iiba agile ba presentation

Presented by: Ayang Obi-Odu

Agenda for the Day A little bit about Me Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA The BA and the Agile Mind-set The Agile BA’s Role in a SCRUM Practise Adding Value within the Enterprise - How does enterprise

analysis fit within an agile environment? Recap Conclusion - Is the BA Role Agile? Q&A

A Little Bit About Me A Husband and a Father of 2 gorgeous girls Loves to engage people on Life's Big 3 Questions (Where did we

come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? By Day Agile Coach MBA specialising in International Business and Sustainability A whole lot of hands on experience on

Waterfall Agile Wild West Projects

Industry Experience: Engineering, Government, Finance, Education, Insurance and Health

Some Dilbert Humour

Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA Pros

Provides a holistic view of what it means to setup and run a business

Very valuable for an enterprise business analyst (or those seeking to become one)

Cons Expensive! Not viewed as relevant to the BA practise

Is the BA Role Agile?

The Agile Mindset

The Agile Mindset Agile

The BAs Role in Agile Frameworks & Methodologies

SCRUM Methodology

Agile Team Artefacts

Personas

Epic

Epic

Epic

Feature

Epic

User Story

User Story

UX Mock-up

Constraints (Non-Functionals)

Storyboards

Scenarios

User Story

Business Process Model (Workflow)

Feature

Feature

Epic

Customer Journey Mapping

PersonasPersona Profile Goal

Marketing ManagerDevelops

Marketing and Communications material for

TWGFS Customers

Wants to send targeted

marketing and promotional

material to WM customers to help increase

customer leads conversion

rates.

Epic/Feature A very large User Story As a Customer Experience Specialist, I want to be able to identify, flag and

monitor a PEP so that I can fulfill the AML compliance requirement for PEPs

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Story Boards Great for End User experience mapping i.e. how a user interacts with a

product e.g. online websites/services

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Scenarios Great for End User experience mapping. More written as opposed to visual. i.e.

how a user interacts with a product e.g. online websites/services

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User Stories Fully Written Version - As the Lead Developer, I want all customer

address formats to be standardized across all the systems that hold and present customer information so there is address format uniformity across all systems holding customer information

http://www.romanpichler.com/

How does enterprise analysis fit within an agile environment?

https://www.batimes.com/kathleen-hass/the-future-is-now-the-21st-century-enterprise-business-analyst.html

https://www.batimes.com/kathleen-hass/the-transformational-enterprise-business-analyst.html

Recap

Dilbert is Funny Pros and Cons of an MBA for a BA The BA and The Agile Mind-set The BA’s Role within SCRUM The Enterprise BA’s Value within an Enterprise Agile

Environment

Conclusion