Tag: Tools

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…

What’ll it be - Chaos Management or Requirements Definition?

I met with a prospective customer last week. Our introductory presentation identified the requirements-related challenges they had been trying to solve. We mapped those challenges to the strengths and value…

Requirements - What’s the big hurry if they are going to change or be wrong?

It always appears to be rush, rush, rush, never enough hours in the day to sit with the business folks, host a JAD session, document what they want, type it…

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…

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…

Announcing Blueprint Requirements Center 2010 FP 3

Blueprint announces the immediate availability of Blueprint Requirements Center 2010 Feature Pack 3. This release further extends the capabilities of the Requirements Center family of products, the industry's leading Requirements Workbench…

No Parking after 2’’ Snowfall

Much to the astonishment of my warm-weather relatives in Texas, Alabama, and California, I live in an area of the country that receives about 4 feet of snow each year. As…

Don’t fear the Use Case

Working with many organizations, I've discovered that there are always a few people who are afraid of use cases. This is mostly because they have never had training on…

Process Change - A Parable

The residents of an ancient seaside village had, for generations, lived a peaceful existence. Although their land was rocky and hard to cultivate, they subsisted largely on small fish caught…