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RSDC followup

Posted on June 19, 2008 by geri

I was in Orlando for the Rational Software Development Conference June 1-4. This is a great place for me to connect with old friends and to find out what direction IBM is taking Rational. The focus this year was on … Continue reading →

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Random Musings – Book, Schedule, Graduation, and RSDC

Posted on May 24, 2008 by geri

No tip today. I know it has been quite a while! My excuse is that I am working in a full-time contract during the day, doing Wyyzzk management tasks in the evenings, and writing a book on the weekends. I … Continue reading →

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Tips for Business Analysts: Information – Kind of vs Form of

Posted on April 12, 2008 by geri

Author: Geri Schneider Winters When working on a project, you want to consider what kind of information you have, and what form is the best for documenting that information. These are two different things. A use case is a form … Continue reading →

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Tips for Business Analysts: What is Analysis?

Posted on March 2, 2008 by geri

Author: Geri Schneider Winters As Business Analysts, our job goes far beyond being a note-taker, in other words listening to people talk, writing down what they say and calling it requirements. Notice that the term Business Analyst implies that we … Continue reading →

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Tips for Business Analysts: Using Personas

Posted on February 2, 2008 by geri

Author: Geri Schneider Winters Have you noticed the examples of requirements elicitation on my blog? In one case, I had a bit of a contest, using a game to elicit information. You can see this technique by looking in the … Continue reading →

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Tips for Business Analysts: Use Cases Are Not the Only Requirements

Posted on January 20, 2008 by geri

Author: Geri Schneider Winters With all the focus on Use Cases, it can be easy to forget that they are not the only kind of requirements. Use Cases are very good for some kinds of requirements, but really bad for … Continue reading →

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Still Time for Your Feedback!

Posted on January 7, 2008 by geri

I am working on my website here at http://www.writingusecases.com for 2008. Because your input is important to me, I have created a short survey for you. If you have not taken the survey yet, there is still time! I am … Continue reading →

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Quick Survey: Tell me what you want in 2008

Posted on January 3, 2008 by geri

I am working on my website at http://www.writingusecases.com for 2008. Because your input is important to me, I have created a short survey for you. This is so easy! It is multiple choice and should only take you about a … Continue reading →

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Article on the Outlook for IT jobs in the coming year

Posted on December 27, 2007 by geri

I came across this article today that talks about the outlook for IT jobs in 2008 (it appears to be just for the US, though the article does not say that specifically). In general, the outlook is good. Even though … Continue reading →

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Teleseminar Questions and Recording

Posted on December 17, 2007 by geri

Thanks to everyone who attended the teleseminar this evening. There were a lot of great questions! How would you start writing out a test plan? I want to know the IT skills for a business analyst who is starting as … Continue reading →

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