Qualities of an Agile Business Analyst

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Qualities of an Agile Business Analyst

The Agile software development methodology is based on lean principles and accommodates changing demands within a short space of time; it is based on the premise that requirements will always evolve and encourages teams to adapt to changes instead of attempting to specify the system completely ahead of development. This post is a follow-up to Waterfall to Agile: The Role of BAs in Agile Projects and contains a list of the qualities every BA should have (or plan to have) in order to go “Agile”.

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Waterfall to Agile: The Role of BAs on Agile Projects

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Waterfall to Agile: The Role of BAs on Agile Projects

It’s much easier to see the usefulness of BAs in traditional waterfall development environments where requirements have to be clearly defined in Requirements Specification Documents before system development can begin. In Agile environments however, users and developers are expected to sit in the same room and agree on what will be developed, with little emphasis on documentation. Is the BA role in Agile software development being threatened? 

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