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Conceptual Modeling Work May Occur In Many Contexts

During a previously-referenced recent conversation I was asked why I refer to certain research, discovery, and data collection activities as “conceptual modeling.” I do so because it is a surprisingly general standard term of art that has its own Wikipedia … Continue reading

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BA Webinar Series 09a: How to Unsnarl A Problem When You’re Dropped In the Middle of It

Today I gave this webinar for the Tampa IIBA Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.

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BA Webinar Series 09: How To Unsnarl A Problem When You’re Dropped In the Middle of It

I recently gave this webinar for the Philadelphia IIBA monthly meeting. The slides are here.

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Understanding and Monitoring Microservices Across Five Levels

Did I know anything about microservices (or DevOps, or…) when I landed at Universal recently? No, I did not. Did that stop me from figuring it out in short order? Nope. Did that stop me from being able to reverse-engineer … Continue reading

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Monitoring System Health and Availability, and Logging: Part 1

Ongoing Monitoring, or, What’s Happening Now? Any system with multiple processes or machines linked by communication channels must address real-time and communication issues. One of the important issues in managing such a system is monitoring it to ensure all of … Continue reading

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