Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 10
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 10 The Forgotten Art of Communication – How Bottom line, you need to master the art of good communication. Much of a software analyst’s work involves communication. Here’s a few practical hits to consider as you embark on this journey. Acknowledge An important part of communication is simply acknowledging […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 9
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 9 The Forgotten Art of Communication – Why The ability to communicate well will have a direct impact on your project, work and life’s success My wife and I were married in the year 2000. Soon into the new millennium, we both discovered the impact of good communication in […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 8
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 8 Viva the User Building a user centric business and system process / solution. Doing software analysis without a clear understanding and reflection of the user’s role in business and system processes is not good enough. – Henkie Maritz A very important principle that will significantly help your analysis […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 7
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 7 It is not about you Are you able to wear different hats and view the world from someone else’s angle? “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Harper […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 6
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 6 Software Analysis: What are you building on – Part 2 The main role of the analyst is to design the changed business process and the system that goes with it in order to solve a business problem or achieve a goal. So, how can you even start doing […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 5
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 5 Software Analysis: What are you building on – Part 1 The main role of the analyst is to design the changed business process and the system that goes with it in order to solve a business problem or achieve a goal. So, how can you even start doing […]
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 4
Back To Basics: Deep Dive Part 4 Software Analysis: Do you really care? The true measurement of your work – what happens after your work is done. This principle speaks of a deeper matter. It speaks to your motivation for working, your motivation for being an analyst. Many people only work to earn a salary, […]
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 3
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 3 What a CEO and CIO need to grasp about Software Analysis Over time, the software analyst who goes deep understands the business so well that they become an invaluable resource to the business, providing valuable insights for decision makers to improve their business. All decision makers who lack […]
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 2
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 2 How to understand the customers business as well as possible. In every successful project I have worked on, there was an analyst who knew almost as much about the business functions as the business itself. Yes, you have heard me correctly. Over time, the software analyst who goes […]
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 1
Back to Basics: Deep Dive Part 1 Understanding the customer’s business as deep as possible. In my first project, which failed due to overshooting its budget 5 times, I was a junior C++ developer. For the experience, I’ve volunteered to help train end users. On the first day of training, a system bug featured by […]