Business Analyst Forum

When scientists study animals and plants in the laboratory, they get some understanding. It's not until they live in the environment wi...

When you find that your day to day activities are actually doing what the busines does, you've probably stepped over the line from helpi...

For some reason BI seems to frequently exist in the realm of ad hoc development. Entire systems are created with hundreds of tables and bil...

The next wave of CBAP certifications is coming up. If you haven't done anything but wait to see what you'll have to do, you may be ...

I saw a job titled "Requirements Specialist" as a job title for a business analyst. The requirements specialist should be the subj...

HELPING BUSINESS CHANGE I think it's important to remember that we are all here to help the business. Business objectives are what make ...

I've learned more from peer review than I ever learned from presenting my own requirements. Anyone else out there with thoughts on peer...

If you think about interviewing somebody to find out how their house is laid out. What rooms, carpeting, etc... Most people will get it wr...

I'm an old school data flow diagrammer from the CASE methodology days, but I learned a few tricks with DFD's that make them a tool I...

Sometimes it's not how good the process is, but how the team gets to the solution. When introducing new process, like tracking defects o...

I ran into a web site that shows a good data flow diagram that seems fairly simple to follow. I prefer using simpler flow lines (e.g., visi...

I've run into people that have done various tasks over their career that could be a bit of business analysis, and project management. T...

I was talking with a business associate about a project I worked on at a startup wireless company back in 2000. I interviewed 12 different...

I've run into a few six sigma black belts in the past few years. Most of these sounded like many of the BA's that lock into a metho...

A good overview article about why gathering, documenting, and interpreting software requirements can be a difficult task. Interpreting Requi...

Real life experience is always best but what books have helped you learn the trade of being a business analyst? Here are some of mine... 1. ...

How much RUP experience does a mid level and senior analyst need? What areas of the RUP methodology are must knows for mid level and senior...

Who will win the BA Certification war? I understand this will bring unity and consensus to the role of the Business Analyst however does th...

Jeff asked this question, and it's a good one. When do you use RUP, and when don't you use RUP?

While doing some research into Rational tools, it occurred to me that nearly every deliverable should be iterative. If I'm working on...

My theme as a BA for the last 20 years has been "To effectively Solve Business Problems." I enjoy helping business identify and s...

Here's a question that's been troubling the BA world for over a decade. We have "Business" business analysts and "Sy...

I've been working on high profile conversions for awhile, and I've found that an accurate Go-Live checklist is a very effective way ...

Welcome to the BA forum. This blog is created to help BA's share knowledge and information between peers. I look forward to hearing from...