Tag: Business Analyst

BA World Ottawa - Should the PM be in the BA’s business?

BA World Ottawa continues to be a great success with track sessions, panel discussions, and the final panel "throw-down" event. The day started not with a keynote, but instead a…

Subject Matter Expertise - Take Your Medicine Wisely!

We've all seen the drug ads with the picture-perfect family playing Frisbee with the dog on the beach and the narrator telling us how your symptoms can be wiped…

Tools for the Business Analyst? Better Late than Never

In the 90's the Standish Group with their "CHAOS Report" quantified the alarming rate of project failure in the software development industry and the associated costs businesses incurred as a…

Big Freaking Requirements Documents !

The typical requirements document is a long, sprawling piece of literature. Within it, one might find a title page, table of contents, change history, complex headers and footers, legalese, confidentiality…

Can you hear me now ? Helping Business find their voice.

 In an ideal world, excellent requirements result from a thoughtful, well-informed discussion between business stakeholders and professionals who provide the services and systems required to keep the business running…

Do You Promise to Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth

I can see the court room setting - the Business Analyst is on trial because the Business Client isn't happy with the software they just received. At first the…

Big Freaken Requirements Documents Must Die!

The typical requirements document is a long, sprawling piece of literature. Within it, one might find a title page, table of contents, change history, complex headers and footers, legalese, confidentiality…

For unity’s sake, clean up those requirements documents!!!

It's easy enough to tell a story, but what happens when the consumer's comprehension of the story determines how it will turn out. Imagine a book that automatically…

BA World Toronto 2010 – Great Success!

One of the largest Business Analysts events, BA World Toronto was a great success. With over 1000 attendees attending symposium track sessions and workshops, Blueprint held the silver sponsorship with a…

How to Be Awesome At Being A BA

Chances are, if your career has landed you in the role of a business analyst, it was probably by accident. Even if it wasn't, I'm willing to make…

The Foundation of Good Requirements: Business Rules and Business Requirements

Business rules and business requirements provide the foundation of a project as we embark upon requirements authoring and validation. A proper understanding of these two areas is essential to any…

Requirements are done…..And the Oscar goes to?

So the first question would have to be, what does “done” look like? At what part of the requirements process do we go for the all important approval…

Everyone needs Requirements training!

We understand the realities of the corporate economy today and training is often low on the priority list. However, if you think about it, even the best professional athletes operating…

Twas the Night before going live….

Twas the night before implementation, when all through IT Not a PC was stirring, “It’s done, it’s complete”. The requirements were placed in vault…

Requirements, Grandma, & Apple Pie.

Today I was dragged into yet another debate between two co-workers on whether something was a requirement or design.  Before that topic could be put to bed, the discussion…