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As a BA I want to provide requirements that are concise as possible.  If requirements are not concise enough this can lead to costly changes to a solution. I intend to demonstrate this by comparing user stories with requirements and highlighting why user stories provide higher quality results. By doing so I hope to persuade you why user ...

A quick update for you to let you know all the exciting perm roles are currently looking to fill: Senior UX Architects UX Architects Business Analysts (Retail and Financial Services) Senior Project Managers (Retail and Financial Services) Associate Creative Director Senior UI Developer Art Directors  Senior Designers Copywriter I ...

Here at EMC Consulting we deliver a diverse range of IT projects for our clients. Our delivery approach is very flexible and the way we resource our project teams takes into account a number of factors. We work closely with the client from outset to understand their core project objectives and then seek to engage the appropriate resource roles ...

As a business analyst I often feel that one of my responsibilities is to act as an interface between the business and development team. This sometimes feels like speaking one language with the business and translating that to a language a developer will understand (and vice versa). Recently on a project, the development team suggested that we look ...

At EMC Consulting my technical colleagues are continually required to learn and become skilled in an increasing number of technologies in order to allow us to deliver best of breed end to end solutions for our clients. The diversity of projects that we deliver often means each solution requires a different blend of technologies in order for us to ...

Whilst at my last client I was working with an internal business analyst who had recently been hired from the contract market.  Her last project had been working at major mobile network operator which had ultimately failed due to the ever changing needs of the business to alter process and business rules even before the software had gone ...

As cloud computing projects get under way, the demand for cloud savvy business analysts is going to outstrip demand. Cloud computing introduces more than just technical changes as it forces changes to IT processes and alters the way that the business interacts with its customers. Compliance The most obvious areas are in compliance, risk and ...

Whilst in a meeting yesterday, we were discussing with our subject matter experts and key stakeholders options for how we would implement a piece of additional functionality into the existing application we have built. Time and commercial pressures meant there was no time to involve anyone from our Interactive Media team back at the office as ...

  Summary:  The difference between a physical and a logical data model. I am guilty.  I am a repeat offender.  In my own defence I can only say I'm human.  I could not resist the physical attraction.  I have again and again modeled my logical data model (LDM) thinking about the database with its tables and ...

  Summary: Explanation of the domain modelling technique   Blah.  It's the beginning of a project and you think to yourself what do I do with the requirements I have collected so far.    I could... 1. Start writing a huge document detailing all the requirements 2. Start with what everyone commonly applies - the ...