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The Power of the Agile Business Analyst, second edition
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The Power of the Agile Business Analyst, second edition - 30 surprising ways a business analyst can add value to your Agile development team

Jamie Lynn Cooke (Author)

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SKU: 4944
Format: Softcover
ISBN13: 9781849289948
BIC: Project management, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
Pages: 200
Published: 31 May 2018
Availability: In Stock

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Description

Now in its second edition, The Power of the Agile Business Analyst has expanded to include new Agile methods that have emerged or gained prominence since the first edition. Learn 30 realistic, achievable ways that an Agile business analyst can increase project efficiency, add value and improve quality.  

Drawing on her extensive experience, Jamie Lynn Cooke proposes a new role for Agile projects: the Agile business analyst. She details 30 ways in which the role will increase relevance, quality and overall business value and provide business users with crucial support. The Agile business analyst is also a boon to the development team, being a ready source of business knowledge and ensuring that project outcomes align with requirements. 

 

This book has been updated to: 

  • Incorporate behaviour-driven development into the work that the business analyst does to support interface design; 
  • Align the programme management strategies of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to encourage cross-organisational communication and participation; 
  • Include full updates throughout the Qualifications section in ‘Getting the Right Agile Business Analyst for Your Team’; and 
  • Provide Agile updates, bringing the book back into line with current methods. 

Buy this book to learn how to revolutionise your Agile development and increase the value and relevance of your project outcomes.

Authors

About the author

Jamie Lynn Cooke has 27 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with more than 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Her background includes business case development; strategic and operational reviews; business process modeling, mapping, and optimization; product and project management on small to multi-million-dollar initiatives; quality management; risk analysis and mitigation; developing/conducting training courses; workshop delivery; and refining e-business strategies.

She is the author of Agile Productivity Unleashed, a book written specifically to explain Agile in non-technical business terms to managers and executives outside of the IT industry; Agile: An Executive Guide: Real results from IT budgets, which gives IT executives the tools and strategies needed for bottom-line business decisions on using Agile methodologies; Everything you want to know about Agile: How to get Agile results in a less-than-Agile organisation, which gives readers strategies for aligning Agile work within the reporting, budgeting, staffing, and governance constraints of their organisation; and PRINCE2 Agile™ An Implementation Pocket Guide: Step-by-step advice for every project type, a hands-on guide for successfully delivering projects within the PRINCE2 Agile™ framework.

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Table of contents

1: What is Agile?

2: The Power and the Perils of Agile

3: Why Your Team Needs an Agile Business Analyst

4: What are the Risks of Not Having an Agile Business Analyst?

5: 30 Ways for the Agile Business Analyst to Add Value to Your Project

6: Getting the Right Agile Business Analyst for Your Team

7: Moving Your Agile Team Forward

8:  More Information on Agile

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