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Debra Paul

Managing Director

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Agile and Business Analysis

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Information system failures

There are several ways the US Air Force could

have wasted $1.1bn. It could have poured tomato

ketchup into 250m gallons of jet fuel or bought a

sizeable stake in Bear Stearns.

Instead it upgraded its IT systems.

Financial Times

18th September 2013

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We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it

and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the

items on the left more.

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Individuals and interactions

Working software

Customer collaboration

Responding to change

Processes and tools

Comprehensive documentation

Contract negotiation

Following a plan

The Agile Manifesto

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• what about a holistic view? Focus on ‘working

software’:

• Wow, shiny toys! Rush to ‘be agile’:

• Not really agile….. Criticism of others:

• Agile delivers value Vague assertions:

Agile Concerns

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What do we understand by the term ‘deliver value’?

Business analyst perspective

Customer perspective

Discussion exercise

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Begin with the end in mind

Stephen Covey, The 7 habits

of highly effective people

Focusing on the outcome

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The big question

What problem

are we trying

to solve?

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Principles

Methods Techniques

Agile BA components

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Reading references

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Two key areas

How can Agile help BAs?

How can BAs help Agile projects?

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The T-shaped business analyst

Breadth

Depth

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What skills do you need to develop in

order to be a T-shaped business analyst?

Discussion exercise

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Three levels of business analysis

Enterprise BA

Programme BA

Project BA

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The Agile philosophy

Business analysis thinking

Business modelling

Prioritisation Goal

decomposition

Iterative and incremental

System/user modelling

Agile BA book – key topics

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Collaborating to develop

something that offers value

Collaborating to ensure that value

is realised

Value co-creation

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How can Agile help us to co-create value?

Business analyst perspective

Customer perspective

Discussion exercise

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Understand the business context

Apply the hierarchy of requirements

Analyse the business implications

Challenge opinions

Define the business rules

Facilitate collaboration

BA thinking for Agile

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Prioritise, prioritise, prioritise

Decompose goals not activities

Slice requirements; allow detail to emerge

Deliver in ‘chunks’

Collaborate to co-create value

Agile thinking for BAs

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