Archive for July 2009

This is just a quick post to let you know that I have finished (at last) the first version of my eBook.
As you’ll see here I see this very much as my first version - please download the book and get stuck in.
Let friends and colleagues who would be interested know about it - I [...]

This article is intended to be the starting point for a discussion on rules of thumb (or heuristics) for business analysis activities. It describes some principles I think are important to practice in all situations which have served me well.
In wikipedia, the definition of a rule of thumb is:
a principle with broad application that is [...]

I would have expected to have launched my eBook for becoming a business analyst this week but it has been delayed so I wanted to let you know that it is still in the pipeline.
I have asked a friend (Brigitte who designed the logo) to help me out with the layout and presentation (not my [...]

This article explains why you should produce a business process model, what they are and how we can produce them.
Business process models are important for a number of reasons:

provides a business context for the project

assists in identifying requirements

establishes a shared understanding of end to end process(es) between all stakeholders across business units

reflects the business process [...]