New business analyst site

[alex_papworth]

Hi

I'm creating a site to provide a practitioner's view on business analysis. It will cover what it is, how to do it and relevant events.

I would be interested in people's feedback.

Do you like it?
Do you think it has value?
What would you value or what do you think others (esp newbies) might value?

Any comments here or on the site would be appreciated

You can find it at www.businessanalystmentor.com

I'm adding content week by week and would like to make sure it covers what people are interested in.

Alex

[chef]

it reads ok, although i'm not in anyway a BA, but from a usability point of view it needs to be broken up into seperate pages, it's too much scrolling on one page

[Spacecadet]

Originally Posted by chef

it reads ok, although i'm not in anyway a BA, but from a usability point of view it needs to be broken up into seperate pages, it's too much scrolling on one page

it's a blog, not a proper website as such

[chef]

Originally Posted by Spacecadet

it's a blog, not a proper website as such

ahhh I see, if i'd have paid more attention to the OP I wouldn't have looked quite so stupid..

apologies.. carry on, nothing to see here

[Bear]

Would agree with Chef. A blog is great for updates on a single subject but your site should be much more structured making it easier to navigate.

What is the picture of the car in the tunnel all about?? Does it have any relevance?

The content is good and as it grows it could be useful for new BAs.

[alex_papworth]

Thanks - it's easiest to get going with a blog so that's what I started with. I'm only doing it part time and don't have time to get to grips with joomla so this seemed to be the best plug and play approach

I agree that it wouldn't be so good longer term. I might buy a slightly more structured Wordpress theme or just wait until I've got some more content and time and port it over to a proper content management system.

Car and tunnel have no relevance - they just came free with the theme. I need to think about a more appropriate image

[zara_backdog]

A good start.

Going forward it would be good to see how requirement gathering/documentation is handling using different methodologies, and do not be biased towards one in particular.

A useful hints and tips section for handling such areas as holding workshops etc and dealing with conflict is always useful, as would a repository for examples of ‘food practice’ documentation and templates.

[alex_papworth]

Those all sound like good suggestions - I plan to work through those sorts of areas slowly but surely. I will probably document those approaches with which I am most familiar at first.

I will definitely be covering food practice also

That sounds like more fun then just good practice!

[Bob Dalek]

Not being deliberately nasty, but it's a bit too much like a dull Blog.

You need to pep it up.

Get someone who knows about web design to do it.

[minestrone]

There are thousands and thousands of blogs using that theme.

http://www.jroller.com/shareme
http://www.jroller.com/dlwhitehurst

etc etc.

Got to ditch it soon.