User Stories vs. Use Cases

User Stories vs Use Cases! Which one to use? Which one to use when? Which one is better? Which one is more suited for my project? What if I choose one method over the other?
As a Business Analyst you may have faced these questions during your career. Sometimes the answer is very clear and the other times there may not be a definitive answer. You must take a best guess and move forward. Before discussing the answers, first let’s review the concepts...

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The Role of a Business Analyst in Digital Transformation

We hear the buzzword “business transformation” everywhere. It has become almost expected of any organization to announce they are on their digital transformation journey. What does it mean?  There are many definitions of digital transformation. This abundance points to a broad interpretation of the term. The ambiguity of these statements reflects vague expectations of many organizations embarking on their “digital transformation journeys”.

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How A Problem Statement Kept Me In Control Of My Analysis

When engaging on projects we need to lead our clients to get the outcomes we need for analysis. If we act passively and don’t take charge then they’ll take things all over the place and create chaos.  In this article we’ll explore how a problem statement acts as a powerful tool to keep control of our engagement and analysis right through the project lifecycle...

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Identification Fields

Having explored information system record concepts, the objective of this article is to examine one particular type of field — the record business identifier. Its purpose is to uniquely identify an instance of a record.  Users of an information system are expected to have knowledge of, or access to, this value. The value is used to start down, or stay on, the ‘happy path’ of any business process that deals with the specific record instance it identifies.

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