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July 17, 2010
3:10
Quoteworthy: Chinese Proverb – Involve me and I’ll understand
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July 16, 2010
4:06
Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?
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We help our organizations arrive at an agreement as to #8220;what we want to create#8221; within the parameters of the elicited needs and constraints./p pSome of my most important #8220;eureka#8221; moments as a business analyst have come when I realized that producing cookie-cutter documents conforming to all the stylistic rules of #8220;good requirements#8221; didn#8217;t necessarily constitute effective communication. And debating the relative merits of whether it#8217;s best to specify requirements with use cases or user stories or declarative statements is not nearly as important as the question, #8220;how can I express these requirements in a way that engages and makes sense to emthis/em audience for emthis/em project?#8221;/p pJames Shore, a href="http://jamesshore.com/Blog/Up-Front-Requirements.html" target="_blank"describing a situation where his team had specified requirements accurately, thoroughly and to the best ability of the team/a, said (emphasis mine):/p blockquotepWhat went wrong is that the customers didn#8217;t engage in the up-front requirements process. They looked engaged#8211;they were physically present and participating#8211;but they didn#8217;t know what they were getting and couldn#8217;t imagine it from the materials we were giving them.emstrong span style="font-style: normal;"span style="font-weight: normal;"I think what went wrong is that/span/span imagining software from a verbal or written description is a difficult skill, one that most customers don#8217;t have/strong/em./p/blockquote pI think Shore makes a significant point, here. It#8217;s easy to get wrapped up in the textbook process and deliverables and doing them the proverbial #8220;right way#8221; and then overlook the notion that our real value lies in, first, identifying the requirements, and then in modeling them in a way (whatever way that may be) that makes it as easy as possible for the audience to understand what success for the project looks like, and hopefully achieve that ever-elusive goal of #8220;shared vision.#8221;/p pLet me say this again in just a slightly different way, because I think this is so important, and because I think a lot of analysts miss the point: Your value as an analyst is not in asking a bunch of questions and cranking out documents, but in facilitating understanding; in optimizing the requirements models you create to maximize their communicative value. Our value is in creating a shared vision of what constitutes success in the minds of every project participant./p pI do have some ideas as to ways to maximize the communicative value of requirements, but we#8217;ll leave that as a topic for another day. But in closing I will ask - what are you doing to make it easy (or at least easier) for your audience of stakeholders to understand requirements? Or, for your project team to reach a #8220;shared vision#8221; of what you#8217;ll create?/p pView the original post or comment on a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/07/15/business-analysts-what-do-we-want-to-create/"Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?/a/p pRelated posts:ollia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/05/19/business-analysts-dont-forget-your-roi/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Business Analysts: Don#8217;t Forget Your ROI!'Business Analysts: Don#8217;t Forget Your ROI!/a/li lia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/02/23/leadership-through-communication/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Leadership Through Communication'Leadership Through Communication/a/li lia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2009/07/21/four-key-knowledge-areas-for-business-analysts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts'Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts/a/li /ol/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhwLlKLEoZyADaYhaLf6_Cse838/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhwLlKLEoZyADaYhaLf6_Cse838/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhwLlKLEoZyADaYhaLf6_Cse838/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhwLlKLEoZyADaYhaLf6_Cse838/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=xs1ei-TOAZY:ppCi_ADNOtI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=xs1ei-TOAZY:ppCi_ADNOtI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=xs1ei-TOAZY:ppCi_ADNOtI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=xs1ei-TOAZY:ppCi_ADNOtI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=xs1ei-TOAZY:ppCi_ADNOtI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PracticalAnalyst/~4/xs1ei-TOAZY" height="1" width="1"/
June 14, 2010
19:15
Quoteworthy: Cicero – Be Brief
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June 03, 2010
6:06
Kid Tossing
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May 21, 2010
3:17
Quoteworthy: William Strunk – Vigorous Writing is Concise
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May 20, 2010
3:12
Business Analysts: Don’t Forget Your ROI!
