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Lean Business Analysis Weaponizes the Agile Software Development RevolutionWith the widespread adoption of Agile, software development has gone through some serious remodeling. The changes are a seismic shift from the days of mega-projects and monolithic methodologies. Agile teams build robust products incrementally and iteratively, requiring fast feedback from the business community to define ongoing work.
As a result, the process of defining IT requirements is evolving rapidly. Backlogs replace requirements definition documents. User Stories, Epics and Features replace requirement statements. Scenarios and Examples replace test cases. The timing of business analysis activities is shifting like sand.
But What Is LEAN Business Analysis?Business Analysis defines the future of Information Technology (IT) in an organization. Lean Business Analysis is the essential next step that enables the business community to take advantage of the speed of software delivery.
This book offers a brief overview of how you can reduce waste in Business Analysis practices to optimally support the new lean and agile software development world. Learn how lean principles:
Gain business agility by shifting from Project to Product ThinkingAccelerate time-to-market with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Combat waste in your Business Analysis Life CycleOptimize software development with effective Product BacklogsImprove the outcome of your Business Analysis techniquesExpress business needs in Features, User Stories, and ScenariosDeliver product quality with Acceptance (Business-Facing) TestingThe authors describe the problems and the process plaguing organizations struggling to ensure that the software development community produces the IT environment that the business community needs.
They also show solutions that take advantage of Lean Manufacturing principles to capture and analyze business needs. They explain types of waste prevalent in conventional Business Analysis and suggest approaches to minimize the waste while increasing the quality of the deliverables, namely actionable Features, User Stories, and Requirements that enable Agile Teams.
Who Should Read This Book?This book will help anyone who is involved with Agile Software development. In particular, it targets the neglected business roles such as Product Owners, Business Analysts, Test Developers, Business-side and Agile Team Members, Subject Matter Experts, and Product Managers.
Who Wrote It?The authors, Tom and Angela Hathaway, have taught thousands of students in face-to-face training, published multiple business analysis books, produced courses available on platforms such as Udemy.com with over 30K students, and enriched the global community with millions of views on their YouTube channel "baexperts".
