Terry Pritchard from Blueprint Software will present the results of a survey of 300+ business analysts involved in Agile projects, and demonstrate how Blueprint’s product – Requirements Center – is being used to tackle some of the challenges that Agile projects pose for requirements definition.

1. The State of Business Analysis
in Agile IT Projects
Results from a 2010 survey
Terry Pritchard, Blueprint Software

2. How many projects are using Agile?
What are the biggest challenges when
adopting Agile?
Is Agile being used by large organizations?
How are requirements being expressed in
Agile projects?
Who has the toughest time adapting to Agile?
What benefits are organizations realizing
from adopting Agile?
Is Agile more prevalent in certain industries?

3. The Survey
• Conducted by Requirements.net, Capgemini,
and the Phoenix IIBA chapter
• Goal: Provide some hard statistical evidence of
the impact Agile methods are having on
business analysis
• Sample size: 322 IT professionals

4. Who Was Surveyed

5. Respondents by Industry

6. Number of Employees

7. % of Projects using Agile

8. What Process Best Improves IT and
Business Alignment in Agile Projects?

9. Comments from Respondents

10. Best Means of Expressing
Requirements for Agile Projects

11. Do Your Agile Projects Include
Offshore Resources?

12. Do You Plan to use Tools in
Your Agile Projects This Year?

13. Greatest Benefit Your Organization Has
Realized from adopting Agile

14. Role of the BA on Agile Projects

15. Single Largest Contributor to Agile
Project Success

16. Single Largest Benefit to IT from
adopting Agile

17. Best Means of Training a BA
to use Agile?

18. Biggest Challenge Facing Agile Projects

19. Main Consideration for Selecting
Length of Sprint

20. Stakeholders Most Difficult
to Move to Agile

21. Biggest Challenge for a BA
Who is New to Agile

22. www.requirements.net

23. www.blueprintsys.com
Terry Pritchard
terry.pritchard@blueprintsys.com
416 568 0075