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Business Analysis

Scrum/Agile Methodology & Relation to Project Management

Hicham Zinalabdin!Feb 5, 2014!

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What is “Business Analysis”?

Business analysis is a research discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems.

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What is “Business Analysis”?

REQUIREMENTS SOLUTION COMMUNICATION

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BA vs. Consultant

Consultant is a Business Analyst with more domain experience.

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What is Project Management?

The discipline of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals.

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Did you know

25%-40% of all spending on projects is wasted is a result of re-work1? 70% - 85% of all project rework costs are due to errors in requirements2?

1 Hass, Kathleen B. "Business Analysis Center of Excellence." Projects@Work. 2 Bartholomew, Doug. "Prescription for Better Projects." AllBusiness.

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Business Analysis Project Management

Leadership Works construc2vely with team Mo2va2on of team Coaches others Gives direc2on and is role model leader Takes responsibility

Problem Solving Gathers and presents business and process op2ons Clearing roadblocks Establishes facts Confron2ng issues Determines root causes Plans effort and facilitates problem solving techniques

Decision Making Analyses impact of decisions Manages approval & sign off

Analyses trends and make improvement recommenda2ons

Resource Management Priori2es and Schedule conflicts

Cri2cal Thinking Converts data into informa2on Change control Scope Management Schedule Planning

Strategic Perspec2ves Sees strategy at product and process level Sees organisa2on strategy and knows project integra2on

issues Detailed knowledge within industry Wide knowledge of industry but not detailed

Influencing Managing expecta2ons Managing expecta2ons Builds rapport with team and customers Variance management

Influences major events and adapts style to gain ‘buy in’

Communica2on & Interpersonal

Key report wri2ng skills Stakeholder communica2on Rela2ng to team & customers Verbal presenta2ons High level status repor2ng

Time Management Work package priori2za2on Schedule Management Deliver on 2me SeSng priori2es

Ref.: http://www.bptg.org/bptgDisplayEvent.aspx?id=67

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Business Analysis!Framework Methodologies

ITERATIVE WATERFALL

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Business Analysis!Scrum/Agile Methodology

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Scrum Dev. Team

Scrum Planning

Daily Scrum

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

Backlog

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