Just in time product management resources
This post contains a series of questions all relating to helping people adopt agile. I'll start by answering a general question that covers part of all these questions, and then address any specific instances separately. Question: How do you get people to convert from a waterfall to an agile approach? Understand why you want to …
Question: What are some good requirement tools to use with agile? Quality Center? Sticky notes, index cards flip charts, big pens, whiteboards, dry erase markers, your ears, and your brain. There's a good chance that a project being run in an agile manner does not require an extremely intricate and complicated requirement tool. This statement …
Question: How do you go about getting the information you need to create your features? How do you do that today? The techniques you use to develop a clear understanding of the problem, establish characteristics of a good solution, and develop good solution options are not that different in an agile approach. What may be …
Question: What is the most challenging thing about implementing and using agile? The amount of self discipline needed to be successful with the approach. One big difference between plan driven and agile approaches is the amount of prescriptive guidance on which roles do what tasks at what time in the project. Many processes based on …
A question that has been on a lot of Business Analyst’s minds, BA discussion groups, blog posts, and conference hallways is “Where do business analysts fit in agile projects?” There have been a lot of answers provided so far, many from people who have been practicing agile but wouldn’t call themselves business analysts, and several …
Business Analysts are in a position to drive organizations to greater success if they apply business analysis skills in the right way and the right level.