Analysts Corner

APRIL 10, 2024

Frameworks like Dual Track Agile from Marty Cagan’s book “Inspired” influenced organizations to split their efforts into product discovery and delivery. Dual Track Agile The main shift on the premise of product delivery, compared to traditional requirements engineering, is that teams have to discover what the user’s problems are.

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Domo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At a time unlike any this world has been through over the last century, organizations that place an emphasis on agility and innovation have a distinct competitive advantage in their marketplace no matter what may come next, experts believe. “We And when you listen with receptiveness , you inspire questions, which lead to innovation.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

What is Scaling in Agile? Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile is an umbrella term for a group of iterative product development frameworks. Most organizations started their Agile journey with one of the frameworks mentioned above, and Scrum is the most popular one. Scaling Agile Frameworks. What is SAFe?

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Cprime

JANUARY 19, 2021

Now, let’s take a look at what happens in a SAFe Inspect & Adapt (I&A) Workshop and how it influences the next PI planning session. What is the SAFe Inspect & Adapt Workshop? The Inspect & Adapt Workshop is essentially the release train equivalent of the team’s Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

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Analysts Corner

MARCH 12, 2023

In the digest below you will find answers to the questions like: how to perform SWOT analysis, how to use requirements traceability matrices, how to nail you requirements workshops, and probably most importantly how to overcame one of the biggest concerns of an aspiring BA — dealing with the problem of no prior experience.

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Passionate BA

JULY 3, 2023

Rethink your planning by Alex Velichko The article introduces the concept of checkpoint planning as a way to supplement agile planning processes, increasing transparency and predictability. Plans for discovery workshops. Webinar by IIBA: Design Workshops: Where Agile and Design Thinking Meet. Case reviews.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Organizations are also transforming, initially, companies transitioned from waterfall to agile now they are implementing SAFe®-. SAFe® isn’t something related to safety but SAFe® means a scaled agile framework. There can be no more than two Agile teams supported by one PO. During the Program Execution. Management Training.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But as long as innovation, change, and risk are present, this approach is ineffective. A great way to engage the key stakeholders and development team members is to run a collaborative workshop, be it online or in the office.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 31, 2018

This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Jeff Patton led an Ask Me Almost Anything session at Agile 2018. Contact Info.

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Netmind

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Recently, I held a workshop at the Agile Trends Festival for participants to experience the design thinking process and experiment with applying it at the organizational level. The design thinking workshop was built around a generic problem that the attendees themselves were experiencing: finding a work-life balance. .

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Netmind

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Recently, I held a workshop at the Agile Trends Festival for participants to experience the design thinking process and experiment with applying it at the organizational level. The workshop was built around a generic problem that the attendees themselves were experiencing: finding a work-life balance. . Miro Board Design.

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Cprime

MARCH 28, 2024

– The strategic importance of developer empowerment in IT resilience lies in fostering innovation, agility, and the ability to adapt swiftly to technological advancements and market dynamics. This shift towards a more agile and responsive approach is crucial for businesses aiming to build resilience and weather a dynamic economy.

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Analysts Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Leadership in analytics today calls for agility and foresight. Not only did we find innovative solutions, but team morale skyrocketed. Enroll in courses, attend workshops, or simply read articles dedicated to AI advancements. Attend Workshops: Look for workshops that focus on soft skills development. The result?

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

– AI Upskilling is crucial for keeping pace with the rapid advancements in AI technology, ensuring that the software development teams can manage and optimize AI tools for improved efficiency and innovation. It’s an era where embracing innovation and agile methodologies is key to minimizing risks and maximizing ROI.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The agile release train (ART) is a long-lived team of agile teams that, along with other stakeholders, incrementally develops and delivers value. This agile release train cheat sheet breaks down the purpose, principles, events, and members of the ART.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

. > Keep reading… 3) Conducting Effective Requirements Workshops: Using Joint Application Development (JAD) by Nelson N. One highly effective approach is the Requirements Workshop, often conducted through Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions. > Keep reading… 4) Why requirements elicitation is important by Nelson N.

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BA Squared

JULY 9, 2020

Business Agility. Innovation. Engagement of stakeholders to drive agility and innovation. technical view) of the problem and solution scope, this will be critical to engaging stakeholders and setting the stage for innovation. The needed skills to meet these trends remain much the same! 5) Mentoring and Coaching .

