Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Similar to The Business Analyst Role on Agile Projects
Similar to The Business Analyst Role on Agile Projects (20)
More from TechWell
More from TechWell (20)
The Business Analyst Role on Agile Projects
- 1. 6/2/15 1 Agile and the BA Brian Watson, CSM|PMI-ACP|SPC|CBAP © 2014 VersionOne 2 Intro What is Agile? What is the point? Why do we need it?
- 2. 6/2/15 2 © 2014 VersionOne 3 Manifesto of Agile Software Development Individuals and Interactions Working Software Customer Collaboration Responding to Change Process and Tools Comprehensive Documentation Contract Negotiation Following a Plan http://agilemanifesto.org © 2014 VersionOne 4 Principles Behind the Manifesto (important to the BA) Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software Working software is theprimary measure of success Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done is essential The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
- 3. 6/2/15 3 © 2014 VersionOne 5 Agile is not… Scrum XP Kanban Insert flavor here.. SAFe © 2014 VersionOne 6
- 4. 6/2/15 4 © 2014 VersionOne 7 Communication The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face - to - face © 2014 VersionOne 8 http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/communication.htm
- 5. 6/2/15 5 © 2014 VersionOne 9 Hidden Costs of Documentation • Prevailing theory is you must document – How will the developers know what to build? – How will we ever have a record of the system? – How will I achieve CYA? Role Hours Cost Total Cost BA 900 (3 hours per page) $50/hr $45,000 Executive 120 $100 $12,000 SME’s 250 $40 $10,000 PM 75 $75 $5,626 Reviewers/QA/ Dev/etc. 50 $50 $2,500 Total $75,125 Assume: 300 Page Requirement Document $250 per page! © 2014 VersionOne 10 What constitutes “documentation”?
- 6. 6/2/15 6 © 2014 VersionOne 11 Documentation goals • Lightweight • Nimble • Valuable! • Just enough, just in time Feed the development beast… © 2014 VersionOne 12 Simplicity • Simplicity: The art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential
- 7. 6/2/15 7 © 2014 VersionOne 13 A or B © 2014 VersionOne 14 Pareto Principle 45 percent of delivered features are never used. (Johnson, J. 2002. Keynote speech, XP 2002, Sardinia, Italy.) Edge Cases are the silent killer of projects
- 8. 6/2/15 8 © 2014 VersionOne 15 How do we prevent edge cases? …business analysis is performed to define and validate solutions that meet business needs, goals or objectives (BABOK, p.3, 2009) © 2014 VersionOne 16 MMF and MVP MVP MMF “Smallest possible set of functionality that, by itself, has value in the marketplace” – James Shore “Product with just those features needed to deploy, and nothing more” – Frank Robinson
- 9. 6/2/15 9 © 2014 VersionOne 17 Focus Requirements/Specifications StoriesModels Conversations User Interactions Over © 2014 VersionOne 18 Delivering Value • Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software • Working software is the primary measure of progress
- 10. 6/2/15 10 © 2014 VersionOne 19 Cars © 2014 VersionOne 20 Cost 2 months savings 6 months savings 12 months savings
- 11. 6/2/15 11 © 2014 VersionOne 21 But… 1 126 What if you had no car? You have to walk 5 miles to and from work EACH day. What if you could trade in a car with zero wait time and get the same value you paid? NOW…what car would you buy? © 2014 VersionOne 22 Great example, but this isn’t real life… • 4.8 oz • 128MB RAM • 4/8/16G • 3.5in screen • 2 MP camera • 4.55 OZ • 1G RAM • 16, 64, 128G • 4.7in screen • 8MP rear, 1.5 MP front w/HD Sold 6.1 MILLION units
- 12. 6/2/15 12 © 2014 VersionOne 23 Cars iPhone 1 iPhone 5/6 iPhone ? Iwatch ? © 2014 VersionOne 24 What if you tried to build the iPhone 5 from the start?
- 13. 6/2/15 13 © 2014 VersionOne 25 If someone asks why agile? © 2014 VersionOne 26 Questions… Track me down… @agilebdub http://www.linkedin.com/in/agilebdub www.agilebdub.com