[austechwriter] Resources for BAs

Hello Peter et al

 I do not want to debate the rights and wrongs of one style of BA over anot=
her, just to find resources for the group as I am defining them.  I will cl=
arify this further below.

I work with major in-house software implementation where users are increasi=
ngly becoming involved in the entire software developement lifecyle. They a=
re; it is happening; it is not up for debate.

But how they work is still very loosely specified and very much up for grab=
s.  Some places still have the business specification process mixed in with=
 the functional and systems specification, but most I have worked on in rec=
ent years have separated the two processes with business representatives wo=
rking out what they want and THEN IT people working out how to deliver and =
producing the functional/systems specs.  This is particularly the case when=
 working on a project being managed by one of the big 5 (or is it 4 now?) w=
ho always make a big thing of soliciting business specifications direct fro=
m the business.

The BA is drawn from the business and writes (or co-writes) the business sp=
ec from a business perspective. They tend to work independently from the de=
velopers.  It is this role that is currently poorly understood, poorly spec=
ified and for which the incumbents need training.  And it is this group for=
 whom I am trying to find resources.  They are not systems analysts, do not=
 want to be systems analysts, and will never be systems analysts.

So can anyone help me with these resources for these people?  Books, course=
s, mailing lists, associations - you name it.

Christine


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