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The Business Analyst on the Agile Team
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Bob WoodsAgile Delivery ManagerMatrix Resources Atlanta
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Why Agile?3
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Why Agile?4
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Agile and Scrum and Team5
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Agile Who, How, What6
WHO
• Stakeholders• Product Owner• Scrum Master• Scrum Team
• Architect• Developers• Quality Assurance• Any role needed to deliver
shippable software
WHAT
• Working Software• Product Backlog• Sprint Backlog• Burndown Charts
HOW
• Backlog Grooming
• Sprint Planning• Daily Standup• Sprint Review,
Demo• Retrospective
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Agile Overview: The What7
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Agile Overview: The Who8
• Scrum Team• Architect• Developers• Quality
Assurance• Any role needed
to deliver shippable software
• Product Owner• Scrum Master
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So where’s the Business Analyst?9
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A team is a cohesive set of parts10
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Gathered to meet a goal11
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What activities need support?12
WHO
• Stakeholders• Product Owner• Scrum Master• Scrum Team
• Architect• Developers• Quality Assurance• Any role needed to deliver
shippable software
WHAT
• Working Software• Product Backlog• Sprint Backlog• Burndown Charts
HOW
• Backlog Grooming
• Sprint Planning• Daily Standup• Sprint Review,
Demo• Retrospective
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Value Management13
• Are we going to do the right things?
• Are we doing the right things?
• What business value are we delivering in this sprint?• Accountability
• Delivery
• “System Thinker”: see the big picture, help the team to deliver it
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Traceability14
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Communication Enablement15
Between the Product Owner and the Dev team
Between Dev and QA
Be the 3rd amigo (Bob Galen)
Requirements clarity
Positive support for QA
Evangelize quality end-to-end
Functionality pre-check before demo
Stop scope creep, gold plating, unneeded work
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Compliance16
• Account security• Authentication• Authorization• Password requirements
• Sarbannes-Oxley Act (SOX)• Security of financial information
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
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Example Story17
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Career Path: BA to Product Owner18
• Knows how to translate business needs to developers
• Knows how to work with business partners in backlog prioritization
• Know how to look for and drive quality in all of the team outputs
• Knows how to fit the documentation to the business, compliance, culture
• Know how to be a part of a high performing agile team day after day
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Be on the team19
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Q & A
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MATRIX OVERVIEW
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• 32 Years IT Solutions Experience
• Privately-held, $210M Top 25 in the U.S.
• National Firm with 12 offices across the U.S.
• Offshore Services in India via Joint Venture
Offshore Delivery Centers
MATRIX Office
MATRIX Virtual Office
Offshore Delivery Center
States MATRIX has supplied
resources
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MATRIX SERVICE LINES
Agile Consulting • Coaching
• Mentoring
• Training
• Agile Delivery
Recruiting Services• Contract, Contract to Hire & Direct Hire
Staffing
• Managed Services
• Staffing as an SOW
Application Development• Microsoft App Dev (onshore &
offshore)
• Web Design - UI/UX
Enterprise Support• Open Source App Dev & Maintenance
• Quality Assurance
• Remote Database Administration
• ERP Support
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Q & A