IT Project Cost-Benefit Analysis
Assuming you got through the rough stuff of defining costs and benefits, the analysis should be simple. What you want to know is if the benefits of the project will exceed the costs, and by how much....
View ArticleUsing requirements tool remotely.
I have just realized that my last post here was back in May of last year... probably due to a combination of being busy with work I am enjoying, and not having any sudden urges to share something on...
View ArticleAre we past the period of "Agile vs. Traditional"arguments?
Are we past the period of "Agile vs. Traditional"arguments?Using Twitter and various industry newsletters, I try to keep up on the state of systems delivery methodologies and techniques (or whatever...
View ArticleSoftware Engineers? real ones?
Anyone who attended an Engineering School for Software Engineering, I would like to hear about your experiences and the merit of what you learned. I often like to propose to people that software...
View ArticleWriter's Block
I have this current desire to write something meaningful about business analysis, and information systems in general, but the spark of a topic eludes me. I have been prowling aroung the various...
View Articledocumented Requirements as an essential artefact for systems development
Let’s start with a clear statement: I view documented Requirements as an essential artefact for systems development.Given that, I don't want to imply that Requirements are 'sacred' in some way or...
View Article“Why do I need Requirements? I’m buying a Package!”
In the wide world of information systems, development of new software receives the most attention from industry writers. Whether it is traditional magazine articles and books, or blog posts, or...
View ArticleFollow-up to “So, you’re buying a package? Don’t forget your business...
Follow-up to “So, you’re buying a package? Don’tforget your business requirements…” Don’t over-analyze!For those of you who do define requirements for their software development projects, but are new...
View ArticleBusiness Analysis - what is it, anyway?
Way back in college I had a an economics professor who was a bit radical. I took his Intro to Economics course, and the first thing he said is " The only thing I am not allowed to change is the name of...
View ArticleIn response to "#NoEstimates Part 1: Doing Scrum without estimates"
In response to "#NoEstimates Part 1: Doing Scrum without estimates" at http://neilkillick.com/2013/01/31/noestimates-part-1-doing-scrum-without-estimates/Sure, estimates are, well, estimated... based...
View ArticleCelebrating a 5 Year Anniversary
I am celebrating of those significant work anniversaries in 2013; I have now been a Requirements Consultant for five years with IAG Consulting. For some decades before 2008 I was an employee of several...
View ArticleYou have to have an acceptable budget for a project before you can start...
Over the decades, I have seen many methods and tools for managing things you create, but don’t offer any help in actually creating them. In the BA/requirements world, the key example is Requirements...
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To Agile or Not To Agile
After a long period of trying to grapple with "agile" or "not agile" etc., I finally realized something; it really depends on what you are trying to develop. My thoughts now divide software grossly...
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Agile Organizations - Dealing with Expected Change
Agile is an attractive word. It means swiftness with discipline, with an emphasis on alertness to change in one’s external surroundings and quickly responding to change as needed.The word I want to...
View ArticleMan, I have been really busy for the last 12 months
Man, I have been really busy for the last 12 months... I worked my last gigs with IAG Consulting, and then went independent to contract at one of the big 5 Canadian banks. It was for 6 months, been...
View ArticleDisciplined Agile Manifesto? Good but not what is needed...
Scott Ambler has posted his/DAD's updated Agile Manifesto at http://disciplinedagiledelivery.wordpress.com/disciplinedagilemanifesto/It is indeed an improvement, widening the viewpoint and scope of...
View ArticleAlmost a year...
Almost a year since I posted, my my. Things have changed recently, in a way worth blogging about, so stay tuned...
View ArticleWhat to do when you see bad methods...
... and can't convince people of it.I have had this experience a few times, and I have thought long and hard about writing about it.I still don't want to get into details, the old "if you can't say...
View ArticleKey Man Theory, heard of it?
Sometime in the past decades I read about a management idea called the "Key Man Theory". Of course, I can't recall where and when, but it stuck in my brain ever since. In essence, it states that if the...
View ArticleSo, key man theory and agile.
Later than I thought, but have always wondered about the Product Manager in the agile approaches that feature the role. They are the go-to person for the rest of the team with questions about what is...
View Articleprototyping tools are not new, and may already be hanging on your wall.
linkedin conversation on prototypinghttps://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/60878-6021176829337944068
View ArticleWhat is a requirement? Well, what kind?
From discussion on linkedin"What are requirements"https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/128312-6019368539587121153My comment:A lot of comments already, have not read all of them, but i think the question...
View ArticleThe practical realities of software estimation
A great post from Scott Ambler about estimation. I ask a question, of course...http://www.disciplinedagiledelivery.com/software-guesstimation/#comment-21334
View ArticleWhat is new in Business Analysis and Requirements Methods?
For many, many years I have used all available sources to keep up to date on what I do as a profession. Back in the day, I would read good old paper magazines being circulated in offices I worked in,...
View ArticleBPMN and User Stories
After a couple of years of project starts and stops that reflected a lack of common direction at my current employer (that was and is an otherwise great place to work), the last several months has seen...
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