The Power of the Agile Business Analyst
IT Governance Publishing (Hersteller)
978-1-84928-505-6 (ISBN)
If the goal of an Agile project is to deliver the highest business value solution possible, why is the business user the least supported member of the Agile team? It's good to be an Agile developer. The Agile community provides Agile developers with countless supporting resources including books, websites, forums, and conferences where Agile development issues can be raised, discussed, and jointly addressed by the group. The interesting thing is that, where Agile approaches go to great lengths to provide developers with the foundation they need to deliver high-value software solutions, there is relatively little equivalent support provided for the business users. In most Agile methods, the business user is solely responsible for the identification, requirements gathering, clarification, and assignment of priorities for their requested system capabilities. Agile development teams rely on business users having sufficient knowledge, vision, objectivity, and time to ensure that these capabilities provide the best possible solution for the organization. But is this really the case?
The Power of the Agile Business Analyst: 30 surprising ways a business analyst can add value to your Agile development team challenges whether Agile projects are truly positioned to deliver the highest-value business solutions without offering business users the equivalent level of support, validation, and collaboration that is provided for the Agile development team. To address this challenge, The Power of the Agile Business Analyst proposes including an Agile business analyst on the development team to provide business users with the support they need, as well as a valuable resource to assist the Agile developers in their analysis, design, testing, and implementation work throughout the project.
Jamie Lynn Cooke has 22 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with over 130 public and private sector organizations throughout Australia, Canada and the United States. Jamie has been working hands-on with Agile methodologies since 2003, and has researched hundreds of books and articles on Agile topics. She is a signatory to the Agile Manifesto, has attended numerous Agile seminars; and has worked with prominent consultants to promote Agile methodologies to large organizations. Jamie has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Psychology (Human Factors Engineering) from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts; and a Graduate Certificate in e-Business/Business Informatics from the University of Canberra in Australia.
Introduction; 1: What is Agile?; 2: The Power and the Perils of Agile; 3: Why Your Team Needs an Agile Business Analyst; 4: What are the Risks of Not Having an Agile Business Analyst?; 5: 30 Ways for the Agile Business Analyst to Add Value To Your Project; 6: Getting the Right Agile Business Analyst For Your Team; 7: Moving Your Agile Team Forward; 8: More Information on Agile; General information on Agile; Specific Agile methodologies; Selected Agile case studies; Author's Note on Agile Business Analysis Resources; ITG Resources
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.10.2013 |
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| Verlagsort | Ely |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Agile Software Entwicklung |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84928-505-5 / 1849285055 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84928-505-6 / 9781849285056 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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