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Business analysts often interpret the lack of mention of business analysis in most agile frameworks (Scrum, XP, SAFe) to mean that there is no place for analysis, and hence no place for business analysts in an agile setting. Every word in that sentence was wrong. In general, the frameworks (except, perhaps for SAFe) are not …

Ask anyone to describe agile, and inevitably they’ll use terms like sprint, product backlog, product owner, and sprint planning. Notice a trend? Those are all terms specific to Scrum that have become, for better or worse, part of the ubiquitous language of agile. The reason for that is simple. The Scrum framework has won the …

“We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.” Agile Manifesto Agile has reached – and blazed past – buzzword status. It’s no longer new (the term being applied to software development over 17 years ago), yet people are still learning about it for the first time. When …

Customers are the people who give your organization money in exchange for some product (or service). In order for that product to appeal to those people, it should satisfy a need they have. If the product you work on for your organization is the thing you’re selling to your customers, the importance of understanding those …

Presentation Description A common piece of advice is that your team should discover the true need of your project. Unfortunately advice on how to make that happen isn’t as prevalent. In this session you’ll have a chance to practice a simple technique to get to the core of what your stakeholders need that has been …