1. The document discusses applying business analysis in an agile environment. It outlines the intentions of understanding the agile mindset, knowing the value of business analysis, understanding a framework for business analysis with an agile mindset, and the role of the business analyst. 2. It summarizes the Agile Extension v2 to the BABOK guide and the core principles of agile business analysis, which include seeing the whole picture, thinking like a customer, analyzing to determine value, getting real examples, understanding feasibility, stimulating collaboration and improvement, and avoiding waste. 3. It discusses analyzing at multiple horizons including strategy, initiatives, and delivery along a value spectrum.

1. Applying Analysis in
an Agile World

2. Stephanie
Vineyard
•Excella Consulting: Director of
Business Analysis Service, Agile
trainer and coach
•Agile Extension v2 to the BABOK,
core team
•Board member of the
IIBA DC Chapter
•CSP, CSM, CSPO, PMP, ITIL
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3. Our
intentions
today
• Understand the Agile Mindset
• Know the value of business analysis
• A framework for business analysis
with an Agile mindset
• The role of the business analyst
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4. 1.
Agile
Extension
v2
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5. SV4

6. Slide 5
SV4 Or replace with IIBA/Agile Alliance slide
Stephanie Vineyard, 8/4/2017

7. Why update?
Author’s goals?
What’s in it for me?
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Agile Extension v2 to the BABOK

8. 1.Finish the sentence.
2.Pass and read cards.
3.Rate from 1 – 5 on back
of card.
4.Pass a second time.
5.Rate new card from 1 – 5.
6.Repeat for 3 rounds.
7.Total the #s on the card.
Agile is …

9. 1. Scrum
2. Kanban
3. XP
4. SAFe
5. LeSS
6. …
Agile is a mindset
Delivered by
values
Guided by
principles
Implemented with
practices.

10. 2.
Business
Analysis
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11. 1. Enables change by defining
needs and recommending
solutions that deliver value.
2. Defines and validates
solutions that meet business
needs, goals or objectives.
Business Analysis

12. “…as health officials in Rochester, New York, calculated in 1900, the
fifteen thousand horses in that city produced enough manure in a
year to make a pile 175 feet high covering an acre of ground and
breeding sixteen billion flies, each one a potential spreader of germs.”
“Urban Pollution— Many Long Years Ago”, American Heritage, 1971
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The Problem - Manure

13. The Solution –
Manure
Removal
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14. The Need –
Transportation

15. The Innovation
Solution

16. An innovator should have understanding of one’s customers and
their problems via empirical, observational, anecdotal methods
or even intuition.
~ HBR article by Patrick Vlaskovits, August 2011
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What is an innovator?

19. 1. See the whole
2. Think as a customer
3. Analyze to determine what is valuable
4. Get Real using examples
5. Understand what is doable
6. Stimulate collaboration and continuous
improvement
7. Avoid waste
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Principles of Agile Business Analysis

21. Agile is a
mindset
Delivered by
values
Guided by
principles
Implemented
with
practices
Business analysis
enables change
By defining needs and
recommending
solutions that deliver
value
And validates solutions
meet business needs,
goals, and objectives.

22. 3.
Analysis
at
multiple
Horizons
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23. The Value Spectrum

24. Agile Analysis Horizons:
• Strategy
• Initiative
• Delivery

25. Analysis
Horizons
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26. We’re going on a road trip!
SV3

27. Slide 25
SV3 Exercise needs work. Better explanation and set up.
Stephanie Vineyard, 4/27/2017

28. • North or South
highway?
• Type of vehicle?
• Long goal -length
of trip? See sights?
• Overnight
accommodations?
• Clothes, money?
• Short term goal – see
sights or visit people?
• Spare tire or AAA?
• Hotel stay tonight?
• Food in the car?
• Music?
• Immediate goal – route
out of DC?

29. 1. Time
2. Goal
3. Supplies
4. Risks or Limitations
Parameters

30. 4.
The
Analyst
Role
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31. Focus on the goal

32. Test assumptions

33. Validate the needs were met

34. Our
intentions
today
• Understand the Agile Mindset
• Know the value of business analysis
• A framework for business analysis
with an Agile mindset
• The role of the business analyst
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35. Stephanie Vineyard
@tesiemae
Stephanie.vineyard@excella.com
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