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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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Stephanie Vineyard@tesiemae

Stephanie.vineyard@excella.com

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