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» FEATURED: Increasing Proficiency of Business Analyst Professionals

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Increasing Proficiency of Business Analyst Professionals

In this rapidly changing situation, there are great opportunities for business analyst professionals who can propose resourceful modernization solutions at a fraction of the initial development cost.

» FEATURED: Has “Agile” Killed “Use Cases”?

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Has “Agile” killed “Use Cases”? Let us answer this question in this short article. As you may know, “Use Cases” have been a great way to document the detailed “Functional Requirements” of a system.

» Product owner and business analyst - how to make it fit

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Product owner and business analyst - how to make it fit

The product owner is an ideal. I have experienced this myself as product owner and business analyst in a scrum team. How many organizations have a job title that can cover the role completely? If not, is your organization ready to change in order to fit the scrum method? The organization I work in is not but it is still possible for the scrum team ...

» FEATURED: NANW: There is life outside the waterfall – agile continuum

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NANW: There is life outside the waterfall – agile continuum

A great approach under the right circumstances, agile is not a universal solution for successfully completing a software project. Some projects are simply not compatible with most agile practices. For such projects, NANW has been driving results in terms of project and rework costs, integration time, and improved quality as reported by customers.

» Data Analysis for Business Analysts: Data Modeling in an Agile Team

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Data Analysis for Business Analysts: Data Modeling in an Agile Team

One of the most significant characteristics of an Agile engagement is that technical and business professionals work collaboratively to grow the system. The team agrees upon the goals for the project, as well as the order in which the requirements will be addressed on each of the sprints... At least one team member should have the role of “data adv...

» FEATURED: The 3 types of hybrid projects, and how they affect the business analyst’s work

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The 3 types of hybrid projects, and how they affect the business analyst’s work

I’ve written in the past about why hybrid approaches that incorporate traditional and agile methods of software development are been applied by organizations seeking to improve the results of their software projects. Here I’ll describe the 3 types of hybrid projects I have identified while working with different organizations in consulting assignme...

» FEATURED: 3 misconceptions I would like to see removed from the Agile Extension to the BABOK®

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3 misconceptions I would like to see removed from the Agile Extension to the BABOK®

The Agile Extension to the BABOK® describes “business analysis areas of knowledge, their associated activities and tasks, and the skills necessary to be effective in their execution within the framework of agile software development”. Below are 3 misconceptions that, in my opinion, the current draft of the Agile Extension is helping perpetuat...

» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional... - Part III: Winning Through Integrative Thinking

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Agile vs. Traditional... - Part III: Winning Through Integrative Thinking

Instead of taking for granted that either you find a flavor of agile that will fit the needs of your organization, or you must completely dismiss the use of agile methods, a much more valuable approach is to determine, for each individual project, which agile concepts should be embraced or not.

» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional... - Part II: Methods are a means to the end of project success, not the end themselves

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Agile vs. Traditional... - Part II: Methods are a means to the end of project success, not the end themselves

By taking a closer look at how your company is developing software, and what is working for projects with different profiles, it’s possible to leverage winning strategies and hybrid approaches to make your software initiatives equally or more successful in the future.

» FEATURED: A Proposal for an Agile Development Testing V-Model

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A Proposal for an Agile Development Testing V-Model

This article proposes a V-Model for agile development testing and invites feedback from the reader. The agile method used in this article is Scrum; the author assumes the reader is familiar with this solution development life cycle.

» FEATURED: Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality

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Agile vs. Traditional Software Development: Why is the debate still going on? - Part I: The dangers of bounded rationality

My understanding is that, in practice, successful agilists tend to bring together a number of activities, tasks, and deliverables that are from beyond the boundaries of what may be called “pure agile.” This mixing and matching of software process elements from agile and non-agile (more formal) approaches is a much more practical way of using these ...

» FEATURED: Understanding and Managing Agile Transitions

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Understanding and Managing Agile Transitions

Software development process is undergoing seismic shift from traditional waterfall software methodologies towards agile methodologies. Agile software development methodologies deliver high quality software products in rapid iterations with high flexibility and adaptability to changing conditions. This article discusses the dynamics of agile projec...

» FEATURED: Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

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Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World

As agile methods become widespread in organizations, it’s not surprising to see the idea of the business analyst as a dispensable role taking root among IT project teams. After all, in agile approaches, tasks typically performed by a business analyst, such as requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, are replaced by a conversation betwe...

» FEATURED: The Product Backlog Board

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How come product owners and teams struggle to use the product backlog effectively? One of the reasons lies in the linear nature of a traditional product backlog: It is a list of "features, functions, technologies, enhancements, and bug fixes," as "Agile Software Development with Scrum" states. Such a list works well for creating a simple product. B...

» FEATURED: Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?

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Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?

Whether it is in software development, business analysis, portfolio management or business strategy, everyone wants to be Agile - and nobody wants to admit they aren't Agile. But what does it really take to be Agile? What is the state of Agility like?

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