How to Write an Effective Functional Use Case
Tweet I’ve been spending my days creating and analyzing business use cases for a project that I’m on. It is tedious work but it’s necessary, so the design team can go in there and create a stable and useful system. Use cases are an analysis of a particular business process. It explains the functional step to go through a process. You shouldn’t get involved in how the system will work and how to improve it. This...
Read MoreQuick Guide on Conducting a Business Impact Analysis
Tweet I received a comment on my blog post, “Is a Disaster Recovery Plan Really Necessary?,” that asked an important question. How about a Business Impact Analysis? In order to write a successful disaster recovery plan, you need to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA). What is a BIA? A BIA is a thorough investigation of your entire company, including business processes and the resources (e.g. computer systems, personnel,...
Read MoreRead Books to Become a Good Writer
Tweet The only way to become a good Writer is to be a great Reader. Reading a book doesn’t just take you away from your surroundings, but it also helps you learn new techniques from the authors that wrote the stories. I am currently reading two books: The Lovely Bones and The Sugar Queen. I am quickly re-learning the art of dialogue and how to describe a scene so that readers feel like they are right there with you. This...
Read MoreHow to Gather Requirements and the Documentation to Help You Do It
Tweet Requirements gathering can be tedious and frustrating, but if done successfully, you can ensure that the solution or product that you are building is a success. Here is a video I created about the things I am learning while assisting a company gather requirements for a proposed system that they are going to build that will replace a system compiled of legacy systems (made out of Access..eeeek) and spreadsheets. ...
Read MoreHow To Organize Your Company’s Project Plan
Tweet Project Management, originally uploaded by Cappellmeister. Project Management is an essential part of a project. You hear all these industry-best practices, like CMMI and ISO9001, discussing the importance of it. A Project Manager and his or her team are tasked in ensuring that the project is completed on time and within budget. If not, this could have a negative impact on the project, and possibly cost the company the...
Read MoreDo You Know How to Write Hypnotically?
Tweet Hypnotic Writing: How to Seduce and Persuade Customers with Only Your Words by Joe Vitale My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hypnotic Writing is a great book to refine your writing focused on getting more clients. However, for me, I found it repetitive because many of the things that the author was teaching people to do are things that you learn when writing proposals. Don’t get me wrong though. The book is definitely a...
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