Hi Brandon, I think you're on to something here as well that I've seen that does not directly apply to anlaysts, or that the WIP limits need to differ. I think...
... model ( that you allude to ), Gartner's multiple intelligences, Androgogy, Pedagogy, Synergogy, Transactional Analysis, Metaphors.... There are many useful...
This is interesting because years ago when I first started looking at the concepts of limited WIP and cycle time it was because the analysts were complaining...
Hello, Alan. On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at 12:06:15 AM, you ... This is a very sharp observation and a good example of the way that Lean thinking can help...
... You are still finding analysts like that on Agile projects? Wow! You may find people like this in a non-agile space but by the time you get to Kanban I...
... Hmm, I thought that one of the key properties of Kanban is that you could take an existing work flow, such as the one described (which, for worse and for...
... Kevlin I struggle to understand how a Business Analyst working on an XP, Scrum, Crystal, FDD project could be taking several months to write a spec....
... Quantification is often unnecessary (but I'll make a couple of suggestions after this). I have seen many times people gauge how they are doing by how busy...
... Maybe they are not actually working on an XP, Scrum, Crystal or FDD project. They just think they are :^) Or, perhaps a more common case, they are working...
Pat, The problem that I was referring to was memory loss wrt story context when an analyst finishes stories way ahead of development. Even if you do the MMF ->...
... This is very sad. Do you think there is something about the Agile methodologies that would cause the Business Analysts to distance themselves from the dev...
... Sad indeed. ... I don't think that it is necessarily anything about Agile or BAs in many cases. Just inertia, different rates of change, surrounding ...
I think there are still a lot of BAs floating around who feel that BDUF is their *job*, their *purpose*, and see JIT requirements as a threat to their...
With respect to BA's, we found it very hard to create an ongoing environment of engagement when running a scrum process. It seemed that BA's belonged as part...
... I agree. for me and my team(s), it's company culture. we're still operating in a matrix management style, divided by function. it's very painful for the...
... I suggest making a lot of noise :) It's not a joke. It's about making your charts and walls visible to everyone. It's about your team gelling so well...
"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride." W. Edwards Deming Performers need to know what is expected of them. Kanban is a proven tool to achieve...
... I do everything I can to make as much noise as possible, and with great success in many scenarios and contexts. <tooting-my-own-horn>At one point in my...
... Right. Value stream map can help everyone see how the process is (or supposed to be)working. It is important to walk the process to find the "hidden...
... I completely understand your situation. What I don't get is where do these BAs get their job satisfaction from? What gives them "the kick". If I don't see...
... that's an excellent question, and one that I've asked a few time (need to ask this more often). Most human beings are motivated by seeing their work...
It probably depends on your balance of developers to analysts. At my company our bottleneck is in development, so we can produce more defined work than the...
... These two posts really bother me. They are honest and probably represent the views of many developers in the Agile community. The days of writing big specs...
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:24 PM, ... If i've said anything to imply that I don't think BAs are intelligent, or anything else rude, please tell me! i would like...
Chris, I get a feeling that our posts were anti-BA. I am a BA. (http://agileanalysis.blogspot.com) It's why I got active on this thread. When I said these BA's...
... Keep in mind that every employee is going to have metrics/standards/whatever that will be used in performance reviews with their managers, and if the...
... I would definitely say that, while they aren't "thrashing", their full plate leads to incomplete analysis and poorly written acceptance tests. The...
... Agreed, that has been discussed (except for development having impact on the feature, thanks for the reminder) and they naively consider the acceptance...
