Comments on: Who is a Process Analyst http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/ New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:24:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Femi Luther http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-79016 Femi Luther Fri, 11 May 2007 19:20:54 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-79016 Hi Araywood, Happy to hear about your job with SAP. I would like to know where you did your training, and if you could spare me your materials.I am a process analyst with XDS Solutions, and would like you to acqaint myself with all you do. Hi Araywood,

Happy to hear about your job with SAP. I would like to know where you did your training, and if you could spare me your materials.I am a process analyst with XDS Solutions, and would like you to acqaint myself with all you do.

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-40719 Ismael Ghalimi Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:05:39 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-40719 Araywood, Congratulations! Best regards -Ismael Araywood,

Congratulations!

Best regards
 -Ismael

]]> By: Araywood http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-40713 Araywood Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:59:48 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-40713 Thanks! I was just hired as a Process Analyst for SAP BW. It was kinda odd sitting in an interview were I knew more about what I was supposed to do than the people interviewing me... Everybody was asking me what a Process Analyst is. I wasn't even sure. I said "a liaison between IT and Business". Thanks for clarifying. Thanks! I was just hired as a Process Analyst for SAP BW. It was kinda odd sitting in an interview were I knew more about what I was supposed to do than the people interviewing me… Everybody was asking me what a Process Analyst is. I wasn’t even sure. I said “a liaison between IT and Business”. Thanks for clarifying.

]]> By: IT|Redux http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-37901 IT|Redux Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:34:07 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-37901 [...] The very idea for Business Process Management, as theorized by Howard Smith and myself back in 2000, was to bring business and IT together. It was neither a top-down approach driven by business folks, nor a bottom-up one controlled by IT people, it was a middle-out one managed by process owners, and these tend to have a good understanding of the business, as well as decent technical skills. It was a fundamentally new approach targetted neither at the business analyst, nor at the software engineer, but at a new category of developers that we later called process analysts. It was neither human-centric, nor integration-centric, it was simply process-centric, and human as well as systems were treated as equal participants to the process. This was our vision back in 2000, and this vision remains as pertinent today as it was back then, with the only difference that products implementing the vision exist today. Check this one out for example. [...] […] The very idea for Business Process Management, as theorized by Howard Smith and myself back in 2000, was to bring business and IT together. It was neither a top-down approach driven by business folks, nor a bottom-up one controlled by IT people, it was a middle-out one managed by process owners, and these tend to have a good understanding of the business, as well as decent technical skills. It was a fundamentally new approach targetted neither at the business analyst, nor at the software engineer, but at a new category of developers that we later called process analysts. It was neither human-centric, nor integration-centric, it was simply process-centric, and human as well as systems were treated as equal participants to the process. This was our vision back in 2000, and this vision remains as pertinent today as it was back then, with the only difference that products implementing the vision exist today. Check this one out for example. […]

]]> By: IT|Redux http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 IT|Redux Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:59:58 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-1233 [...] They are right in the sense that indeed, no business analyst — or process analyst for that matter — should ever have to write a single line of BPEL code. Instead, they will use a process modeling tool that will generate the code for them. But they are also wrong, for the code that is generated that way really does matter, for three main reasons. [...] […] They are right in the sense that indeed, no business analyst — or process analyst for that matter — should ever have to write a single line of BPEL code. Instead, they will use a process modeling tool that will generate the code for them. But they are also wrong, for the code that is generated that way really does matter, for three main reasons. […]

]]> By: BPMS Watch http://itredux.com/2006/03/13/who-is-a-process-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 BPMS Watch Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:46:00 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/03/23/who-is-a-process-analyst/#comment-1207 [...] This notion of “process analyst” is consistent with Ismael’s formulation, which I agree is the key role in moving BPM 2.0 forward.  But lest you think this resolves traditional issues of business-IT collaboration and alignment, my friend elaborated in a follow-up note: What I meant was most “IT managers” don’t actually “manage” they caretake.  Most “IT leaders” don’t lead, they exert power.  Most “IT architects” don’t design and engineer  anything, they set “standards” (usually by copying something else - like vendor handouts) and act as technology cops.  IT has a way of using terms, especially roles and titles in ways that imply one thing but actually do another.  So “business analysts” don’t really analyze the business, they document requirements for support systems. My friend prefers to remain anonymous.  For obvious reasons. [...] […] This notion of “process analyst” is consistent with Ismael’s formulation, which I agree is the key role in moving BPM 2.0 forward.  But lest you think this resolves traditional issues of business-IT collaboration and alignment, my friend elaborated in a follow-up note: What I meant was most “IT managers” don’t actually “manage” they caretake.  Most “IT leaders” don’t lead, they exert power.  Most “IT architects” don’t design and engineer  anything, they set “standards” (usually by copying something else - like vendor handouts) and act as technology cops.  IT has a way of using terms, especially roles and titles in ways that imply one thing but actually do another.  So “business analysts” don’t really analyze the business, they document requirements for support systems. My friend prefers to remain anonymous.  For obvious reasons. […]

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