Everyday Life
You can benefit from business analysis skills regardless of your profession or personal situation. Five hard-core BA techniques that you can easily adopt in your private life.
Business Analyst: Job Title or Role?
Who Does Business Analysis?The End of Business Analysis or a Top Career to Pursue?
Business analysis as a profession might be at risk. Business analysis as a critical function within any organization is a crucial activity that has to be done by someone wearing the BA hat.