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My model achieves this by involving the individuals in creating and updating the plans in the form of collaborative workshops, which take place at least once every three months. As figure 3 shows, the person in charge of the product should lead the strategy workshops and ensure that the right decision are made.

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Agile Business Consortium

JANUARY 29, 2021

Agile 20 Reflect is the first, global community-led agile festival. The agile community has come together to celebrate 20 years of the agile manifesto. The events and activities are to be focused on: Past of Agile. Present state of Agile. Possible Future of Agile. and Innovation and Integration Pte.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager. The Brave New Agile World.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Culture is listed in many surveys as one of the biggest barriers organizations have in adopting Agile frameworks. Being able to identify and understand how culture is used at your organization is an important first step in any Agile framework adoption. 11 Tips for Increasing Innovation in Business.

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Why do finance and Agile teams often face challenges in collaboration? – Finance and Agile teams face challenges because Agile teams cut across cost center and organizational boundaries, impacting traditional finance models. What are the key benefits of implementing Lean Budgeting?

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BA Squared

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Agile BA Quiz – Start Where You Are, Take the Quiz here. Consider the Upscale Elite 2021 BA-Cube.com Membership -BA-Cube Annual Everything, + IC-Agile Product Owner Class and Certification, plus User Story Workshop Class live online User Story and IC Agile APO class offered quarterly in 2021.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this workshop at Keep Austin Agile, David Hawks discussed the importance of being outcome vs. practice-driven and how that will lead to sustained impact and organizational agility. Key Takeaways: An Agile transformation is an organization-wide change. 11 Tips for Increasing Innovation in Business.

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Watermark Learning

MAY 28, 2021

Welcome to the second in a series of three blogs in which we discuss Agile Business Analysis. In our previous blog, we talked about what Agile business analysis is and the Agile mindset. In today’s blog, we will take some time to cover business analysis skills that can be leveraged in an Agile Environment.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

SAFe defines the role of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader for the agile team who helps educate the team on various frameworks and methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed-upon agile process is duly followed. SAFe embraces Lean and Agile principles making them very explicit.

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Agilemania

MARCH 2, 2022

The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is a certification offered by Scrum Alliance which is the trusted Agile certifying body that is not for profit. This provides room for innovation and develops products that offer business value. Agile Coach . In some cases, the client might be well versed with Agile.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

You manage the stakeholders, for example, by inviting them to roadmapping workshops and sprint review meetings or by having regular one-on-ones with them. This allows them to innovate fast and maximise value creation. I generally recommend that product people and product teams have level-three empowerment. Strategize , 2 nd ed.,

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My Agile Partner

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Design Thinking, created by Rolf Faste at Stanford in the 1980s, has emerged as a critical approach within businesses to foster innovation. While agile methodologies increasingly emphasize user-centricity, they didn’t directly address the growing need for innovation. What is Design Thinking?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Last but not least, the product team should include a coach who might be an experienced Scrum Master , agile coach, or product coach. This is best done by having regular, collaborative strategy workshops as well as attending sprint review meetings. In addition to trust, a high-performing product team requires psychological safety.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

Embracing new technologies like machine learning, micro services, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) is part of that change, as is the introduction of agile practices including cross-functional and self-organising teams, DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban. Several years ago, I was working with a large insurance company. What do mean?”

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Business Analysts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent. As we are entering the 5 th Industrial revolution, the age of software, we can see that business agility and software engineering excellence are paramount for organisational success. The post What is business agility?

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Cprime

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, an innovation-focused organization may require paths to stimulate creative ideation, but a healthcare system may require ethical and compliance training. So, we developed a complementary instructor-led workshop as well.” However, that composite core is only the foundation.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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Agile Velocity

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Inspired by the leadership insights shared by transformation coach Kim Antelo, we’ll explore the power of leading with questions, unlocking your team’s potential, and creating an environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth. For the DIY’ers: Here’s a link to a bank of questions.)

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Cprime

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For organizations seeking to enhance innovation, speed time to market, and better compete in crowded markets, the role of the Product Owner has become increasingly critical. Building a Culture of Innovation Developing a Product Owner from within not only fills a crucial role but also cultivates a culture of innovation and growth.

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