Agile and Business Analysis: Practical Guidance for IT professionals, Second Edition
- 5h 22m
- Debra Paul, Lynda Girvan
- BCS
- 2024
Adopting an Agile approach can revolutionise business analysis working practices. Agile focuses on iterative development and incremental delivery of software solutions, enabling a clear focus on customer needs and early delivery of new or enhanced software products.
This revised edition reflects the latest Agile developments and provides a comprehensive introduction to Agile methods and techniques, explaining how they may be applied within the business analysis and holistic business change contexts.
Written by industry experts, this new edition is ideal for any business analysts who work in an Agile environment and wish to understand or extend their understanding of Agile practices. Recommended reading for BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis.
About the Author
Lynda Girvan is the Head of Business Analysis and Agile for CMC Partnership Consultancy Ltd and a Chartered Fellow of BCS. She has over 25 years’ experience in business analysis, agile development, agile coaching and transformational change programmes and is co-author of the BCS book, Agile from First Principles. Debra Paul is the Chief Executive Officer of Assist Knowledge Development, a Chartered Fellow of BCS and a Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School, University of Reading. She has worked in business analysis and transformation for over 30 years and is the editor and co-author of the best-selling BCS books, Business Analysis and Delivering Business Analysis: the BA Service Handbook.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Business Analysis in Agile Environments
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Agile Philosophy and Principles
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Adopting an Agile Mindset
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Understanding Agile Methods and Frameworks
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Modelling the Business Context
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Working with Stakeholders and Roles
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Decomposing Goals
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Prioritising the Work
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Deciding the Requirements Approach
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Modelling Users and Personas
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Modelling Stories and Scenarios
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Organising Tasks and Requirements
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Estimating Agile Projects
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Planning and Managing Iterations
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Adopting Agile
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