BRASIG

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BRASIG

• Business Requirements Analysis Special Interest
  Group
• Requirements Analysis Resources
• David Randall
• 8th February 2007

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Outline

• Book Reviews
• Book Lists
• Mailing Lists
• Forums Blogs
• Podcasts Webinars
• International Institute of Business Analysis
  (IIBA)
• Training Companies (IIBA Certified)
• Tool Sites
• Other Websites
• Books Recommended in the RQNG Must Read Books
  Forum

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Book Reviews

• Ian Alexander
• http//easyweb.easynet.co.uk/iany/reviews/reviews
  .htm
• On his web page Ian Alexander has an extensive
  list of books that he has reviewed about
  requirements analysis and other areas of software
  engineering.
• Must Read Books Forum Topics
• http//www.requirementsnetwork.com/node/678commen
  t
• Writing Effective Use Cases Cockburn
  (Addison-Wesley)
• Patterns for Effective Use Cases Adolph,
  Bramble, Cockburn, Pols (Addison-Wesley)
• Software Requirement, 2ed, Karl Wiegers
• More about Software Requirements, Karl Wiegers
• The Software Requirements - Memory Jogger, Ellen
  Gottesdiener
• Software Requirement, 2ed, Karl Wiegers (he also
  has a CBT of the same name that follows the book)
• Ellen Gottesdiener's book, Requirements by
  Collaboration.
• UML for the IT Business Analyst by Howard Podeswa
• Writing Better Requirements by Ian Alexander
• Writing Effective Use Cases Alistair Cockburn
  (Addison-Wesley)
• BABOK

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Book Lists

• Business Systems Analysis Bookstore
• http//www.businessanalysisbooks.com/
• A bookstore that specialises in Business System
  Analysis and Software Testing books. The
  categories will help you to find the exact book
  you need.
• Leave these for Didar???
• University of Technology Sydney
• http//research.it.uts.edu.au/re/cgi-bin/resources
  _books.cgi
• Hosts a list of requirements related books
• Alan Davis
• http//web.uccs.edu/adavis/UCCS/index.htm
• On his site, Alan Davis provides free access to
  an extensive bibliography (almost 4000 entries)
  of requirements-related papers and books.
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de
  Janeiro
• http//www.inf.puc-rio.br/bdbib/
• 'The Department of Computer Science of hosts an
  annotated bibliography of requirements
  engineering publications to help disseminate
  Requirements Engineering.

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Mailing Lists

• BRASIG
• Business Requirements Analysis Special Interest
  Group (BRASIG) at the Australian Computer Society
  (ACS)
• http//lists.nsw.acs.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listin
  fo/ra-sig
• Sign-up NOW!!!
• Requirements Engineering _at_ Yahoo
• http//tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Requirements-En
  gineering/
• The purpose of this mailing list is to provide
  environment for sharing knowledge and experience
  in the scope of Software Development Processes.
• RESG
• Requirements Engineering Specialist Group (RESIG)
  of the British Computer Society (BCS)
• http//www.resg.org.uk/mailing_list.html
• The RESG provides an email forwarding service to
  the requirements engineering community in the UK
  and worldwide. Calls for papers for RE-related
  conferences, workshops and special events are
  forwarded to the mailing list. Mailings also
  include reminders of coming RESG or related
  events and position openings for professionals in
  the RE field. The mailing list is moderated to
  ensure that all messages are RE-related and
  conform to the aims of the service
• RE-Online (Defer to Didars talk)
• http//discuss.it.uts.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/re-o
  nline
• The RE-Online mailing list aims to act as an
  electronic forum for exchange of ideas among the
  requirements engineering researchers and
  practitioners. The list manager and moderator is
  Assistant Professor Didar Zowghi.

