You may be aware that I was applying for a position on the board in the UK IIBA chapter. This brief post is to let you know that I won!! I put myself forward for two posts: Marketing & Sponsorship – I won by two votes so it was close run thing Knowledge Management – [...] Read more »
Use cases – how to ensure the perfect use case (almost)
It sometimes seems that use case modeling is more art than science (like much of the tricky bits of business analysis, see Use cases – an Introduction for the basics). There are many different viewpoints on what makes a good use case. Some of those viewpoints are undoubtedly wrong, some of them are just different! [...] Read more »
Can you offshore business analysis (part 1)?
This article starts with a definition of what offshoring means. It continues with an exploration of the arguments for and against. The second part of this article will define the circumstances when offshoring is a good idea and when it is a bad idea. This article was conceived as a result of a fascinating and [...] Read more »
Can I count on your vote?
The UK chapter of the IIBA is holding elections for five new board positions. I’m going for two positions – Marketing and Sponsorship and Knowledge Management. I think I can really add value in both positions. There should be no doubt of my commitment - you don’t spend six hours a week contributing to a [...] Read more »
Discount available on the (IIBA UK) Business analysis conference in September
The IIBA UK chapter has been busy organising a BA conference in the UK for September 2009. I believe this is the first of it’s kind in the UK – if I am wrong, please let me know. I’ve been contacted by the organisers (IRM UK) who have offered a discount of 10% to the [...] Read more »
Prioritising requirements – how to do it and why it is critical to project success
This article is the first in a series on requirements prioritisation. It explores why it is critical to project success to prioritise requirements, why it can be unsuccessful and describes one technique to achieve consensus. Why prioritise? On most projects of reasonable complexity, there is a limited budget and the budget must be wisely targeted [...] Read more »
Making the business case for business analysis – IIBA blog on ComputerworldUK
Welcome to my new blog. No, not this one, this one. Earlier this year, I was invited by Mike Simons, the editor of ComputerWorldUK.com to write a business analysis blog on his website. He believes business analysts have an increasingly important role to play and should be promoting themselves and the value they add to [...] Read more »
Can you offshore business analysis?
I’ve recently been involved in a debate on LinkedIn on offshoring business analysis (under the ModernAnalyst group Discussions). Someone asked what seemed an innocent question but it raised a storm of responses – LinkedIn members only It seemed to encourage a lot of interesting debate which boiled down to the fact that the best quality [...] Read more »
