Now in its second edition, The Power of the Agile Business Analyst has expanded to include new Agile methods that have emerged or gained prominence since the first edition.

Support your Agile business users for better project outcomes

In The Power of the Agile Business Analyst, Jamie Lynn Cooke challenges this approach and questions whether Agile projects that are run in this way can deliver the highest-value business solutions.

Agile developers can access a wide range of resources to help achieve their project goals. In contrast, the Agile business user often has very little support despite holding key responsibilities, such as gathering requirements, managing priorities and providing business knowledge to ensure the best possible solution. The business user also usually has wider responsibilities that make it difficult to give a project their full attention.

30 ways an Agile business analyst can help

Drawing on her extensive experience, Jamie proposes a new role for Agile projects: The Agile business analyst. She details 30 achievable ways that such a role will increase relevance, quality and overall business value, and provide business users with crucial support. The Agile business analyst is also a boon to the development team, being a ready source of business knowledge and ensuring that project outcomes align with requirements.

This book has been updated to:

• Incorporate behaviour-driven development into the work that the business analyst does to support interface design;
• Align the programme management strategies of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to encourage cross-organisational communication and participation;
• Include full updates throughout the Qualifications section in ‘Getting the Right Agile Business Analyst for Your Team’; and
• Provide Agile updates, bringing the book back into line with current methods.

About the author

Jamie Lynn Cooke has 27 years of experience as a senior business analyst and solutions consultant, working with more than 130 public and private sector organisations throughout Australia, Canada, and the United States.