Business Analyst KAOS: A Goal-Oriented Modeling Language
The formal name for KAOS is Knowledge Acquisition in Automated Specification of Software Systems. A simpler name for it is Keep All Objects Satisfied. There are a few types of
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Business Analyst Status Reports – Always a Good Idea!
One of the administrative tasks that so many people seem to hate to do is writing a status report. A status report is a short, informative report that states the
Business Analyst Tip for Learning New Terms
When we first engage in a new requirements project, one of the things we need to do really fast is learn the language of the project. One of the tougher
Business Analyst Tip for Visual Requirements Models: Using Feature Trees
Feature Trees are an extremely useful visual model; business analysts can use them to group lots of features in ways that help identify missing software requirements. Here’s an example. Let’s
Business Analyst Tip: ArgonDigital Approach Works
I still remember my first project at ArgonDigital, more than 9 years ago. I struggled with the information flood and came out of that project with at least one clear
Business Analyst Tip: Color Does Matter
The other day, a business analyst showed me some process flows which used a black font for text and dark orange and dark blue for the fill colors. The data
Business Analyst Tip: Maximizing Displayed Content
I often display documents or spreadsheets to small groups during working meetings. When doing so, I want to maximize the amount of content I am displaying. One easy way to
Business Analyst Tip: Put Information Above the Fold
In The Fold Manifesto: Why the Page Fold Still Matters, Amy Schade discusses how important it is to put key information above the fold on a website. In the article,
Business Analyst Tip: 7 +/- 2 is a Guideline, Not a Law
Software requirements models can benefit from the application of the 7 +/- 2 guideline – provided business analysts remember it’s a guideline, not a law. This guideline, which Brent Hoffman
Business Analyst Tip: Choosing the Right Software Requirements Models for Your Project
Choosing the right software requirements models for the specific demands of your project is very important. ArgonDigital’s quick models look-up grids can help – to use them, download our ZIP
Business Analyst Tip: CIOs are People, Too
Like most of us, I’m working in an environment where there is too much to do and not enough people to do it. We recently received a request for a
Business Analyst Tip: Exporting Shape Information from Microsoft® Visio 2010
It’s been a couple of years since I exported shape data from Microsoft Visio, and recently I had the need to do this again. I remembered it as being a convoluted process
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