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Forums Blogs

• RQNG
• Requirements Networking Group (RQNG)
• http//www.requirementsnetwork.com/
• RQNG is a community website specifically devoted
  to the discipline of "I.T. Requirements
  Management" aimed at Business Analysts, Systems
  Analysts, Project Managers, Testers - anyone with
  a direct association with requirements gathering
  and related disciplines.
• RQNG will be publishing weekly articles,
  serialized articles, free education articles
  etc., and encouraging experts to join, submit
  articles, blogs, forums, form groups, join
  groups, SIG's etc.
• Seilevel
• http//requirements.seilevel.com/messageboard/inde
  x.php
• Consultancy based in Austin hosts a fairly active
  message board for the Requirements community

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Podcasts Webinars

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International Institute of Business Analysis
(IIBA)

• Not-for-profit professional association for
  Business Analysis professionals.
• http//www.theiiba.org/
• Vision is to be the leading world-wide
  professional association that develops and
  maintains standards for the practice of business
  analysis and for the certification of
  practitioners.
• IIBA will achieve that goal by
• Creating and developing awareness and recognition
  of the value and contribution of the Business
  Analyst,
• Defining the Body of Knowledge,
• Providing a forum for knowledge sharing and
  contribution to the Body of Knowledge,
• Identifying the required skills and competencies
  of a qualified Business Analyst,
• Defining training and professional development
  standards and
• Publicly recognizing and certifying qualified
  Business Analysts.
• Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
• Captures the sum of knowledge within the
  profession of Business Analysis
• Areas of knowledge and skills
• Associated activities tasks
• Reflects currently accepted practices
• is NOT a how to do business analysis
  instruction manual
• is NOT a methodology and must not prescribe nor
  favour a methodology

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Training Companies

• IIBA Certified Courses
• EQuest Consulting Pty Ltd
• http//www.eqc.com.au/
• Level 8/153 Walker Street North Sydney, NSW
• EQuest Consulting provides a comprehensive
  Education Practice.
• Primary focus is Project Management and Business
  Analysis Education.
• Instructors are all PMP Certified and have many
  years of experience in senior roles in corporate
  environments. Many of them also work as
  consultants delivering consulting engagements.
  Their experience provides an extra dimension of
  reality in helping you build and strengthen the
  knowledge within your organisation.
• Endorsed Course Business Analysis Fundamentals
• IRM Training Pty Ltd (Charter EEP)
• http//www.irm.com.au/
• Suite 209, 620 Saint Kilda Road Melbourne,
  Victoria 3004
• Instructor-led training workshops (public and
  private) in business analysis skills and
  techniques.
• Endorsed Courses Business Analysis, Requirements
  Gathering and Specification
• PMPartners (Charter EEP)
• http//www.pmpartners.com.au/

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Tool Sites

• INCOSE
• Requirements Management Tools Feature Comparisons
• http//www.paper-review.com/tools/rms/read.php
• A feature comparison for some 25 requirements
  management tools, including Borland CaliberRM,
  Telelogic DOORS, IBM Rational RequisitePro,
  Serena RTM, Gatherspace, and 20 others
• Ian Alexanders Home Page
• http//easyweb.easynet.co.uk/iany/other/vendors.h
  tm
• Includes an overview of each tool
• J. Ludwigs site Managing Requirements
• Practical information about managing
  requirements. http//www.geocities.com/requirement
  smanagement/index.htm
• Links to requirements management tools on the
  web.
• Atlantic Systems Guild's Requirements
• Management Tool Descriptions
• http//www.volere.co.uk/tools.htm
• Descriptions of many tools useful for dealing
  with requirements.
• Article about Tools by Wiegers

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Other Websites

• Karl Wiegers site (Process Impact)
• Karl is the author of the books including
  Software Requirements, 2nd Edition, More About
  Software Requirements, and has written many 160
  articles on many aspects of software requirements
  development and management.
• http//www.processimpact.com
• Lots of free articles on quality requirements
  practices as well as requirements free templates,
  links, webinars book recommendations.
• Ian Alexander
• Ian is well known as a speaker and writer on
  requirements. He helps to run the BCS
  Requirements Engineering Specialist Group.
• http//easyweb.easynet.co.uk/iany/index.htm
• Ellen Gottesdieners
• http//www.ebgconsulting.com follow this up
• Lots of templates tools articles etc.
• Suzanne James Robertsons site (Volere)
• http//www.volere.co.uk
• Tools, templates and articles and links

