Challenges for Business Analysts in Distributed Agile
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Here I share, my pick of top 5 challenges faced by Business Analysts in Distributed Agile development. You will realize that these challenges apply to all distributed teams Agile or no Agile. I have also provided some of the techniques and tools that I have used to overcome these. This was presented at the Business Analyst World Bangalore on 25/May/2012.
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Challenges for Business Analysts in Distributed Agile
- 2. Challenges for Business Analysts in Distributed Agile Pankaj Kanchankar Lead Business Analyst
- 3. Key Takeaways • Challenges faced by BAs in Distributed Agile • Techniques & Tools to overcome these challenges
- 4. BA in Distributed Agile • Strategic – Building Product backlog – Minimum Viable Product – Product / Release roadmap • Forward looking – JIT analysis – Story detailing, Narratives – Story Agreement • Operational – Story kick off, BA Volley ball – IPMs, Show cases – Iteration management
- 6. Lack of Shared Vision
- 7. Getting time with Product Management / Business
- 8. Across Time Zones… Source- http://www.qlock.com/
- 9. Operational vs Forward looking
- 11. Building relationships …. Across Geographies
- 13. FEA R
- 14. FEAR
- 16. Lack of Shared Vision
- 17. Building a Shared Vision - Project Inception
- 18. The (typical) start of an engagement “I’m glad we’re all agreed then.”
- 19. Inception aims to get those mental models out “Ah...”
- 20. to iterate and converge on shared understanding “Ah!”
- 21. and have everyone moving in the same direction “I’m glad we’re all agreed then.”
- 22. Building a Shared Vision • Project Inception – Business Model Canvas – Product In a Box – Story Map www.businessmodelgeneration.com
- 23. Building a Shared Vision www.innovationGames.com
- 24. Building a Shared Vision Jeff Patton www.agileproductdesign.com
- 25. Getting time with Product Management / Business
- 26. Set expectations AND get time commitment during Inception
- 27. • Set up recurring meetings – Cancel when not required • Utilize time well – Set expectations for each interaction – Have well defined agenda – Stick to time • Move operational stuff to emails/ status reports or electronic tools like Mingle / Jira
- 31. Use Technology • Set up Video conf • Video calls instead of just voice calls – Skype, GoToMeeting, Google+ Hangout, FaceTime, WebEx • Calls over email chains • Collaboration tools – Wikis, Jira, Mingle
- 33. Transpa rency Commitment Accountability
- 34. FEAR
- 39. Key Takeaways • Challenges faced by BAs in Distributed Agile • Techniques & Tools to overcome these challenges
Editor's Notes
- Mountainice.org
- Remember they also have a day job Give then their time back. They would love to get some other stuff done.
- Face to Face is the best way Frequent Visits to client location (at least 1 in 2-3 months) Request business / client to visit offshore
- Face to Face is the best way Frequent Visits to client location (at least 1 in 2-3 months) Request business / client to visit offshore Understand stakeholders personality type DISC - Claire
- Transparency in operations, intent and ground realities Predictable Delivery – Promise what you can deliver and deliver on your promises, Walk the talk, Follow through on Commitments Build credibility by delivering on your commitments – Elizabeth Larson Accountability – Time, of course, is also a crucial influence on the trust factor. The time it takes to build trust with any one person can take days, weeks, or even years. But in business, we all know that we must make effective use of our time to build trust as quickly as possible
- Fear of authority Self doubt in capabilities Realise you are on the same team!
- Mountainice.org