SA re defined part 2
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Due to additional negative feedback about recently submitted designs/specifications I introduce the following directives: | Due to additional negative feedback about recently submitted designs/specifications I introduce the following directives: | ||
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** It is a critical activity and must be done by a professional with appropriate level of technical training, experience and proven abilities | ** It is a critical activity and must be done by a professional with appropriate level of technical training, experience and proven abilities | ||
** core skills: excellent technical skills (details TBD), excellent communication skills, excellent documentation skills (Systems Analysis section and [[Proposal]]) | ** core skills: excellent technical skills (details TBD), excellent communication skills, excellent documentation skills (Systems Analysis section and [[Proposal]]) | ||
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** For now: Alex will do SA for impact=ihigh type tasks; impact=ilow can be forwarded to Andrei for SA; impact=imed to Andrei or Alex. | ** For now: Alex will do SA for impact=ihigh type tasks; impact=ilow can be forwarded to Andrei for SA; impact=imed to Andrei or Alex. | ||
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** continue to train BAs to bring their skills and experience to acceptable level | ** continue to train BAs to bring their skills and experience to acceptable level | ||
** skills that are critical for BA role: writing, analytical thinking, interviewing | ** skills that are critical for BA role: writing, analytical thinking, interviewing |
Revision as of 01:52, 16 December 2010
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Intro
Subject: New directives to streamline SA (and BA) work
From: CT2 Project Manager
To: CT2 Team
This is a continuation of an effort to streamline SA (and BA) work. Fist article is here: SA re defined
Due to additional negative feedback about recently submitted designs/specifications I introduce the following directives:
Directives
We need to bring Systems Analysis on a new professional level
- It is a critical activity and must be done by a professional with appropriate level of technical training, experience and proven abilities
- core skills: excellent technical skills (details TBD), excellent communication skills, excellent documentation skills (Systems Analysis section and Proposal)
- existing staff must be re-trained or/and new staff must be hired
- For now: Alex will do SA for impact=ihigh type tasks; impact=ilow can be forwarded to Andrei for SA; impact=imed to Andrei or Alex.
We need to continue to improve BAs work
- continue to train BAs to bring their skills and experience to acceptable level
- skills that are critical for BA role: writing, analytical thinking, interviewing
- BA should provide as detailed info as possible about problems/needs including background info, existing workflows, etc
To improve BA to SA cooperation
- BA is to post/manage her info in RFSA wiki and to forward this to SA
- SA is to post/manage his work in RFD wiki and to forward this to Developer (subject to review by Architect in some cases).
- RFSA wikis are in: Category:RFSA
- RFD wikis are in: Category:RFD
- RFSA wikis are for SAs only! Use special background color to make sure developers/architects do not get confused:
[div style="background-color:wheat"] .... [/div]
I am adding impact mantis field
- With values: {ihigh, imed, ilow}
- This value indicates a level of impact of particular task on entire system deign
- tasks with impact = ihigh/imed must be reviewed by Architect before coding or even SA phase
- tasks with impact = ilow could be assigned directly to Developer
- Role of Architect to be introduced:
- tasks with impact = ihigh/imed must be reviewed by Architect (after BA and SA sections are completed)
- must post Architect comments into "Architect Review" section
- If Architect rejects solution then it must be returned to SA (not BA)
- If solution is accepted then developer must be assigned and task forwarded for estimation
- Kostya will play this role
- Spec will have the following structure: (template is here Spec Example)
1 Info 2 Business Analysis 2.1 Requirements 2.2 Possible solutions 2.3 RFP 3 Systems Analysis 4 Architect Review 5 Implementation Summary 6 QA Plan 7 History
- I introduce Implementation Summary section
- needed since "Systems Analysis" section will not provide exact solution, just direction in many cases
- to be completed by Developer. Goal: provide enough info so that QA and UAT know how to verify solution.
- Below see examples of specs that were built with new principles in mind: