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Things We Can Learn from the Italian Stallion. Part 2.

ThingsWeCanLearn1This is my blog post sequel covering the lessons we can learn from Rocky III and Rocky IV. For the first part see Things We Can Learn from the Italian Stallion.

Rocky III

At the end of Rocky II, Rocky wins the title of heavyweight champion.  He is now very wealthy and defends his title 10 times.  In the beginning of Rocky III a real contender wants a piece of Rocky Balboa.  His name...Clubber Lang.

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Five Critical Issues that will Define the BA Profession in the Next 10 Years

Well, loyal readers, John Dean didn't set me off with his recent column (insufficiently fascist, entirely too rational), AND I want to think about what he said before deciding to respond.  This means we can take our discussion about BA and Identity Systems back to the highest level, before we diving for the next drill down (I know, I promised a drill down, AND this is more fun). 

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Things We Can Learn from the Italian Stallion. Part 1.

ThingsWeCanLearn1OK, I'm coming clean.  My all time favorite movies are from the Rocky saga or "hexology"; Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, and Rocky Balboa (number VI).  Every now and then I watch one of the movies and never get tired of the scenes of Rocky training or battling the next opponent in the ring.  But, there is more to the Rocky movies than just boxing.  There are lessons we can all learn from Rocky Balboa. I decided to dedicate this blog post to the greatest boxer to ever live! Let's see what we can learn from the first two Rocky Movies.

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BA Rising

So, last month I covered Business Analysis, and How I Came to Realize What It Was And What It Meant. This month, I want to go more into what it means, and why the increased influence of BA (and the CBAP certification) is so important.

The short version is this: Systems are increasingly important in our quality of life (are you on the no-fly list yet?), and good BA leads to good systems, bad BA leads to Gartner and Standish Group negative statistics (if you don’t know what these groups do, Google them). BAs don’t always have the influence it takes to prevent these bad outcomes, but they should, and they will, now that the IIBA has established some neutral standards.
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