the role of the agile ba

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The Role of the Agile BA

David Hawks @austinagile

David Hawks Agile Velocity

Agile Coach [email protected]

Role

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10 yrs

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David Hawks

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Outcomes

Why iterative requirements?

Agile Roles and where do you fit?

HOWTO - Agile Requirements - What and When?

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Feature/function usage in the software industry

From: A Standish Group study


What causes us to build features which are rarely or never used?

Illusion of Progress

Requirements

Design

Development

Test

Release

80%

done??


Scrum Process Overview7

Working Software is your primary Measure of Progress

Requirements

Design

Development

Sprint 1

Test

Requirements

Design

Development

Sprint 2

Test

Requirements

Design

Development

Sprint 3

Test

Requirements

Design

Development

Sprint 4

Test

Potentially Shippable Product Increment


Outcomes




What role do you think a BA could play in Agile?

Product Owner Responsibilities

Drive Product Success

Creates and Maintains the Product

Backlog

Collaborates with the Team

Collaborates with

StakeholdersCreates

the Product Vision

Participates in Sprint Meetings

So where does the BA fit in?

Know

ledg

e Authority

BA to Product Owner

BA PO

Time

BA to ScrumMaster

BA SM

Focus on helping the team

Supports the Product Owner

Becomes the Master at Agile & Scrum

BA stays as BA

BA BA

Supports the Developers (Systems Analysis)

Supports the Product Owner

(Business Analysis)

Supports User and QA

(Acceptance)

Where do you think you would fit best?

Outcomes




Requirements Challenge

Source: http://www.projectcartoon.com

We need a light weight method, so that…

Rather than making one all-encompassing set of decisions up front

… we can spread decision making across the project based on the latest information

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User Stories

As a <WHO>

I want <WHAT>

So that <WHY>

3Cs

INVEST

Epic MMF Story

Acceptance Criteria

Story Funnel

Backlog Physics

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Let’s take a look at how a Story can evolve iteratively and

incrementally


Story Brainstorm Session

An Epic Story is Identified

Wish List Capability As a shopper, I want to place products on a list to share with my friends, So that they will buy me things I actually want


The Product Owner or BA fills in some high level notes after the

meeting, being careful not to be too prescriptive allowing for later

conversations.

Wish List Capability As a shopper, I want to place products on a list to share with my friends, So that they will buy me things I actually want • Add product • Remove products • Unique Link • Email to a friend


Backlog Grooming Session

The Product Owner reviews the Epic with the team to get a Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate from the

Team.

Wish List Capability As a shopper, I want to place products on a list to share with my friends, So that they will buy me things I actually want • Add product • Remove products • Unique Link • Email to a friend

40 points


Stakeholder Review Meeting

The Product Owner prioritizes in the Portfolio Backlog

Epic 1

Epic 2

Epic 3

Epic 4

Epic 5

Wish List Capability

Epic 7

Epic 8

Epic 9

Epic 10



The Epic gets prioritized into a release.

Epic 4

Epic 5

Wish List Capability

Epic 7

Epic 8

Epic 9

Epic 10

Epic 11

Epic 12

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Release 2 Scop

e


The Product Owner or BA makes a first attempt at breaking down the

Epic into Feature Stories.

This may involve discussions with Stakeholders.

New details may appear.

As a shopper, I want to place products in my wish list So that I can share them with my friends

As a wish list user, I want to remove products from my wish list So that My friends don’t buy me something I already have.

As a shopper, I want make a private list So that I can remember items I want

As a wish list user, I want share my list with my friends So that they can buy me stuff I want

As a friend of a wish list user, I want to be able to note products I bought as a gift So that their other friends don’t buy the same product

As a wish list user, I want to control the visibility of my list So that it can be public or private to only people who I have explicitly shared it with



The Product Owner and BA reviews the feature stories with the team. The team discusses, identifies open questions and provides estimates.

As a shopper, I want to place products in my wish list So that I can share them with my friends

As a wish list user, I want to remove products from my wish list So that My friends don’t buy me something I already have.

As a shopper, I want make a private list So that I can remember items I want

As a wish list user, I want share my list with my friends So that they can buy me stuff I want

As a friend of a wish list user, I want to be able to note products I bought as a gift So that their other friends don’t buy the same product

As a wish list user, I want to control the visibility of my list So that it can be public or private to only people who I have explicitly shared it with

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The Product Owner or BA documents any additional Acceptance Criteria

discussed.

Wish List – Add Product As a shopper, I want to place products in my wish list So that I can share them with my friends • An add to wish list options should appear on the

product details page • If the user is not logged in, prompt to login or

create a new account • Display wish list

13 points

Wish List – Share List As a wish list user, I want share my list with my friends So that they can buy me stuff • Provide a link that they can share • Allow the user to provide email addresses • In the email ask their friend to create a wish list

8 points



The Product Owner prioritizes the new stories into the backlog.

Feature 1

Feature 2

Feature 3

Feature 4

Feature 5

Add Product

Share Product

Remove Products

Friend Update

Private List

Out of Scope:


Product Owner or BA engages with UX/ Team to start making mockups

Product Picture

Product Title, Price, etc.

Buy Now

Add to Wish List

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Team Discusses Feature Stories with Product Owner and BA to determine how to break them down into Sprint

Sized Stories.

Wish List – Add Product – Logged in As a logged in shopper, I want to place products in my wish list So that I can share them with my friends • An add to wish list options should appear on the

product details page • Once clicked the item appears in their wish list

(validated in the database)

Wish List – Add Product – Not Logged in As a non logged in shopper, I want to place products in my wish list So that I can share them with my friends • Prompt the user to login or create a new account • Once logged in the product should appear in their wish

list (validated in db)

Wish List – Add Product – View List As a wish list user, I want to view my wish list items So that I know what I have in there • Add a wish list link that allows them to see all of the

items in their wish list (product name, price, date added, etc.)

• After adding a product display their wish list


Product Owner Prioritizes Sprint Sized Stories.

Feature 3

Feature 4

Feature 5

Add Product – Logged In

Share Product

Remove Products

Add Product -‐ Not Logged In

Add Product – View List


The team starts to prepare to work on the story.

Any dependencies?

Any environments needing setup?

Any new knowledge needed?


Share Product

Remove Products





The Team does one last review with Product Owner and BA to ensure

understanding.

Any last minute questions?

Refine Acceptance Criteria.


Share Product

Remove Products




Team plans stories in Sprint and begins work.Add Product – Logged In



Prepare Does the team need anything in place before they can start?

Breakdown Sprint Sized Actionable Stories with Estimates

Detail Flesh out Acceptance Criteria & UX Design. Review with Team.


How does this approach compare to traditional

requirements management?

Resistance and Chaos

Integration and Practice

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