2wtx http://2wtx.com/business-analysis Mastering Business Analysis Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Are you in a “what” or in a “how” organization? http://2wtx.com/business-analysis/are-you-in-a-%e2%80%9cwhat%e2%80%9d-or-in-a-%e2%80%9chow%e2%80%9d-organization/ http://2wtx.com/business-analysis/are-you-in-a-%e2%80%9cwhat%e2%80%9d-or-in-a-%e2%80%9chow%e2%80%9d-organization/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:58:19 +0000 admin http://2wtx.com/business-analysis/?p=579 Working for the latter makes it much more difficult for a business analyst to develop an influential voice and make an impact in terms of value creation. A career-minded BA should aim to always work for a “what” enterprise, where there will be much better opportunities for expanding the business analyst role to encompass high-level activities related to identifying and prioritizing business objectives and aligning the needs of the business with its capabilities.

Read Adriana’s article at Projects@Work.

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Writing Good Requirements – The Big Ten Rules

A more recent article from the same website, discussing the importance of writing requirements with grammatical consistency, so that potentially ambiguous statements will be interpreted similarly, and logically consistent, so that you avoid “impossible” requirements and gaps of unspecified meaning.

Consistent requirements

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