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Thanks for your input Member. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. I always find some confusion and push back from junior people in IT when I tell them there are NO IT projects. There are only business problems that can have an IT solution. But the project itself is less important than solving the business problem.
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Hi Robert,
I work for a public university so I understand some of the challenges you're facing as I have faced them as well. A couple resources that might be helpful:
1) ITANA is a higher ed focused Enterprise Architecture collaboration that deals with these types of situations. I highly recommend you check out their material here: Home - Itana - Internet2 Wiki[^]
2) If your institution uses EAB, Gartner or Educause I would setup an analyst call to discuss your specific needs. These calls are usually including as part of your university membership. I find that most IT folks don't know that they have access to these resources. Posting to the Educause forum is a great way to get resources that are higher ed specific.
I have 10 years in private sector IT and 10 years in higher ed IT. It is hard for people who have never worked in higher ed to understand that things just work differently until they experience it. I hope this helps.
Eric
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Thank you very much, I was unfamiliar with Educause. I will certainly check them out.
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I would also strongly encourage formal training, or at least reading up on the web what they should do and what outputs they should produce (with samples). You might even review some of that yourself, then tailor the sample outputs to something you would find useful.
I don't recall ever working with a Business Analyst per se; however, my expectations would be something like:
- They should document the main business processes, especially those that need automation or interface with automation (like user stories). This should include copies of sample forms and reports currently in use.
- This should include key terms, abbreviations, and definitions.
- It should include any (industry) standards or regulations the business is expected to adhere to (with links to full specs/requirements where available).
- This should include data flow (and decision/action flow) diagrams that show who creates the data, who acts on it, and where it eventually goes.
- It should also include data models. They don't have to be formal/relational, but they should list all the business data entities, allowable (and sample) data, volume/size/quantity, and relationships.
- You might want to also have them help with developing persona, use case, or actor models.
Hope this helps.
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A reactive metal and an odd dog. (6)
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Afghan ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Hoping I'm wrong, but CANINE?
K = Potassium, a reactive metal;
9 = odd number
K9 = canine
canine = dog
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You hoped wrong - as you are right. Canine is correct, although I was thinking of Calcium (CA) as the reactive metal.
YAUT -- Craig
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haha.. I always forget Calcium is a metal. Doesn't seem right that bones etc are largely made of metal...
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DerekT-P wrote: Doesn't seem right that bones etc are largely made of metal.
X-Rays and so forth would be a lot more difficult if they weren't!
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Astronomers consider every element a metal except Hydrogen and Helium.
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Well done Derek how did you deduce he wanted an odd number ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I saw "dog" and instantly thought "canine" and it was six letters. Then worked backwards!
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@Craig-Robbins
Where's the CCC ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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@Craig-Robbins
Where's the CCC?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Coffee made, CCC coming right up
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