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How Agile Helped A Business Analyst Discover Her Real ValuebyDiane Zajac-Woodieon 21 March 2014Beyond Requirements DictatorHow Agile Helped a Business Analyst Discover Her Real ValueIntroductionDiane Zajac-WoodieBA for 6 years,4 for them agile

OutlineTraditional BAs jobsThe ObstaclesWhat stays the sameWhat changesWhat skill even more valuableErasing role boundariesTraditional BAs jobssubmitted in depth requirement plansCreate detailed meeting minutesprecisely documented complex requirements in meeting

The ObstaclesMemberships some team members were reluctant to embrace working in this type of environment.Lack of information about agilelack of information available for non-development roles on agile teams.corporate culture most large company encourages and rewards individual efforts

The same and changeWhat a BA provides will stay the same But when and how things are accomplished will changeWhat stays the sameStill find requirementsStill use BPMBA still the communication hubStill need meeting

BPMBusiness process modelsLet new partner understand project easier and quicklyflexible new information discovered and change***Share with stakeholder***hanging near the team space

What changesgenerate documentation to describe the pros and cons of each. discuss with our product owners.read a project initiation document story mapexecutable test scenariosUsing Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), we spell out requirements in a ubiquitous language that literally becomes our automated tests.At the front end of a traditional project just-in-timeExecutable requirements

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11What skill even more valuableCommunicationBetween business and developerAmong the teemlean and share informationCuriosityWork with PM to QA to developerWhat is possible

Erasing role boundariesSmall pieces of workWIP(work-in-progress) limitsEveryone paringWriting requirementsI know everything that I need What can I learn from you

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ConclusionErasing role boundaries made agile team more constantGo agile made her discover her real value