Re: Tech Writers Turned Business Analyst

["Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Great questions, Karen.
I also transitioned from technical writing into business analysis. Here are
some books that I used while working on UML projects. Just remember that the
methodologies are only one more way to express information. At first, using
UML and use cases was a bit intimidating, but when I got the hang of it, I
really liked it and found it useful.

When you have read some of the material, you can go ahead and create use
cases based on the steps in the books as samples. Use something that you are
familiar with (the ATM machine has been used a million times).

Most of these books are available on Amazon.

   -  Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn (Paperback - Jan
   15, 2000)
   - Software Requirements, Second Edition by Karl E. Wiegers (Paperback
   - Feb 26, 2003)
   - UML for the IT Business Analyst: A Practical Guide to
   Object-Oriented Requirements Gathering by Howard Podeswa (Paperback - Jun 7,
   2005)
   - Use Case Modeling by Kurt Bittner and Ian Spence (Paperback - Aug
   20, 2002)
   - Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition
   by Dean Leffingwell and Don Widrig (Hardcover - May

Good luck!
- PT



On 6/21/07, Karen <ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> In a previous job, my technical writing turned into a business/data
> analyst job. <snip> I'd really like to get back into a business analyst role
> since I'm also a data junkie and have programming experience.
>
> <snip> A lot of the jobs want experience with "use case modeling" and "UML
> methodology". Also, experience in use case diagrams, activity diagrams,
> sequence diagrams, and class diagrams. I'm finding different samples on the
> web; however, I was wondering if someone on the list (perhaps a business
> major) has any recommendations on a book or web site that will help get me
> up to speed?





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