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Domain Knowledge Acquisition
I’ve touched on this subject briefly before, but I wanted describe it more directly. The simplest definition of domain knowledge, for me, is: what you need to know to create and apply effective solutions in a specific situation. Acquisition, of … Continue reading
Advanced Manufacturing Process Integration Ideas
I’ve seen a lot of different things over the years and they cannot help but suggest possibilities for ways things can be done in a more streamlined, integrated way. Of particular interest to me has been the many novel ways … Continue reading
Follow-up: A Way To Use Jira for Everything?
Today I continue yesterday’s discussion of ways to implement an RTM and my framework using Jira, except this time I want to talk about using Jira for every phase of an effort and not just for implementation and testing. Given … Continue reading
Jira and Confluence for RTMs and My Framework
I finally finished the Udemy course on Jira and Confluence. As I watched each section of the course I thought about how the capabilities of the two products can be used to represent Requirements Traceability Matrices, and furthermore how they … Continue reading
Pittsburgh IIBA Meetup: Do You Think You Are a Good Listener? Let Us Surprise You!
This evening’s talk at the Pittsburgh IIBA Meetup was about communication skills. Although there was some discussion about conveying messages the emphasis was on how to receive them. Both are important to business analysts. BAs must provide context for what … Continue reading
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Tagged business analysis, communication, discovery, Meetups
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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: One More Update
So I’m working my way through the Jira course and I finally came to a clear understanding of a special case I’ve been trying to clarify. For the most part the processes of discovery and data collection result in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob's Analytic Framework, business analysis, systems analysis
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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: An Update
While continuing to work through my Jira course with an eye toward using it in conjunction with a Requirements Traceability Matrix, I’ve been thinking about the context of how the work actually gets done. I’ve discussed the content of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob's Analytic Framework, business analysis, Jira, systems analysis
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Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
One of my favorite tools to use during any project, but particularly for software projects, is the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM). I’ve discussed this in presentations I’ve given on the framework I use for performing business analysis (and project management … Continue reading
Data Collection: Characterizing a Process
Having discussed the process of discovery yesterday I wanted to go into detail about data collection today. While discovery identifies the nouns and verbs of a process, data collection identifies the adjectives and adverbs. I’ve listed a bunch of ways … Continue reading
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Tagged business analysis, data collection, Monte Carlo analysis
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Discovery: Learning What’s In a Process
Discovery is observing or researching what’s in a system or process. It identifies facilities, entities, resources, information, and activities. These are the nouns and verbs that comprise the system or process under investigation. Discovery does not try to quantify the … Continue reading
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Tagged business analysis, customers, discovery, systems analysis
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