The BA Collective has been developed to unite business analysts by providing a place to share business analysis techniques, answer business analysis questions, and inform business analysts on everything from requirements gathering to use cases. http://www.bacollective.com Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:30:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bacollective.com/images/M_images/baclogo.gif http://www.bacollective.com The BA Collective has been developed to unite business analysts by providing a place to share business analysis techniques, answer business analysis questions, and inform business analysts on everything from requirements gathering to use cases. http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/iiba-msp-professional-development-days The IIBA Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter invites you to our first annual Professional Development Days (PDD) conference. We invite you to network with other business analysts, participate in our workshops, and attend a two-day symposium featuring nationally-recognized keynote speakers and industry experts presenting on a variety of timely topics. This year's theme is CEE Your Future in Business Analysis:... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:47:27 +0100 http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/2008-ba-of-the-year-selected After a long selection process the BA Collective Panel has chosen the 2008 BA of the Year. The panel evaluated numerous Business Analysts that were nominated from large and small successful organizations across the United States. As announced at the September 11th 2008 IIBA MSP chapter meeting, Rhonda Ross of the Schwan Food Company has been named the... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:09:08 +0100 http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/its-a-shared-leadership-world With Opportunity and Leadership for All Are you a leader? Certainly BAs have a leadership role on teams. But leadership can be intimidating. Consequently, your answer to the leader question might depend on your definition of leadership. It is reasonable to ask, "What you mean by leadership?" For many, the first vision that comes to... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:03:26 +0100 http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/free-ba-collective-mug-for-bosss-day Boss's Day is coming up and what better to get your boss than a free BA Collective Mug! Remember, only one mug per boss so be sure to be the first to fill out the form for your boss! The deadline for filling out the form for a free mug has passed! The mug is a sleek white with... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:52:16 +0100 http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/journey-to-business-analysis-maturity Many of you are familiar with these five levels of maturity from the Capability Maturity Model Integration®(CMMI®) or its predecessor CMM®. CMMI is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements for improving their ability to successfully deliver projects that meet business needs. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:51:27 +0100 http://www.bacollective.com/business-analysis-articles/heres-the-solution---now-write-the-requirements If you’re like many Business Analysts, you’re given a solution that you need to provide and then asked to get requirements to solve it. I’ve been handed many projects this way. What do you do? Who knows if the recommended solution is the best solution? People The answer lies in the business. There are key individuals... Business Analysis Articles - Monthly Articles Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:20:29 +0100