{"id":6801,"date":"2015-02-19T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:44:59","slug":"webinar-recap-ba-guide-essential-agile-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-ba-guide-essential-agile-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recap: BA Guide to Essential Agile Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"\/agile-training\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6820\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Going-Deeper-300x282.png\" alt=\"Going Deeper\" width=\"225\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Going-Deeper-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Going-Deeper-318x300.png 318w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Going-Deeper.png 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<strong>Comments on this post are closed. \u00a0To see questions and answers about this presentation or to ask you own\u00a0questions for the author, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/ba-guide-essential-agile-techniques-qa\/\">please visit the\u00a0Q&amp;A post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In our February 13 webinar presentation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/resources\/webinars#Agile\">BA Guide to Essential Agile Techniques<\/a>, we delved into following topics that are essential for an Agile team member with BA skills.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>V<\/strong><\/strong>ision<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>A<\/strong><\/strong>cceptance Criteria<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>L<\/strong><\/strong>ean Thinking<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>U<\/strong><\/strong>ser Stories<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>E<\/strong><\/strong>pics and Themes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For additional examples and more in-depth presentation, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/resources\/webinars#Agile\">see the recording of this webinar<\/a>, now available on-demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/course\/agile-business-analysis-144.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-7833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7833\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BecomeAnABA.png\" alt=\"BecomeAnABA\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BecomeAnABA.png 365w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BecomeAnABA-347x300.png 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Note: While there is no business analysis role in Agile per se, a Team member with BA skills on an Agile project might work with the Product Owner and the Team on tasks such as defining the vision, defining user roles and personas, eliciting requirements from stakeholders and users, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, identifying themes for releases, etc.)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Vision \u2013 The Guiding Light <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The vision helps set high-level expectations for the stakeholders and the team.\u00a0\u00a0 The product vision defines the overall scope of the product. In addition the vision statement becomes the \u201cwhat we are trying to achieve\u201d statement that the stakeholders refer to throughout the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision Statement Template <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6806\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-Statement-Template.png\" alt=\"Vision Statement Template\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-Statement-Template.png 648w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-Statement-Template-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-Statement-Template-500x277.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><strong>U<\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong>ser Stories <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Defining User Roles <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-user-stories-300x211.png\" alt=\"Vision - user stories\" width=\"250\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-user-stories-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-user-stories-425x300.png 425w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Vision-user-stories.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>A user role characterizes a type of user and how they interact with the system. For example, if we are creating an appointment scheduler, user roles may include <strong><strong>the customer<\/strong><\/strong> who schedules appointments, <strong><strong>the manager<\/strong><\/strong> who assigns service providers to appointments, <strong><strong>the service provider<\/strong><\/strong>, and so on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing User Stories <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Product Backlog features are typically written as user stories that represent tangible increments of business value delivered in each iteration.<\/p>\n<p>A user story is composed of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Role &#8211;<\/strong><\/strong> The user role<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Goal &#8211; <\/strong><\/strong> What the user is trying to accomplish<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Motivation \u2013 <\/strong><\/strong>why the user wants to accomplish it \/ the benefits of achieving the goal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><strong>Epics and Themes <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><strong>Epics<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beginning with epics means starting with the big picture, because an epic enables a user to achieve a clearly identified business objective.<\/p>\n<p>Epics are then broken down, not into tasks, but into stories.\u00a0\u00a0 So instead of breaking an epic down into a task like \u201cbuild user interface,\u201d we focus on stories (value increments). For example, a story might be, \u201cAs an appointment maker, I can select a service for my appointment\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Themes are collections of related user stories, themes are typically are selected for a release rather than individual stories. Also called Minimally Marketable Features, each theme provides a discrete set of user-valued functionality.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/agile-pyramid.png\" alt=\"agile pyramid\" width=\"530\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/agile-pyramid.png 530w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/agile-pyramid-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/agile-pyramid-500x258.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>From the Agile Extension to the BABOK Guide <\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lean Thinking<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Keeping your product lean means defining priorities and maximizing the amount of work not done. According to Standish Group Survey, 65% of application features are rarely or never used. \u00a0So think simplicity, and prioritize accordingly. <strong>What is your Minimum Viable Product?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good way to prioritize user stories is by using the <strong>MoSCoW rules<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must have \u2013 features that are fundamental to the system<\/li>\n<li>Should have \u2013 important, but workarounds exist<\/li>\n<li>Could have \u2013 can be left out if time runs out<\/li>\n<li>Won\u2019t have \u2013 desires but won\u2019t be included in this release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Acceptance Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Acceptance criteria for a user story define the way the story should be implemented. Acceptance criteria provide the details behind the user stories. In addition, acceptance criteria must be defined in order for stories to be \u201cready\u201d to be implemented in an iteration.<\/p>\n<h4>Looking for More on this Topic?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watermarklearning.com\/resources\/webinars\">Watch the full webinar recording.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, be sure to check out our related course offerings!\u00a0 Click to see upcoming class dates!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"\/class\/agile-business-analysis\/\">Agile Business Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"\/class\/agile-planning-and-estimating\/\">Agile Planning and Estimating<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"\/class\/agile-bootcamp-using-scrum\/\">Agile Bootcamp Using Scrum <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comments on this post are closed. \u00a0To see questions and answers about this presentation or to ask you own\u00a0questions for the author, please visit the\u00a0Q&amp;A post.\u00a0 In our February 13 webinar presentation, BA Guide to Essential Agile Techniques, we delved into following topics that are essential for an Agile team member with BA skills. 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