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I think it#8217;s important that we take our own advice when it comes to our analysis efforts and keep ROI (Return on Investment) at front of mind./p pAssuming our emraison d#8217;être/em as BA#8217;s is to help stakeholders reach a shared understanding of what is required for a successful product, what are the things we can do to create that understanding at the lowest cost in time and effort?/p pAnd I#8217;m not suggesting we skimp or not take proper time to do the analysis, only that we be smart about it. One of the reasons traditional delivery methodologies get a bad rap is that they are so regimented and template/checklist-bound. Or, maybe it#8217;s that analysts (and other project team members) interpret them as requiring the regimentation and checklists #8211; but I digress./p pIn any case, you do have to do the analysis. You just have to be expert enough to understand what models and methods #8211; among those available to you #8211; give you the best return on your investment for a particular project and its accompanying set of circumstances./p pA few examples:/p ul liIf we are producing a document that no one reads, the return is probably not worth the investment of time and effort./li liFurther, if we are producing a document that everyone reads and approves, but that doesn#8217;t contribute directly to helping get product out the door, not only is our time and effort wasted, but so is that of everyone who takes the time to review it./li liIf we are spending extra time on paperwork just to make sure that every section of a document has at least #8220;something#8221; in it, the return is probably not worth the investment of time and effort./li /ul pThere are just so many types of requirements, so many types of models, so many tools at an analyst#8217;s disposal that one can easily get caught up in doing things to be doing them #8211; as part of a process/template, because they worked well enough another time, or because #8220;that#8217;s what we#8217;ve always done.#8221;/p pWhen focusing on #8220;the process#8221; or #8220;the checklist#8221;, one can easily forget that the value we provide is not in producing documents, but in clearing the path that leads to stakeholder alignment through shared understanding./p pThere are lots of #8220;good things#8221; that we could do, that may be helpful to someone, somewhere, sometime. The trick is to learn to identify and focus on the #8220;best things#8221; #8211; the things that will move this particular effort furthest forward with an acceptable level of risk for the time and effort invested./p pI say #8220;at an acceptable level of risk,#8221; because analysis paralysis almost always results from well-intentioned project teams doing #8220;good things#8221; well past the point of diminishing returns in a futile attempt to entirely remove risk of the unknown from the equation./p pBefore diving right in and #8220;doing,#8221; I find that it#8217;s a good idea to assess the available tools in my BA toolbox #8211; by that, I mean the collection of documents, models, methods, tips and tricks #8211; basically the things that I can contribute that could help sharpen that shared vision of product/project success for my stakeholders./p pIt isn#8217;t practical to use them all for every project, so I have to decide which tools will get me the farthest toward that shared understanding at the smallest cost. Once I have a pretty good idea on how I think I can add value, I work with my project team members to make sure they understand and are comfortable with those tools/models/etc. Once the team is on board, off we go #8211; readjusting as needed when circumstances change./p pSo, here are a few questions for your consideration. An answer of #8220;yes#8221; MAY indicate an opportunity for you to modify your activities to improve your allocation of time and effort to improve ROI./p ul liAre you doing tasks/work just to fill out a template, or a generic project plan?/li liDo you use the very same modeling techniques, with no variance, for every project?/li liDo you get the sense that your documents aren#8217;t being fully read or used to drive downstream activity?/li liDo your analysis efforts seem to take longer than you think they should?/li liDoes what you#8217;re working on contribute directly to creating a shared vision among stakeholders of what is required for success on the given project/product?/li /ul pSo, when is the last time you considered the ROI for your analysis efforts? And what are you doing to improve it?/p pView the original post or comment on a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/05/19/business-analysts-dont-forget-your-roi/"Business Analysts: Don#8217;t Forget Your ROI!/a/p pRelated posts:ollia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/07/15/business-analysts-what-do-we-want-to-create/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?'Business Analysts: What Do We Want to Create?/a/li lia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2009/07/21/four-key-knowledge-areas-for-business-analysts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts'Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts/a/li lia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/02/23/leadership-through-communication/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Leadership Through Communication'Leadership Through Communication/a/li /ol/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/biHH7VFtntaqFtIXrQovtkHp2lA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/biHH7VFtntaqFtIXrQovtkHp2lA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/biHH7VFtntaqFtIXrQovtkHp2lA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/biHH7VFtntaqFtIXrQovtkHp2lA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=MOu8-gIx9cE:SukIj_wizog:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=MOu8-gIx9cE:SukIj_wizog:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=MOu8-gIx9cE:SukIj_wizog:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=MOu8-gIx9cE:SukIj_wizog:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=MOu8-gIx9cE:SukIj_wizog:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PracticalAnalyst/~4/MOu8-gIx9cE" height="1" width="1"/
