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We published the 2nd edition of the book
“The Way of the Analyst. Practical guide IT-specialist .

Here is a reference book for system analysts, programmers, software architects, project managers, and program development department heads. In addition, the book will be a useful educational tool for teachers, students and graduate students of IT departments in technical universities. How to translate unclear customer expectations in a brilliant and profitable project? How to avoid mistakes at the initial stage? How to become an effective analyst? The authors answer these questions and share their know-how that will allow you to become a software development guru. The main advantage of the book is its practical orientation. It contains useful information with links to theoretical materials from different areas of software development: analysis, architecture, project management, leadership and personnel management - all that is needed in real production projects.
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In addition, the book contains an analysis of a variety of cases and situations, as well as examples of documents and templates required for software development. The authors structure a huge array of theoretical information based on its practical value at each stage of their professional career. The book is written in simple and accessible language.
About the authors
Andrei Dmitrievich Pererva
41 years old. Master of Business Administration / Master of Business Information.
Experience in the software development industry - more than 18 years. In leadership positions - seven years, of which three years in top management. Currently specializes in strategic and tactical planning, operational management and project management of a software development company.
In his career development he went through all possible positions in the field of software development: he worked as a programmer, designer and developer of databases, business analyst, system analyst, architect, project manager, head of business and systems analysis. He took part and led the development of information systems such as Workflow Management System, Boeing Reference Engineering Automated Retrieval System, Customer Relationship Management System, Enterprise Management System, corporate portals and integrated business automation systems. He has experience in organizational design, creating functional analysis departments from scratch, building and developing a team, conducting training sessions for employees and managers of the company.
He has practical experience in creating a quality management system (QMS) of a company, building a software development process (SDLC) in accordance with RUP, Iconix, Agile, PMBOK, CMMI, ISO9001 methodologies and standards.
Vera Alekseevna Ivanova
Experience in IT is 17 years. The first seven years she worked as a programmer in public institutions. I gained experience in developing application software using DBMS, system administration, and technical support for users. She participated in the implementation and maintenance of automated financial accounting systems at the regional level.
In 2003 she began to learn a new specialty - a system analyst - and continued working in companies specializing in software development. Participated in the development of web applications, software for information security. She performed various roles in software development projects: system analyst, database developer, architect, test designer, project manager. Main specialization - systems analyst. The last two years specializes in the field of system analysis and software development methodology.
Who is this book for?
For young professionals, novice analysts, analysts with little practical experience, striving for development and self-improvement through learning the best practices of other companies and the experience of specialists. For professional analysts, team leaders as a material for planning their careers, training subordinates, as well as for their own development and self-improvement through the study of other companies' best practices and expertise. For heads of analysis departments as a material for planning the development of their subordinates and department. We will try to talk about what skills and theoretical knowledge you will need at every step of your professional growth and in what sequence they are better to acquire and develop.
The book is not limited to practical systems and business analysis. Here you will find recommendations and methods of work that are critical for the leader or lead analyst and then for the head of the department. The uniqueness of this book is that in it you will find practical information with links to theoretical materials from different areas of software development - analysis, architecture, project management, leadership and personnel management - all that you will need to work on real production projects. We hope that the book will help you to make a personal development plan and to build your career as efficiently as possible.
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site you can download additional materials for this book, including some templates of specifications and documents.
What you won't find in this book
In this book you will not find a naked theory. We will provide only the theoretical foundations that are necessary to illustrate the practices and methods, assuming that the reader owns the theory. Analysis and other software development disciplines mentioned in the book are fairly mature disciplines today, and it will not be difficult for you to find relevant materials and textbooks. We do not aim to "theoretically form" the reader.
The book is aimed at an active specialist, who already understood that he should look for a theoretical basis.
and study on your own. We also do not strive to prove that the Path of the analyst proposed by us is the only correct one and only the techniques and techniques described by us are effective, not the same paths that lead to the same goal. We want to show you the one that passed
themselves, in which they are confident and according to which young professionals who grew up to be serious professionals have been conducted.
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