The BA Role in an Agile Environment–Blog Backlog

Posted by Robert Merrill on November 9, 2009 under Agile BA | Be the First to Comment

I gave a talk by this title at the September meeting of the Madison IIBA. I promised to put some of the materials up as blog posts. Like most estimates, “when” was overly optimistic.

Here it is mid-November, and I’m just getting to it. As I did at the talk, I want to write about what you want to hear about. So here’s the list of topics—the product backlog—as I’m currently planning to write about them.

If you’re a Madison IIBA person and you’d like to see the order changed, register and comment (or email me) and I’ll change the sequence. (I won’t sell your name).

1. I like my Waterfall and BRUF. How do I sabotage Agile in my shop?
2. What skills does a BA need in an Agile environment?
3. Tell me more about Facilitated Requirements Workshops.
4. Tell me more about User Stories.
5. How do Agile shops manage a project portfolio?
6. How do Agile teams do QA?
7. Tell me more about Test Cases and TDD/BDD.
8. How do Agile shops handle documentation?
9. What are the principles behind all Agile methods?
10. Why should we use an Agile method?
11. Why do Agile methods work?
12. Which Agile method should we use?
13. How can we tailor Agile to our environment?
14. What happens to the specialists (DBAs, UI/UE specialists, architects, etc.)