It is true that “working software is the primary measure of progress” in Agile, but that is not our only measure. The Agile Principles also call us to reflect on how to become more effective. As business analysts and product owners, we should care about metrics that...
Are you bouncing back and forth between agile and waterfall? It’s quite common these days for Business Analysts to grapple with both agile and traditional approaches to requirements and development work. This can be frustrating, and Business Analysts may feel like a...
Agile was born out of a conversation about what works well in software development. It wasn’t meant to be a dramatically “new” way of working. In the context of requirements, embracing agile empowers teams to focus on business value, user experience, and empathy, and...
In recent years, we’ve seen even the most conservative, tightly-structured organizations begin to experiment with agile and hybrid approaches. These organizations have a long and comfortable relationship with the traditional waterfall approach, but their curiosity...
In most organizations, the days of multi-year, single release, all-or-nothing waterfall projects have come to an end. Instead, teams (agile, waterfall and everything in between) are trending toward smaller, shorter iterations. They hope smaller iterations will reduce...
How does your team build and manage their backlog? Is your current process working well or does your backlog need a reboot? One of the most overlooked factors of team success or failure is the health the backlog. Success or failure often hinges on the amount of love...
