Demetri Martin’s findings

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Reality check

I am a great believer in facing up to reality, regardless of the pain involved. I don’t know whether it is my experience as a senior business analyst or my character or both that causes me to step in from time to time and say: “Stop! Time for a reality check!” How many times has [...]

No favourites

To the people who think up security questions for web sites: I do not have a favourite actor / musician / artist. If I pick one just for the sake of it, I will not remember my choice when I have to answer the security question. I did not have a favourite place to visit [...]

I have said it before

And I’ll say it again. Spelling and punctuation are important. When you make mistakes, people tend to focus more on your lack of literacy than on your message.

Technology is not always the answer…

As a business analyst, my job is largely to help a business define and document its needs, usually so that those needs can be satisfied by technology. However, if we assume that technology is always the answer, we might find ourselves overlooking other solutions that might satisfy the business needs more quickly and more cheaply, [...]

A Tale of two Projects

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Developers, I feel your pain

I do try my best to help minimise it.

Job hunting tip #5

Although today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day and although I consider a sense of humour to be a key ingredient in workplace morale, if you do have an interview today, it might be best not to talk like a pirate during the interview*. Interviewer: So tell me why you want this job… You: [...]