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Continue reading →: Business Analysis Framework: IT ConsultingI tweaked my standard Business Analysis framework to accommodate specific activities for IT consulting engagements. Thoughts below are rooted from my consulting experience for a fintech company. Consulting requires an approach that is slightly different from the usual implementation projects. The vendor is expected to come up with a comprehensive technical solution for a given business…
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Continue reading →: Business Analysis FrameworkI created my own Business Analysis Framework to synthesize my two-year professional experience as a business analyst for enterprise software development projects. Do note that the framework is contextualized for enterprise software development, but this may come in handy too for any business analysis role in other industries. Experience has taught me that business analysis, in general,…
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Continue reading →: Why do you love gifts?Economists assume that humans act based on their self-interest. We do something in exchange for a personal benefit. For instance, I buy skincare products to improve my skin tone, while the company sells these products for profit. The buyer and the seller are both happy in this standard economic transaction. But given…
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Continue reading →: Do you always get your money’s worth?We are not as rational as we think we are when we shop. Dan Ariely introduces the concepts of relativity and effective pricing, and how these influence our purchasing habits. Foreword Economics is the study of how humanity deals with scarcity. Scarcity simply refers to the state of having limited resources. Tangible resources like…
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Continue reading →: Create a Simple Changelog using Google Apps ScriptsOriginally Published: December 4, 2016 On my day job, I always make trackers on Google Spreadsheets to monitor the progress of each feature we committed per iteration. One of the issues I always face in tracking everything is traceability, or the ability to look back at the past activities of any item…
