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About admin

Geri Schneider Winters is the primary author of the popular Use Case book "Applying Use Cases: A Practical Guide" and the founder of Wyyzzk, Inc. She has over 25 years experience spanning the software development lifecycle. Geri has learned her craft working with folks such as Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, Walker Royce, Scott Ambler, Warren Woodford, Philippe Kruchten, and Kendall Scott, along with many less well known, but equally talented, people. Geri has worked in many companies in many industries, including IBM, Boeing, Adobe, Intuit, Dental Dental, United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Money Store, Charles Schwab, The Federal Reserve Bank, Visa International, Standford University, University of California, Carnegie Mellon University, Hilcoe College, Agilent, Knights Technology, Deloitte and Touche, and Safeway.

May Ask Geri a Question Teleseminar

Posted on May 1, 2010 by admin

April was a really busy month. 10 days in Ethiopia for a client, Jason displayed work in a photography exhibit, and I’ve been rebuilding Wyyzzk’s main website! I should be back to posting here in the next week or so. … Continue reading →

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Q&A transcripts posted

Posted on April 5, 2010 by admin

On the Resources for Business Analysts member site I have created a new tab for Q&A Transcripts. There you will find the recordings and transcripts for the January, February, and March Ask Geri Q&A sessions. For each one, I listed … Continue reading →

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April ASK GERI cancelled

Posted on April 5, 2010 by admin

Hi Everyone – I’m canceling the April ASK Geri Q&A. The reason is that I will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week, and internet connection is not reliable there. Since I do not know for sure that I will … Continue reading →

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March ASK Geri a Question Teleseminar

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

Can you believe a whole month has gone by since the last ASK Teleseminar? The next one is scheduled for this coming Thursday 11 March 2010 where you can ask me any question about the BA role. I have seen … Continue reading →

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Paper on Acceptance Criteria in Return for your opinion

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

If you have visited my site at www.ResourcesForBusinessAnalysts.com I’d really like your feedback. What is the value of the site for you? Is it the kind of information? The quality of information? Is it easy to find the information? Does … Continue reading →

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Article on Business Analysis and Agile

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

Scott Ambler dropped me a note about an new article in Modern Analyst on Business Analysis and Agile. Since it is very much along the lines of what I’ve been writing lately, I thought I’d share it. http://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1302/The-Experts-Take-on-Business-Analysis-and-Agile.aspx Enjoy! Geri

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Tips for BAs: Learning Facilitation

Posted on March 8, 2010 by admin

Author: Geri Schneider Winters Meeting facilitation involves a number of skills, because your job is to guide the participants in addressing the topic of the meeting. If they need to make decisions, you guide them to make the decisions. If … Continue reading →

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New Articles at Resources for Business Analysts Site

Posted on March 2, 2010 by admin

We are up to 290 members now at www.ResourcesForBusinessAnalysts.com- very soon we’ll be over 300! I posted some articles on the site today that were in my email list or somewhere on the blog or somewhere on my hard drive … Continue reading →

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Tips for BAs: Use Cases Not All Things to All People

Posted on March 2, 2010 by admin

Author: Geri Schneider Winters An interesting question came up in another forum, and I would like to address it here because I think it is a common one. I am currently struggling introducing use cases into a large product development … Continue reading →

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Ask Geri Teleseminar in less than 2 hours

Posted on February 11, 2010 by admin

There is still time to participate! Post your questions here: Ask Geri a Question. This one hour session will be live at noon Eastern time, and rebroadcast at 7pm Eastern time. The recording and transcripts will be posted afterward on … Continue reading →

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