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TWSL Series 05: What Business Analysts Should Know About Software
Today I gave this webinar for the Tom Woods School of Life Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.
Posted in Tools and methods
Tagged Bob's Analytic Framework, business analysis, presentation, Software, TWSL Series
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BA Webinar Series 06: What BAs Should Know About Software
Today I gave this webinar for the Tampa IIBA Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.
Unified Theory of Business Analysis: Part Three
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
Book: Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
This week I read the book Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass, in preparation for attending a new meetup devoted to discussing classic books about software development. The author opines that the information in the book … Continue reading
Implementing the Efficient Matrix Solution for Special Classes of Engineering Problems
Yesterday I described how to set up a matrix for efficient solution, today I’ll describe how to actually execute the solution. I plan to go back and revisit the intermediate steps but I wanted to show how this series of … Continue reading
Posted in Software
Tagged efficiency, matrix solution techniques, sim_presentation_series, Software
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How My Core Competencies Map To Working With Customer Systems
I created the figure below while I was working out the requirements for a simulation tool that would support analysis of this kind of system. While this diagram represents a fairly specific example of the set of things I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged analysis, Experience, learning, management, Scrum, Software, system architecture
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Context for the Graph Project
A friend asked me what my recent series of posts is trying to communicate, so here is a brief rundown. When not writing here about my previous experience or reactions to things I’ve seen or read, the goal is to … Continue reading
Checking My Steam Table Functions
While I was working out a steam table page yesterday I found it necessary to graph the functions out as a means of verifying them. Here’s the first graph I created in JavaScript. It shows not only the curve of … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation
Tagged curve fitting, simulation, Software, thermodynamics, tools
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Steam Tables (and Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids In General)
A little while ago I was ruminating on the subject of needing to know the thermodynamic properties of materials before you could do simulations of those materials. I therefore figured I’d spend the week dusting off some old functions I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation
Tagged curve fitting, simulation, Software, thermodynamics, tools
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Simulation: Continuing Yesterday’s Analysis
Yesterday I analyzed some of the considerations involved in modeling a section of a petrochemical refining process, namely that of hydrodesulfurization. That is adding hydrogen to hydrocarbons containing sulfur in the presence of a catalyst at an elevated temperature so … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation
Tagged chemical reactions, modeling, oil refineries, petrochemicals, simulation, Software, training
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