In this interactive session, Ayang Obi-Odu will engage attendees on these three aspects of the Agile Business Analyst purely from his experience as one: · What does it mean to have an agile mind-set as a BA? · What is the role of the BA within Agile Frameworks & Methodologies · Adding Value within the Enterprise - How does enterprise analysis fit in an agile methodology? Having recently completed an MBA, Ayang will also discuss his views on the pros and cons of an MBA in relation to a practising Business Analyst.

1. Presented by: Ayang Obi-Odu

2. Agenda for the Day
 A little bit about Me
 Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA
 The BA and the Agile Mind-set
 The Agile BA’s Role in a SCRUM Practise
 Adding Value within the Enterprise - How does enterprise
analysis fit within an agile environment?
 Recap
 Conclusion - Is the BA Role Agile?
 Q&A

3. A Little Bit About Me
 A Husband and a Father of 2 gorgeous girls
 Loves to engage people on Life's Big 3 Questions (Where did we
come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?
 By Day  Agile Coach
 MBA specialising in International Business and Sustainability
 A whole lot of hands on experience on
 Waterfall
 Agile
 Wild West Projects
 Industry Experience: Engineering, Government, Finance, Education,
Insurance and Health

4. Some Dilbert Humour

5. Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA
Pros
Provides a holistic view of what it means to setup and
run a business
Very valuable for an enterprise business analyst (or
those seeking to become one)
Cons
Expensive!
Not viewed as relevant to the BA practise

6. Is the BA Role Agile?

7. The Agile Mindset

8. The Agile Mindset Agile

9. The BAs Role in Agile Frameworks & Methodologies

10. SCRUM Methodology

11. Agile Team Artefacts
Personas
Epic
Epic
Epic
Feature
Epic
User Story
User Story
UX Mock-up
Constraints
(Non-Functionals)
Storyboards
Scenarios
User Story
Business Process Model
(Workflow)
Feature
Feature
Epic
Customer Journey
Mapping

12. Personas
Persona Profile Goal
Marketing
Manager
Develops
Marketing and
Communications
material for
TWGFS Customers
Wants to send
targeted
marketing and
promotional
material to WM
customers to help
increase customer
leads conversion
rates.

13. Epic/Feature
 A very large User Story
 As a Customer Experience Specialist, I want to be able to identify, flag and
monitor a PEP so that I can fulfill the AML compliance requirement for PEPs
http://www.romanpichler.com/

14. Story Boards
 Great for End User experience mapping i.e. how a user interacts with a product e.g.
online websites/services
http://www.romanpichler.com/

15. Scenarios
 Great for End User experience mapping. More written as opposed to visual. i.e. how
a user interacts with a product e.g. online websites/services
http://www.romanpichler.com/

16. User Stories
 Fully Written Version - As the Lead Developer, I want all customer address
formats to be standardized across all the systems that hold and present customer
information so there is address format uniformity across all systems holding
customer information
http://www.romanpichler.com/

17. How does enterprise analysis fit within an agile environment?

18. https://www.batimes.com/kathleen-hass/the-future-is-now-the-21st-century-enterprise-business-analyst.html

19. https://www.batimes.com/kathleen-hass/the-transformational-enterprise-business-analyst.html

21. Recap
 Dilbert is Funny
 Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA
 The BA and The Agile Mind-set
 The BA’s Role within SCRUM
 The Enterprise BA’s Value within an Enterprise Agile
Environment

22. Conclusion