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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Three

Posted on March 14, 2018 by R.P. Churchill
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Structured Thought: Problem Solving

Posted on March 13, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

On Monday I attended a Meetup at the IIBA’s Pittsburgh Chapter for a presentation about structured problem solving given by a gentleman named Greg Acton. The presentation included an introduction of about twenty minutes, a small group exercise for another … Continue reading →

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Of Pencils, the Division of Labor, Building Teams, and Knowing What the Heck Is Going On

Posted on March 7, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

The conversation at the watering hole after this evening’s CharmCityJS Meetup was interesting as usual. In between talking with and encouraging some of the younger attendees and speakers I spoke with a senior developer about a contract he was finishing … Continue reading →

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Two

Posted on January 25, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

On Tuesday I gave this talk again, this time for the IIBA’s Metro DC Chapter. Here are the results from the updated survey. The results from the first go-round are here. List at least five steps you take during a … Continue reading →

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Applications for Simulation

Posted on January 16, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

Simulation can be used for many different purposes, and I wanted to describe a few of them in detail. I pay special attention to the ones I’ve actually worked with during my career. Note that these ideas inevitably overlap to … Continue reading →

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Verification and Validation: Observations for Simulation and Business Analysis

Posted on January 10, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

Verification and validation are complex subjects on their own (and see here and here more specifically for this discussion), and the simplest way I’ve found to describe the difference between them is that verification tests whether a solution works while … Continue reading →

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round One

Posted on January 9, 2018 by R.P. Churchill

Yesterday I gave my newly prepared talk on business analysis at the Pittsburgh IIBA Chapter Meetup, the first of three times I’m scheduled to give it. The presentation, prepared using the Reveal.js framework, is at the link: http://rpchurchill.com/presentations/SimFrameForBA/ I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Service Design

Posted on November 13, 2017 by R.P. Churchill

Manning the phone in the battery headquarters late one night in Basic Training I wiled away some time with a book I found. I read how Colonel Chamberlain’s extensive drilling of his men allowed them to execute a wheel maneuver … Continue reading →

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Methods of Observation

Posted on July 17, 2017 by R.P. Churchill

This past weekend my CBAP training course asked me to speak briefly on the technique of Observation. I reviewed the basic information in the BABoK itself and the training guide we’re using for the class, and I’ll refer to this … Continue reading →

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Buggy, Design Contradictions, and TRIZ (now ARIZ)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by R.P. Churchill

A Tuesday session of the Project Summit / Business Analyst World conference (June 20th), featured an interesting talk by the New Jersey Department of Health’s Victoria Roza. She described methods of design and creativity coming out of a practice called … Continue reading →

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