Sixto Rodriguez : life, winning and what success really is.
My first (failed) business.
I remember very clearly the first business I ever started. It lasted about 6 hours I think, possibly a bit shorter than that. I couldn’t have been more than 9 or 10, definitely younger than 12 because it was in our first house , the one I was born in, until we moved when I […]
Starting at level one, for the second time.
My iPad gave up the ghost a couple of weeks back. Kicked the bucket. It was an iPad 2. Many years old. It had served me well. And like most of my technology, gadgets, toys and work tools , I had maintained it and looked after it well. But all things come to an end, […]
Uber me baby, Uber me
Uber Nemesis of taxi Drivers everywhere. The Ultimate Disruptor in transport. *except for Self driving electric vehicles of course. 😉 We recently began using Uber in earnest. Mostly for business related trips, up to the airport, the train station or to see a client where I don’t have my car for the day. For those […]
Word of the Day : Sweat Equity
Ok, so it’s 2 words. But Words of the Day doesn’t really sound as formal, educational and proper. Sweat Equity. Anyone in their own business, or in a small business, partnership or otherwise will be totally familair with this concept. It generally refers to the increase in value (or equity) in your business as a […]
UML2.2: Microsoft Visio’s shortcomings
This is a very short entry as I am in the middle of frantically trying to finish up a first draft version of a functional spec , for various stakeholders to take a first stab at a review . I thought I would quickly post something regarding the rather fortunate discovery that I made today […]
Modelling the business problem: Business Context and the argument for free diagrams
Having recently undergone a peer review, just before Christmas – this topic is sitting right at the top of my mind at the moment. I wrote a business requirements document ( although in this particular company it’s called a Customer Requirements Specification – due to the fact that the system teams can service other system […]
IT BA and BA : what’s the difference ?
OK Cherubs , here’s a thought. Debate rages all around about BA’s and what is a BA exactly . While we have been blessed with the thorough and extensive work in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK ®), and the rising star of the International Institute of Business Analysis IIBA®and its various local chapters, there is still a […]