Beyond Requirements: Analysis with an Agile Mindset by Kent McDonald (English) P

Description: Beyond Requirements by Kent McDonald Beyond Requirements shows how to use business analysis practices and techniques to identify key business problems, find optimal solutions, and successfully implement them. Unlike most business analysis texts, it places analysis techniques in context, positioning them as a "means to the end" of solving organisational problems, not as an end in themselves. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Beyond Requirements shows how to use business analysis practices and techniques to identify key business problems, find optimal solutions, and successfully implement them. Unlike most business analysis texts, it places analysis techniques in context, positioning them as a "means to the end" of solving organisational problems, not as an end in themselves. Author Biography Kent J. McDonald uncovers better ways of delivering value by doing it and helping others do it. His years of experience include work in business analysis, strategic planning, project management, and product development in a variety of industries, including financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, nonprofit, and automotive. He is active in the business analysis and agile software development communities helping people share stories about what does and does not work. Kent has a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Kent State University. Kent is also a coauthor of Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Guiding Principles Chapter 2: Helpful Concepts Chapter 3: Influence of Lean Startup Chapter 4: Decision Making Chapter 5: Deliver Value Chapter 6: Analysis with an Agile Mindset Chapter 7: Case Study: Conference Submission System Chapter 8: Case Study: Commission System Chapter 9: Case Study: Data Warehouse Chapter 10: Case Study: Student Information System Chapter 11: Understanding Stakeholders Chapter 12: Understanding Context Chapter 13: Understanding the Need Chapter 14: Understanding the Solution(s) Chapter 15: Organizing and Persisting Solution Information Glossary References Index Long Description Satisfy Stakeholders by Solving the Right Problems, in the Right Ways In Beyond Requirements , Kent J. McDonald shows how applying analysis techniques with an agile mindset can radically transform analysis from merely "gathering and documenting requirements" to an important activity teams use to build shared understanding. First, McDonald discusses the unique agile mindset, reviews the key principles underlying it, and shows how these principles link to effective analysis. Next, he puts these principles to work in four wide-ranging and thought-provoking case studies. Finally, he drills down on a full set of techniques for effective agile analysis, using examples to show how, why, and when they work. McDonalds strategies will teach you how to understand stakeholders needs, identify the best solution for satisfying those needs, and build a shared understanding of your solution that persists throughout the product lifecycle. He also demonstrates how to iterate your analysis, taking advantage of what you learn throughout development, testing, and deployment so that you can continuously adapt, refine, and improve. Whether youre an analysis practitioner or you perform analysis tasks as a developer, manager, or tester, McDonalds techniques will help your team consistently find and deliver better solutions. Coverage includes Core concepts for analysis: needs/ solutions, outcome/output, discovery/delivery Adapting Lean Startup ideas for IT projects: customer delivery, build-measure-learn, and metrics Structuring decisions, recognizing differences between options and commitments, and overcoming cognitive biases Focusing on value: feature injection, minimum viable products, and minimum marketable features Understanding how analysis flows alongside your projects lifecycle Analyzing users: mapping stakeholders, gauging commitment, and creating personas Understanding context: performing strategy (enterprise) analysis Clarifying needs: applying decision filters, assessing project opportunities, stating problems Investigating solutions: impact and story mapping, collaborative modeling, and acceptance criteria definition Kent J. McDonald uncovers better ways of delivering value. His experience includes work in business analysis, strategic planning, project management, and product development in the financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, nonprofit, and automotive industries. He has a BS in industrial engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Kent State University. He is coauthor of Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility (Addison-Wesley, 2009). Feature Use analysis to solve challenging problems throughout your business -- and increase your value to the organization Integrates up-to-date analysis best practices with actionable ideas from other domains Shows how to systematically evaluate how your project impacts your business model Helps you understand project risks and opportunities more clearly, assess tradeoffs, and promote more informed decision-making For both professional business analysts and other managers who want to leverage business analysis techniques to improve their own performance Details ISBN0321834550 Short Title BEYOND REQUIREMENTS Language English ISBN-10 0321834550 ISBN-13 9780321834553 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States DEWEY 658.403 Subtitle Analysis with an Agile Mindset Pages 304 Illustrations Yes AU Release Date 2015-09-24 NZ Release Date 2015-09-24 US Release Date 2015-09-24 UK Release Date 2015-09-24 Author Kent McDonald Publisher Pearson Education (US) Series Agile Software Development Series Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-09-24 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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