Surviving in a constantly changing market forced most organisations to re-evaluate their concept to cash cycles and the adoption of Lean and Agile practices are changing the landscape of product development drastically. Lean and Agile practices significantly challenges the Business Analyst to review their notions of Requirements Gathering and Management. Although Lean and Agile practices are rapidly spreading, the role of the Business Analyst is neglected and is not well understood and described. Business Analysts need to reposition themselves, their tools and techniques. Is Agile the place where Business Analysts go to die or is the Business Analyst the key to survival in a constantly changing world?
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5. Source: Ian Morris | Why the West Rules – For Now
Humanities capability
in terms of:
• Energy Capture
• Organization
• Information
Technology
• Weaponry
30. Work hard, but limited change
• We are stuck!
fooling around without real
organisational change!
31. Most of this still Waterfall/Gated Processing and Planning
Thus, agile does not realise the expected benefits through
empirical process control in order to deliver fast at high quality in a
constantly changing and fast paced environment.
Limited Agile
practices only
applied at this
level
Project
Initiation
Project Planning
Requirements
Definition
Archirecture
Design
Systems
Analysis
Development
37. muda (waste) and non value added activities value added
muda (waste) and non
value added activities
value addedreduced waste
traditional focus
lean focus
total lead time through value stream
muda (waste) and non value added activities value added push harder to deliver
profit
reduce waste to increase
profit
profitprofit
| waste vs value
41. principlesofinnovation active management of queues
exploitation of variability
cadence and synchronisation
exploiting fast feedback
reduction of batch sizes to enable flow
WIP limitation to ensure higher flow and quality
decentralised control value
this makes for good economics,
or does it?
44. Learn to apply your
knowledge and techniques
appropriately based on
what you face:
Project Complexity
Project Uncertainty
|adapt, do not conform
45. revolutionary
non standard work
empirical process control
evolutionary
standard work
defined process control
doing
reviewing
adapting
planning
value
value
stream
flow pull perfection
operating existing
products and services
more efficiently
shortening concept to
cash cycle
| understand kaizen in your world!
46. In summary
Business analysis is a goal, not a role
Business analysis must be adaptable
Don’t be different, just do what you do differently
Enable change and value
Apply your competence and knowledge, just in a
different manner
Your actions needs to assist your
organisation to adapt. Continuously!