Get Up to Speed in a New Business Domain: 5 Ideas That Really Work

By Adrian Reed., via www.bridging-the-gap.com, October 8, 2012

While core business analysis techniques work irrespective of the industry or organization you’re working in and working in a new area can be an effective way of broadening your experience, exposure, and expertise, moving between domains can seem daunting—particularly if you’ve been working in a specific industry for a while.  Even moving within the same domain can be disorientating.  Knowledge and terminology you’ve taken for granted for years may suddenly be less relevant, and there may be a new lexicon of jargon, acronyms and abbreviations.

The good news: the challenges certainly aren’t insurmountable!

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The Popcorn Way and the Business Analyst

By Adrian M., via www.modernanalyst.com, September 17, 2008

Given a specific project with a reasonably defined charter and clear business goals you, the business analyst, set out to elicit and document the detailed business requirements.  So when do you stop?  How do you know when you are done gathering the requirements?

The problem: Do you know when you’re done?

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