The comprehension gap is the distance between people's understanding of the real problem, and the solution that is delivered to solve that problem. Unfortunately, this gap is not being closed. It works like this: Within a few days of the start of any...
Business analysis is often seen as a technical skill. The business analyst builds process and data models, writes precise requirements, makes requirements traceable, estimates the effort involved, and so on. These are what we refer to as hard skills....
I Want . . . Suppose you are a business analysis trying to discover the local government’s requirements for clearing snow from roads and footpaths. You ask the road-engineering supervisor for his requirements and he tells you, “We want mo...
Het modelleren met toenemende mate van detaillering, de analyse en het (her)ontwerp van business processen. Praktische training met methoden, technieken, valkuilen en best practices door dé autoriteit op dit terrein, Alec Sharp. Drie intensieve dagen op 10, 11 en 14 april in Utrecht.
From Go to Whoa Christophe wants to buy a new suit to wear to his daughter’s wedding. He wants a dark blue suit with a waistcoat – and he wants it to make him look as elegant as possible. He wants the suit to be tailored especially for hi...
Wants versus Needs Let’s start by looking at how requirements usually get started. If you ask Business Stakeholders for their requirements you are likely to hear statements like: “I want another screen that shows me the manufacturing totals for t...
The Best Medium? You have ideas for a new design for your garden and you want to communicate the details to your partner. Keep in mind that a garden is a multi-dimensional system, with both intangible and functional considerations. You could draw a s...
Origin of Agility If you work in systems development, especially if you are developing software, it is unlikely that you have not come across the idea of being Agile. But perhaps you are not aware of where the term comes from. The agile manifesto (a ...
What is a Use Case? If you ask this question in the wider community, you will come up with at least 40 different answers. This is hardly surprising – use cases are written a by many people and used by many people in many different situations, at ma...
De Britse requirements-goeroe Suzanne Robertson was onlangs in Nederland om een driedaagse workshop over Mastering the Requirements te verzorgen. Voor Robert de Ruiter, hoofdredacteur van Software Release Magazine de gelegenheid om haar te interviewe...
