dcsug - applying analysis in an agile world
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Applying Analysis in an Agile World
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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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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1.Agile Extension v2
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SV4
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SV4 Or replace with IIBA/Agile Alliance slideStephanie Vineyard, 8/4/2017
Why update?Author’s goals?
What’s in it for me?
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Agile Extension v2 to the BABOK
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 …
1. Scrum
2. Kanban
3. XP
4. SAFe
5. LeSS
6. …
Agile is a mindset
Delivered by values
Guided by principles
Implemented with practices.
2.Business Analysis
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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
“…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
The Solution –
Manure Removal
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The Need –
Transportation
The Innovation Solution
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?
1. See the whole2. Think as a customer3. Analyze to determine what is valuable4. Get Real using examples5. Understand what is doable6. Stimulate collaboration and continuous
improvement7. Avoid waste
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Principles of Agile Business Analysis
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.
3.Analysis at multiple Horizons
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The Value Spectrum
Agile Analysis Horizons:
• Strategy
• Initiative
• Delivery
Analysis Horizons
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We’re going on a road trip!
SV3
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SV3 Exercise needs work. Better explanation and set up.Stephanie Vineyard, 4/27/2017
• 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?
1. Time2. Goal3. Supplies4. Risks or Limitations
Parameters
4.The Analyst Role
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Focus on the goal
Test assumptions
Validate the needs were met
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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