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Data Mining

Posted on April 26, 2022 by R.P. Churchill

Data mining is the processing of large quantities of data to glean useful insights and support decision-making. Descriptive techniques like generating graphical depictions or applying other methods allow users to identify patterns, trends, or clusters. Diagnostic techniques like decision trees … Continue reading →

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Financial Analysis

Posted on March 7, 2022 by R.P. Churchill

Financial analysis comprises a number of considerations and methods. They all begin by assigning costs to all germane capital, fixed, and variable items in the existing state and in the future state, and also considering expected revenues. Some of the … Continue reading →

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Richard Frederick Lunch & Learn Webinar Series for Tampa IIBA

Posted on January 11, 2021 by R.P. Churchill

I got to know Richard Frederick when he gave a series of twenty lunchtime webinars for the Tampa chapter of the IIBA. In the interest of making his excellent material available as widely as possible, I am sharing, with his … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Four

Posted on April 4, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How Different Management Styles Work Solutions, and let’s face it, those quite often involve the development and modification of software these days, can be realized in the context of many different types of organization. A lot of bandwidth is expended … Continue reading →

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Combined Survey Results (late March 2019)

Posted on March 26, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

The additional survey results from yesterday are included in the combined results here. List at least five steps you take during a typical business analysis effort. Requirements Gathering Initiation Testing QA Feedback User acceptance Requirement Elicitation UX Design Software Design … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Three

Posted on March 11, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How The Most Commonly Used Software Tools Apply to the Solution Effort and the Engagement Effort Continuing last week’s discussions I wanted to analyze how business analysts tend to apply their favorite software tools. Excel (24) Microsoft Excel is such … Continue reading →

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Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

How The Fifty Business Analysis Techniques Apply to the Solution Effort and the Engagement Effort Yesterday I kicked off this discussion by clarifying the difference between the solution effort and the engagement effort. Again, the solution effort involves the work … Continue reading →

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Combined Survey Results, Updated (March 2019)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

With the addition of survey data taken at recent meetups in Orlando and Tampa, the combined results are updated here. List 5-8 steps you take during a typical project. These vary, but mostly follow a recognizable pattern, in rough keeping … Continue reading →

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Communicating With Leaders

Posted on February 27, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

Yesterday I attended the Tampa IIBA’s chapter meeting to see the presentation given by Kara Sundar, titled Communicating With Leaders: Increase Your Productivity and Influence. The presentation was very effective and based on materials from the book Change Intelligence by … Continue reading →

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Four

Posted on January 30, 2019 by R.P. Churchill

Yesterday I gave my talk at the Orlando IIBA chapter meetup. The updated presentation is here: https://www.rpchurchill.com/presentations/zSimFrameForBA_Orlando/SimFrameForBA.html This presentation was a bit different than previous ones because I’ve begun to add some new material dealing with what I call The … Continue reading →

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