Business Analysis / Business Process Modeling / IIBA / Organizations / Requirements management software

2007 – The Year of the Business Analyst

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Outsourcing is gaining momentum not only as a way to reduce costs, but as a way to create global teams. This trend is driving an increase in demand for business analysts. The change in perspective is driving companies to think about how they manage their business in new ways, and driving interest in new tools for business analysts to achieve these goals.

Communication / Consulting / Outsourcing

Outsourcing Conversation – One Topic, Two Blogs, Three Cs

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Frederick Boulanger picked up on our earlier post about different outsourcing process models, and extended it with his own good ideas- making it easier for teams to decide which outsourcing model is right for them. Frederick identifies the three key factors that determine which model is most likely to succeed for a given team. They are control, coordination, and communication. Anyone else want to join in? Blog away, and trackback or comment here.

CMMI / Process Improvement / Software development

What CMMI level should we use?

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The CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) of a software development process is the measure of that process’s capability. The goal of the measurement is to provide an assessment of the capability of a process with respect to creating software. Our foundation series post on CMMI provides background information, while this post focuses on the danger of misusing CMMI ratings.