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The Juggling BAPlaying multiple roles successfully
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Ask the audience#JugglingBA
Ask the audience
Raise your hand if you are a business analyst
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Ask the audience
Raise your hand if you are a business analyst
Raise your hand if you used to be a developer
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Ask the audience
Raise your hand if you are a business analyst
Raise your hand if you used to be a developer
Raise you hand if you have been doing this for 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, more?
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Ask the audience
What are some of the "typical" BA functions that you play?
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Ask the audience
What are some of the "atypical" functions that you play?
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My story
Hello, my name is Paul, and I am a BAUXUIWDPOSMPMQARMHDMoPD
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My story
Hello, my name is Paul, and I am a BAUXUIWDPOSMPMQARMHDMoPD
Manager of Product DevelopmentFranklin UniversityBlueQuill.com
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Thesis:
Business analysts are increasingly expected to perform a lot of different functions and roles that are not their primary role.
How can we successfully juggle all these roles?
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Thesis:
Business analysts are increasingly expected to perform a lot of different functions and roles that are not their primary role.
How can we successfully juggle all these roles?
Great problem to have
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Juggling 101#JugglingBA
Juggling 101
Juggling is simple:- Throwing- Catching- Timing- Passing- Practice
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Throwing
“Focus on your throws (the essentials)”
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Throwing
“Focus on your throws”
Determine the ‘essentials’ you need in order to produce valuable software
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Throwing
“Focus on your throws (the essentials)” 1. Roadmap (vision)
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Throwing
“Focus on your throws (the essentials)” 1. Roadmap (vision)2. SDLC
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Throwing
“Focus on your throws (the essentials)” 1. Roadmap (vision)2. SDLC
TACT (softwaretakestact.com)-Trust-Accountability-Communication-Time
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements
-3 amigos in our environment-Detail upfront dependent on the feature
-team given a lot of freedom (trust)
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements2. Key Ceremonies (fancy word for meetings)
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements2. Key Ceremonies (fancy word for meetings)
-Daily standup-Sprint planning-Acceptance-Retrospective
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements2. Key Ceremonies (fancy word for meetings)3. Documentation
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Catching
“Building on and executing those essentials”1. Roadmap vs. “just in time” requirements2. Key Ceremonies (fancy word for meetings)3. Documentation
-User stories-Acceptance criteria
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Timing
“Changing your focus depending on the need”
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Timing
“Changing your focus depending on the need”1. Be the BA of your department, find the need
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Timing
“Changing your focus depending on the need”1. Be the BA of your department, find the need2. May need to switch roles at different times
-PO and SM, how dare you!
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Passing
“Teamwork makes everything better”
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Passing
“Teamwork makes everything better”1. Delegate when possible
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Passing
“Teamwork makes everything better”1. Delegate when possible
-Am I bad at this?-Can someone else do it better?-What are other people’s strengths?
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Passing
“Teamwork makes everything better”1. Delegate when possible2. Team focus How can I make it better?
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Passing
“Teamwork makes everything better”1. Delegate when possible2. Team focus How can I make it better?
-Keep meetings short-Make work fun-Challenge, but accept-Lower the stress (protect the workers)-Facilitate getting the right answer
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Practice
“Anyone can juggle”
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Practice
“Anyone can juggle”What are essential BA skills?
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Practice
“Anyone can juggle”What are essential BA skills?
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Practice
“Anyone can juggle”What are essential BA skills?
-Problem solver-Process architect-Passion for technology-Diplomatic-Team-centric
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Juggling 101
Juggling is simple:- Throwing- Catching- Timing- Passing- Practice
ANY QUESTIONS?
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