Books from PowerStart Consultants
Rapid Agile Business System Analysis
We know that one of the biggest challenges for any analyst is the awkward issue of how to get a project started as quickly as possible. An analyst needs to be visible and productive just about right away because clients think of them as people who can walk on water while so many others pass water. Analysts who come into an organization or are assigned a project often have little background on what makes it tick or who has the knowledge, but are still expected to become visibly productive just about right away.
The PowerStart Analysis Method illustrated in this book will help. It has been used on over 850 projects, from just about every industry, in large and small organizations, government and non-government. It's fast and accurate. The emphasis is on delivering business value early, and how you are seen to do it.
Available as a friendly PDF (below) or as a hardcopy from Amazon.
ESG: From Acronym to Action
In the United States, 67% of people believe that climate change is exacting a toll on our daily lives. In Canada, it’s 77% and climbing. Corporations, NGOs, and influential politicians are trying to deal with this threat to our existence, but often with confusion and mixed reactions.
In this compelling book, the author discusses the essence of the world of ESG (Environment, Social Action, and Governance) and illustrates how to make a planned transition from a neat acronym (“ESG”) to a beneficial plan of action.
The world is a’ changin’. In the words of Lee Iacocca, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” This book shows how to lead the way.
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How to Run Awesome Business Discovery Sessions
A "Business Requirements Discovery Session" is an interactive approach to conducting meetings with clients and subject-matter experts to probe and establish a project's business and organizational requirements. These highly interactive sessions include clients, business analysts, subject-matter experts, business partners, executives, and some system professionals. But not necessarily everyone at once.
These discovery sessions are based on sound principles of analysis, but with greater flexibility and more suited to modern business practices. They are much more complete, and faster than conventional business system analysis. These discovery sessions produce great savings by shortening the elapses time required to gather business system requirements and by improving the completeness and quality of the requirements gathered. The process is significantly faster and reduces the number of costly downstream changes. The approach is based on successful interactive sessions on over 850 projects with organizations worldwide.
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Process Modeling for Business Analysts Made Easy
Many people say business process modeling is challenging, difficult, and requires a lot of practice. They have been saying this for years, and there are scores of books showing exactly how difficult and complex it can be.
But this simply isn't true.
So, how do you solicit business requirements? How do you discover the real needs and problems of the business? How do you determine the questions to ask? How do you document the answers?
This book provides a practical solution to each of these important questions. Trond Frantzen's "PowerStart Analysis Method" for Business Requirements Analysis provides a clear alternative to the legacy methods of wishy-washy, vague and non-specific specifications.
The results will always be clear, concise, unambiguous, in business terms, and brief.
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Mastering Business Requirements Analysis
This comprehensive book is for Business Analysts, Business System Analysts, and anyone involved in requirements analysis, elicitation or gathering.
It addresses how to determine business requirements. It answers the all-important question: How do you discover the needs and problems of the business. An how do you do it quickly? How do you determine the questions to ask? How do you document the answers?
This book provides practical solutions to each of the important issues that are captured by these questions and more. The "PowerStart" approach to Business Requirements Analysis provides a clear alternative to the legacy methods that have never quite got the job done.
With the methods detailed in this book you will always have business requirements specifications that are clear, concise, unambiguous, in business terms, and brief. And guaranteed to be complete.
Available as a friendly PDF (below) or hardcopy from Amazon.
Rapid Agile Business System Analysis
You will receive a PDF of this book (146 pages) shortly after your order is received.
ESG: From Acronym to Action
You will receive a PDF of this book (118 pages) shortly after your order is received.
How to run Awesome Business Discovery Sessions
You will receive a PDF of this book (68 pages) shortly after your order is received.
Process Modeling for Business Analysts Made Easy
You will receive a PDF of this book (206 pages) shortly after your order is received.
Mastering Business Requirements Analysis
You will receive a PDF of this book (196 pages) shortly after your order is received.