Re:Ask HN: Do startups need analysts? What can this 26-year-...
by DaveChild on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @10:45AM
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How would suggest a programmer improve his analysis skills?
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Re:Ask HN: Do startups need analysts? What can this 26-year-...
by edw519 on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @11:12AM
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There's always "old faithful":
http://www.amazon.com/Structured-Analysis-System-Specificati...
It's expensive and dated, but it covers the fundamentals as well as anything else. A programmer who has never conducted systems analysis ought to absorb this stuff like a sponge.
I followed these concepts for years in enterprises where they served me very well. But now I'm a bigger proponent of iterative prototyping, so I'm not sure how applicable they are. Then again, nothing wrong with a little fundamentals.