BA in Agile 冰云 @BJUG The Story of the Business Analyst and his work

Agenda The Role The Process The Responsibilities The Tools

The Role

The Process

The Responsibilities

The Tools

The Role System Analyst Requirements Analyst Project Manager Product Manager Product Designer Pre-Sales What is in common with those above?

System Analyst

Requirements Analyst

Project Manager

Product Manager

Product Designer

Pre-Sales

What is in common with those above?

The Responsibility Requirements Management How many companies have their requirements managed? The main responsibility of a BA is to manage the complex true-life requirements .

Requirements

Management

How many companies have their requirements managed?

The main responsibility of a BA is to manage the complex true-life requirements .

The Process agile requirements management In short: make these activities iterative and increasable 1 gathering requirements 2 analyzing requirements 3 estimating requirements 4 prioritizing requirements 5 verifying requirements

agile requirements management

In short: make these activities iterative and increasable

1 gathering requirements

2 analyzing requirements

3 estimating requirements

4 prioritizing requirements

5 verifying requirements

The Process iteration n+1 iteration n-1 iteration n N N N-1 N+1 N-2 N+1 N-1 Prepare N+1 Help N Prepare N+2 Help N+1 Prepare N Help N-1 N-1 N N+1 BAs QAs Developers PM

The Role Business Analyst facilitating between groups analysis and manage business requirements design the blueprint of the software Three roles: Facilitator, Analyst, Designer

Business Analyst

facilitating between groups

analysis and manage business requirements

design the blueprint of the software

Three roles:

Facilitator, Analyst, Designer

The Responsibilities Facilitator Facilitate communication in/between business and IT Facilitate daily meetings: stand-up, iteration planning, estimation, retrospective, iteration kick-off Help project manager or as an iteration manager Help QAs understanding requirements and help them writing acceptance criteria. Training and coaching new members

Facilitator

Facilitate communication in/between business and IT

Facilitate daily meetings: stand-up, iteration planning, estimation, retrospective, iteration kick-off

Help project manager or as an iteration manager

Help QAs understanding requirements and help them writing acceptance criteria.

Training and coaching new members

The Responsibilities Analyst Understand p roject scoping/ feasibility Identify functional and non-functional requirements Identify user stories Process modelling and domain modelling Identify risks Write necessary documents

Analyst

Understand p roject scoping/ feasibility

Identify functional and non-functional requirements

Identify user stories

Process modelling and domain modelling

Identify risks

Write necessary documents

The Responsibilities Designer Mock up prototype and Interaction design Customer research, UAT Understand and implement usability Quality a ssurance and testing

Designer

Mock up prototype and Interaction design

Customer research, UAT

Understand and implement usability

Quality a ssurance and testing

The Role Is analysis a hard work? it is interesting to talk with different people. rarely to talk with tough people. people usually are friendly. lucky to talk with girls who don’t usually appear in developers. walking everyday rather than sitting in front of one even two monitors. Good for health

Is analysis a hard work?

it is interesting to talk with different people.

rarely to talk with tough people. people usually are friendly.

lucky to talk with girls who don’t usually appear in developers.

walking everyday rather than sitting in front of one even two monitors. Good for health

The Tools Story Card and Color Marker White Board, Camera, Printer Timer, Recorder, Notebook, Paper PowerPoint, Word, Excel Voice, Tone, Smile, Respect individuals and interaction over process and tools

Story Card and Color Marker

White Board, Camera, Printer

Timer, Recorder, Notebook, Paper

PowerPoint, Word, Excel

Voice, Tone, Smile, Respect

individuals and interaction

over

process and tools

Thanks AgileChina http://groups.google.com/group/agilechina BJUG http://www.bjug.org ThoughtWorks http://www.thoughtworks.com.cn Contact Me 李默 [email_address]

AgileChina

http://groups.google.com/group/agilechina

BJUG

http://www.bjug.org

ThoughtWorks

http://www.thoughtworks.com.cn

Contact Me

李默 [email_address]