April 28, 2010
5:32
Quoteworthy: Hunt Thomas – Don’t Repeat Yourself
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April 08, 2010
5:44
Quoteworthy: Aristotle – Rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits
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April 06, 2010
6:24
Quoteworthy: Mike Krzyzewski – Five fundamental qualities that make a team great
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March 31, 2010
1:20
Quoteworthy: Paul Martin Lester – Words and Images Work Together
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March 29, 2010
3:01
Quoteworthy: Kipling – Six Honest Serving Men
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March 24, 2010
1:59
Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template
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It covers the basics needed to help get new analysts off to a productive start, but is also a nice handbook for the seasoned analyst looking to review the fundamentals or improve upon his/her skills./p pIn chapter 4, she covers processes (business activities that turn inputs into outputs) and some of the subtle differences between use cases and processes. As supporting material, she provides a helpful sample process template, which I recently modified and used to catalog some processes that were being considered for movement to a different technical platform as part of a recent project. a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/steps.jpg"/a/p div id="attachment_2430" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 451px"a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/processtemplate1.jpg"img class="size-full wp-image-2430 " title="processtemplate" src="http://practicalanalyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/processtemplate1.jpg" alt="" width="441" height="566" //ap class="wp-caption-text"Low-fi screen cap to give a general idea of the template#39;s look and contents/p/div pI chose to use the template to catalog the processes because I wanted to capture the most important details about the processes, but I wanted to do it in way that was modular #8211; by that I mean that I wanted to be able to hand someone a single document for a process and be able to tell them, #8220;here#8217;s what you need to know about this one#8221; and have it be sufficient to stand alone. I also wanted the brief document to be thorough, but not lengthy. Using this template for each process worked nicely for capturing the level of completeness and modularity I was looking for./p pHaving found the template so useful, I asked Barb#8217;s permission to share a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/downloadsProcess-Template.docx" target="_self"my adaptation/a of it here for you folks to look at and a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/downloadsProcess-Template.docx" target="_self"download/a if you like, which she graciously granted./p pI#8217;d encourage you to take a look at it to see if it might be of use. Tweak it as needed to suit your situation. See if it might be as useful to you as it was for me. I won#8217;t use the template for every project, but it serves as a nice, new addition to my figurative #8220;toolbox#8221; of business analysis tools and techniques I can pull from as needed./p pAgain, I highly recommend #8220;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604270071?ie=UTF8amp;tag=jnotes-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=1604270071" target="_blank"Seven Steps/a#8221; for business analysts of any experience level, and if your interested in seeing more from Barb, she#8217;s not hard to find. She a href="http://www.b2ttraining.com/author/barbara/" target="_blank"blogs occasionally at B2T#8217;s Business Analyst blog/a. She was also a recent guest on the a href="http://www.requirements.net/2010/03/12/requirements-unplugged-podcast-season-3-episode-3/" target="_blank"Requirements.net podcast/a, and a href="http://www.theiiba.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Learning/Webinars/PublicArchive/default.htm#BarbaraCarkenord" target="_blank"hosted a recent IIBA webinar/a./p pHopefully you#8217;ll find the template useful. If you do, remember to thank Barb!/p pView the original post or comment on a href="http://practicalanalyst.com/2010/03/23/seven-steps-and-a-nice-little-process-template/"Seven Steps and a Nice Little Process Template/a/p pRelated posts:ollia href='http://practicalanalyst.com/2008/01/22/a-couple-tips-on-keeping-use-cases-simple/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A Couple Tips on Keeping Use Cases Simple'A Couple Tips on Keeping Use Cases Simple/a/li /ol/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ouasf-4DWLWbynxPfpV77HvFH4A/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ouasf-4DWLWbynxPfpV77HvFH4A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ouasf-4DWLWbynxPfpV77HvFH4A/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ouasf-4DWLWbynxPfpV77HvFH4A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=fYHMZpbCVwo:2HY08vAQxmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=fYHMZpbCVwo:2HY08vAQxmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=fYHMZpbCVwo:2HY08vAQxmw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?i=fYHMZpbCVwo:2HY08vAQxmw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?a=fYHMZpbCVwo:2HY08vAQxmw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PracticalAnalyst?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PracticalAnalyst/~4/fYHMZpbCVwo" height="1" width="1"/
March 23, 2010
4:41
Don’t Forget the Constraints!
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