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		<title><![CDATA[The Creative Business Analyst Part 3 - Making Better Decisions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179915]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This final paper of the series it looks at decision making techniques - how to select the best idea from the many come up with - and how to justify recommendation to client, manager and peers. Unfortunately the word solution means different things to different people - to a designer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Creative Business Analyst Part 2 - Generating Solution Ideas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=989589]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people think that coming up with solutions to business problems is the hardest part about being a business analyst - particularly when working with a client who knows more about the business than people ever will. Don't believe it, after all they've already made considerable progress in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Business Analyst in Model-Driven Architecture: Separating Design From Architecture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=921523]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From a software development viewpoint, Model-Driven Architecture MDA encourages efficient use of system models. It also encourages reusing best practices as families of systems are produced. One of the main aims of MDA is to separate design from architecture, which places the business analyst in a unique and potentially powerful...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who should lead SOA? Enterprise architects or business analysts?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1161]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate for the heart of the enterprise intensifies -- EA vs. EA, EA vs. BA by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:03:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why You Shouldn't Ignore Business Analysts: Business Analysts Can Be Valuable Allies for You, if You Let Them]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=383515]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this paper, one learns what business analysts do and why they can be valuable allies. Often misunderstood, business analysts can make one's life easier and help ensure the success of the project. Does it ever feel like no one really appreciates what one does as an architect? It doesn't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Evolving Role of the Business Analyst: The Business Rules Analyst Emerges as a New Star in the Business World]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=383538]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally, the business analyst has been responsible for analyzing the business needs of companies by identifying business problems and proposing solutions. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, the business analyst has to think about issues such as IT services and how to define business logic as rules for easier...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BizTalk Server 2006 Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts 1 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=788383]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the self extracting executable to be used for installing the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts. This tool is intended for Business Analysts to create basic orchestration flows in the Microsoft Visio environment. Using this tool, Business Analysts can create high level orchestrations that can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BizTalk Server 2004 Orchestration Designer for Business Analysts 1 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=788365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the self extracting executable to be used for installing the Business Analyst Orchestration Designer for BizTalk Server 2004. This tool is intended for Business Analysts to create basic orchestration flows in the familiar Microsoft Visio environment. Using this tool, Business Analysts can create high level orchestrations that can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Business Analyst: A Strategic Role in the Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=347950]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business analysts are primarily responsible for writing and managing requirements specifications and communicating them with other stakeholders, but this role often falls under other job descriptions as well - including project leads, programmers, chief technical/information officers, IT management and architects. This is true in the enterprise as well as in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Analyst 6.2 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=746407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Analyst is a flowcharting tool with a difference. It allows users to visually describe business processes, and then attach resource usage, costs, time delays to each part. Business Analyst will then run a time based simulation, and show results, such as resource usage, cost breakdown, time delays and overall...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eight Things Your Business Analysts Need to Know: A Practical Approach to Recognizing and Improving Competencies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=271785]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, organizations across the globe face astronomical project failure rates, often wasting millions of dollars per failed project. This paper examines the roots of project failure and centers in on the elusive, often undefined role of the business analyst. In response to research showing that many organizations have not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aspose.Report 1.1 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=716007]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aspose.Report is a .Net Report Component which allows developers to break down a report design process into different section so that business analysts, developers or DBA can work on different parts, for instance, a developer could use SQL editor to compose dynamic SQL script and retrieve data (The good understanding...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Is a Business Analyst?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=254855]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The term Business Analyst is synonymous with a career in the IT industry but the most successful and valuable analysts are those who understand the "Business" rather than those who understand IT. So what exactly is a Business Analyst? What is the Business Analyst's role? What is the best background...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TEKsystems Case Study: One of the Largest Healthcare Benefits Companies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The client, a leading healthcare benefits company, was preparing to change its patient identification numbers as mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA. HIPAA was enacted in part to address the need for a Unique Individual Identifier UID as part of an administrative simplification process...]]></description>
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