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» FEATURED: Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company?
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Objective Agility - what does it take to be an Agile company? Whether it is in software development, business analysis, portfolio management or business strategy, everyone wants to be Agile - and nobody wants to admit they aren't Agile. But what does it really take to be Agile? What is the state of Agility like?

» Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron
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Agile Requirements: Not an Oxymoron  Adult children. Jumbo shrimp. Seriously funny. I’m sure you recognize these expressions as oxymorons—self-contradictory phrases, often with an ironic meaning.  Should we add “agile requirements” to the list? Does agile development fit in with traditional requirements practices? And if so, how?  

» FEATURED: Principles of Agile Architecture
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Principles of Agile Architecture The benefits of Agile methods are becoming more obvious and compelling. While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. That's largely because Agile provides quantifiable, "step-change" improvements in the "big three" software developm...

» FEATURED: Grooming the Product Backlog
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Grooming the Product Backlog The product backlog is a beautifully simple artifact – a prioritized list of the outstanding work necessary to bring the product to life. To work with the product backlog effectively, it needs regular attention and care; it needs to be carefully managed, or groomed. Business analysts can play an important role to ensure that this is done well.

» FEATURED: Agility Based on Business Rules
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Agility Based on Business Rules Today’s business systems aren’t agile – even when agile software methods are used to develop them. Companies need business agility, and in most cases we simply aren’t delivering it.  Here’s an example from recent experience. I visited a very large health care organization and had conversations there with a variety of people.

» Be Good Enough: How the Agile Process Refocuses Business Analysts on Imperfections
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Be Good Enough: How the Agile Process Refocuses Business Analysts on Imperfections The purpose of companies creating Business Analyst positions is to improve IT quality and efficiency while reducing project failures. When I first started as an Analyst, coming previously from the position of Software QA and having an education in technical writing (think documentation), I thought I was the perfect mix for the position. I quickly l...

» The Perfect Five-course Scrum
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The Perfect Five-course Scrum Through development and beyond we hope not to have show stoppers, anticipate builds and releases on time, expect teams to portray efficiency, want our customers to be happy, and hope that boss coming to work and singing melody. Sounds like a perfect five-course scrum, isn’t it?

» FEATURED: The Experts’ Take on Business Analysis and Agile
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The Experts’ Take on Business Analysis and Agile If you ask Business Analysts what they think about ‘Agile’, you’re likely to get a mixed bag of answers... With so many different ideas on what Agile is and how Agile impacts the Business Analysis profession, we decided to talk with leading experts in the Agile field and get their opinions on the subject.

» FEATURED: Using Extreme Inspections to Significantly Improve Requirements Practice
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Using Extreme Inspections to Significantly Improve Requirements Practice Extreme Inspections are a low-cost, high-improvement way to assure specification quality, effectively teach good specification practice, and make informed decisions about the requirements specification process and its output, in any project. The method is not restricted to be used on requirements analysis related material; this article however is l...

» FEATURED: The Next Wave: Valuable Products First, Process Second
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The Next Wave: Valuable Products First, Process Second I'm hearing the word "value" a lot lately. This is partly because the economic downturn has us looking to get the most for our money. But that's not all. More and more managers, business analysts, programmers and testers are talking to me about value. They are concerned that their products provide value for their end users. Many of them express a k...
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