Business Analysis

June 4, 2010 Download PDF Guang Dong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine SHANGHAI, CHINA ( RPR ) 06/04/10 — IBM and Guang Dong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Analyze Digital Medical Records to Understand Treatment Efficacy New Research Collaboration with South China’s Largest Hospital Aims to Improve Treatment of Kidney Disease --At the Smarter Cities Forum in Shanghai today, IBM (NYSE: IBM ) announced a collaboration with South...Read Full Story

First off, if you didn’t get a chance to attend the webcast, I understand it will be available via the IIBA website in about 4 business days. Secondly, Kevin and Julian did a nice job with the presentation today and answered a lot of questions. I am glad I attended. Maybe it’s my inner geek coming to the surface, but I was really pretty excited by some of the ideas IIBA is working on and about the new and improved body of knowledge. I have to admit that I had let my membership lapse over...Read Full Story

Which is the best Web Analytic Tool among Google Analytics and Omniture? This question has been asked by many in a lot of forums and here is the answer to your query. We are listing the major differences between Google Analytics and Omniture Search Center . Omniture is actually built for extreme performance with advanced tracking features while Google Analytics does the same but with limitations. So if you want the benefits of advanced analytics tracking, Omniture will be helpful and if all...Read Full Story

A forecast of bike volumes on the burrard bridge in Vancouver, BC. The data obtained from Vancouver's open data catalogue shows seasonality and a moderate growth. Forecasting is used for planning and decision making. For example, forecasting can give a solid idea future sales which in turn leads to improved inventory management and reduced costs. A forecast is not exact, it represents an estimate based on the underlying assumptions.Read Full Story

I wanted to expand a little bit more on your notion of users. In Part 2, I mentioned that there are group of users from which you can get great requirements about product. But as a Business Analyst, I don't want you to believe you are hanging at the high levels, so let's dig a bit deeper on this subject. Many of us Business Analyst fail to recognize the users of the products or services offered by an organization. We are more interested in our high level stakeholder that we don't spend much...Read Full Story