Hiya, I'm teaching a systems analysis course at Hawaii Pacific University.  What do you think are the top tips for up and coming systems analysts?

Sam, how much will you use the BABOK (iiba.org) in your course? IIBA regularly emails tips if you would consider a membership.

You may also find useful the discussions in the IIBA group on LinkedIn.

Also, our breakfast roundtables are a good place to chat (hawaii.iiba.org).

Hi Jim, at the moment I'm coming more from the software engineering and agile development side of things.  The three main textbooks at the moment are:

1) Engineering Long Lasting Software: http://beta.saasbook.info/

2) Code Complete: http://www.stevemcconnell.com/cc.htm

3) System Analysis and Design: http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Analysis-Design-Alan-Dennis/dp/111803...

I see the IIBA membership costs a little over $100 a year, so I'm tempted to maybe read the BABOK text first :-)  Thanks for the tip about the breakfast roundtables.  Actually I teach remotely from London in the UK, so perhaps I should look for a local IIBA chapter, but perhaps my Hawaiian students will be interested :-)

CHEERS> SAM

Hi people interested in business analysis.

My name is Shohei Sasahara, a Japanese senior student at Hawaii Pacific University. I am currently taking System Analysis course from Sam Joseph and willing to connect, discuss, and learn a lot in this group. 

Mahalo,

Sho