that Support Business Systems Analysts


Tools do not solve problems. People solve problems. We often use suitable tools to aid us in the solution. With a solid understanding of the techniques supported by the chosen tools, both productivity and quality will be significantly improved. That said, we offer a few simple job aids and tools to help the business systems analysts do their job better, faster, and cheaper.
Methods and Methodologies
Planning and Management Tools
 
 

Methods and Methodologies
  The Small Project Guide  
    Don’t just do your small projects, manage them with our unique methods! This enterprise-wide methodology for small projects helps you more effectively manage the stealth, unrecognized portion of your project portfolio. Request for Information
 

Planning and Management Tools
  KnowRisk®  
    You can’t reduce risk if you don’t KnowRisk! We use our knowledge-based KnowRisk tool in our consulting service, and now you can, too! Coming soon: web-based training for our Risk Management module! Request for Information
  Quest For Better Estimates®  
    End your Quest successfully: Use Quest to apply multiple IT estimating methods, to get better estimates, better traceability, and better actuals. Request for Information
       

 

The Small Project Guide

Wanna Go Real Fast? Most small projects are deadline driven. This often creates a sense of urgency bordering on despair, as obvious rather than brilliant solutions result.

The best way to speed to a successful conclusion is to apply this scaled-down version of our popular project management methods. The result: a more purposeful start, and a faster end with the right product done right, the first time.

What is a Small Project?
We define a Small Project as one that is 8 to 360+ hours of total effort, and done within 3 months. The staffing usually consists of the project leader, "with a little help from your friends". Not surprisingly, some have more friends than others do, and that is one key factor in improving efficiency and responsiveness. Our Small Project Guide actually recognizes 3 sizes of small projects.

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KnowRisk®

KnowRisk® is a risk management knowledge base, developed by ProjectExperts. KnowRisk® is based on our risk assessment and evaluation experience, a service of our project management consulting practices. With KnowRisk®, you can identify project risks that you might otherwise overlook, then evaluate, select and implement recommended risk management options.

You can use KnowRisk® to:

  1. Recognize the risks,
  2. Select risk avoidance, containment and management methods, and then
  3. Reduce the risks or their impacts.

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Quest For Better Estimates®

Quality and Estimates. Rarely do you see those two words together in the same sentence--especially in connection with Information Technology projects. Now that’s changed. QUEST (QUality + ESTimates) for Better Estimates® is an Excel-based software product that helps you improve the quality of your estimates. And because the QUEST process helps you improve communication within and outside your team, it helps improve your actual job performance as well. QUEST is a Microsoft Excel-based (Office 2000 and newer) software application. It consists of friendly-user displays, macros to improve power, helpful notes in cells, and how-to documentation.

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