Episode 011: Talking to Jinesh Parekh, part 2

Continuing to part 2 of the interview with Jinesh Parekh

Shownotes;
* Jinesh introduces Business Process Modelling;
* We go on to a technique discovering Business Processes;
* Explaining what Business Rules are for;
* Getting into Data Modelling and using class diagrams

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Figure 1: Example Activity Diagram of a Business Process


Figure 2: Example of the Object Relations Model diagram


Duration: 29mins 39secs

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Episode 010 costing estimating with Jinesh Parekh, part 1

In this first of 2-part interview aimed at junior analyst Janesh Parekh explains costing estimation, and how to do it.

Shownotes;
* We discuss how a Junior Analyst can do cost estimation;


Duration: 11mins 56secs

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Episode 009: how to become a BA, and getting interviewed for a role

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Today i want to know more about recruiting a junior business analyst. My interview is with BA recuirter Guy Beauchamp who himself is a BA and former BA recruiter.

Shownotes;
* Moving into BA position when you are doing technical programmer non-BA work;
* Business Process Modelling, an overview;
* Getting mentorships, the (dis)advantages;
* What a dedicated BA recruiter would be looking for in a candidate;

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The result work of a (junior) BA -- project managemnt related


Figure 1: A GANTT chart of a project


Figure 2: A work breakdown structure


Figure 3: Requirements workshop mindmap

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Episode 008: Talking to Jen Fox about requirements management part 2 of 2

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Continuing the interview with Jen Fox.

Shownotes;
* Discussing a technique to verify & classify requirements;
* Explaining Agile development methodology;
* Scaling requirements according to project size;
* How to categorize and trace requirements;
* Getting feedback to users using UML models;
* Communication between business and techies;


Figure: Requirements gathering process in an Agile project


Duration: 29mins 39secs

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