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Other Websites Cont

• StickyMinds.com
• http//www.stickyminds.com/index.asp
• Online resource aimed at producing better
  software, offers original articles from industry
  experts, technical papers, industry news, a
  searchable tools and books guide, discussion
  forums, and more.
• Online companion to Better Software magazine.
• Scott W. Amblers site (Agile Modelling)
• Effective Practices for Modelling and
  Documentation
• http//www.agilemodeling.com/
• Agile Modelling (AM) is a practice-based
  methodology for effective modelling and
  documentation of software-based systems. Simply
  put, Agile Modelling (AM) is a collection of
  values, principles, and practices for modelling
  software that can be applied on a software
  development project in an effective and
  light-weight manner.
• BPTrends
• http//www.bptrends.com
• Paul Harmon, well known and respected market
  analyst, newsletter editor, consultant and
  author, and Celia Wolf, business strategy and
  marketing consultant, founded Business Process
  Trends to provide a primary source of news and
  information relating to all aspects of business
  process change, focused on trends, directions and
  best practices.
• Business Rules Community
• http//www.brcommunity.com

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Books Recommended in the RQNG Must Read Books
Forum

• Consistently Mentioned (no order)
• Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
• Mastering the Requirements Process by Suzanne
  Robertson, James Robertson
• Requirements by Collaboration Workshops for
  Defining Needs by Ellen Gottesdiener
• Software Requirements Memory Jogger A Pocket
  Guide to Help Software And Business Teams Develop
  And Manage Requirements by Ellen Gottesdiener
• Software Requirements, Second Edition by Karl E.
  Wiegers
• UML Distilled A Brief Guide to the Standard
  Object Modeling Language (2nd Edition) by Martin
  Fowler, Kendall Scott
• UML for the IT Business Analyst A Practical
  Guide to Object-Oriented Requirements Gathering
  by Howard Podeswa
• Writing Better Requirements by Ian Alexander
• Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn
• Other Mentioned Books (no order)
• Business Rule Concepts Getting to the Point of
  Knowledge Ron Ross
• Business Rules Applied Building Better Systems
  Using the Business Rules Approach by Barbara Von
  Halle
• Business Rules books by Ronald G. Ross
• CaseMethod Entity Relationship Modelling by
  Barker (old but still useful)
• Customer Centered Products Creating Successful
  Products Through Smart Requirements Management by
  Ivy F. Hooks, Kristin A. Farry

• Other Mentioned Books (cont )
• Data Model Resource Book A Library of Logical
  Data and Data Warehouse Designs by Len
  Silverston, William H. Inmon, Kent Graziano
• Discovering REAL Business Requirements for
  Software Project Success by Robin F. Goldsmith
• Managing Software Requirements A Use Case
  Approach, Second Edition by Dean Leffingwell, Don
  Widrig
• More About Software Requirements Thorny Issues
  and Practical Advice by Karl E. Wiegers
• Patterns for Effective Use Cases by Paul Bramble,
  Alistair Cockburn, Andy Pols, Steve Adolph
• Rapid Prototyping Moving to Business-Centric
  Development by John P. Reilly
• Requirements Analysis From Business Views to
  Architecture, by David C. Hay http//www.zifa.com
  as well, for the official Zachman Framework
  website.
• The Facilitator's Fieldbook (2nd Edition). This
  book is excellent at describing the softer people
  and background skills required to elicit
  requirements.
• UML Weekend Crash Course by Thomas A. Pender
• Use Case Modeling by Kurt Bittner, Ian Spence
• Word Hacks Tips Tools for Taming Your Text
  (Hacks) by Andrew Savikas