Kaizania Academies - Agile: where Business Analysts go to die?

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|Agile where business analysts go to die?

IIBA BASSA 2013 – 3 & 4 September 2013

Arrie van der Dussen

get hold of me • Co-founder of EOH Kaizania Academies

• Director @ EOH Kaizania Academies

• 18 years experience in IT• 10+ experience in Lean, Agile,

Organisational Transformation• Agile consultant, trainer and

coach

083 700 2181

arrie@kaizaniaacademies.co.za

@arrievddussen

| CHANGE

Source: Ian Morris | Why the West Rules – For Now

Humanities capability in terms of:

• Energy Capture• Organization• Information

Technology• Weaponry

| WHY INNOVATE?

• Field of play

• Players

• Playing

• Feedback

• Survivors

• Adaptation - Players

• Adaptation - Field of Play

Darwin

Constant REVOLUTION requires

Constant ADAPTATION

yourproducts & services & processes

will change ever fasterand it willnever stop

ADAPTor

DIE

| FLOW BASED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – ENABLING CONTINUOUS ADAPTATION

| lean

| WHERE DO BA’S FIT INTO THIS?

not sure, you are mentioned nowhere?

do what you do usuallybut do it differently

the difference is not big at allbut it’s huge

| WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO BE A BUSINESS ANALYST IN AN “AGILE” ORGANISATION?

Who drives the bus?

• 95% - IT– Why?

who is driving the bus?

silver bullet over principles and values

do not get sucked into the tools, processes and terminology

cargo-cults

Work hard, but limited change

• We are stuck!

fooling around without real organisational change!

Most of this still Waterfall/Gated Processing and Planning

Thus, agile does not realise the expected benefits through empirical process control in order to deliver fast at high quality in a

constantly changing and fast paced environment.

Limited Agile practices only applied at this

level

Project Initiation

Project Planning

Requirements Definition

Archirecture Design

Systems Analysis

Development

OrganisationalGravitationalPull will slow you down!

Business and IT – Stop the silliness and share the risk

agile is not a baseball bat to hit I.T with!

| SO, WHAT TO DO?

muda (waste) and non value added activities value added

muda (waste) and non value added activities value addedreduced waste

traditional focus

lean focus

total lead time through value stream

muda (waste) and non value added activities value added push harder to deliver

profi

t reduce waste to increase profit

profi

tpr

ofit

| waste vs value

pure waste

manufacturing Industry

service Industry

60% 5%35 %

Value addednecessary waste

49% 1%

50%

total lead time through value stream

| waste vs value

business analysis to:

to avoid/remove wasteto create flow of valueto enable pullto continuously perfect

to understand value

| IT’S ABOUT ECONOMICS

prin

cipl

es o

f inn

ovati

on active management of queues

exploitation of variability

cadence and synchronisation

exploiting fast feedback

reduction of batch sizes to enable flow

WIP limitation to ensure higher flow and quality

decentralised control value

this makes for good economics, or does it?

tactical

execution

strategic Management Infrastructure

& Process

Architecture & Practices

Culture & Mindset

Tools & Techniques

| BUSINESS ANALYST FOCUS?

Learn to apply your knowledge and techniques appropriately based on what you face:

Project ComplexityProject Uncertainty

|adapt, do not conform

revolutionary

non standard workempirical process control

evolutionary

standard workdefined process control

doing

reviewing

adapting

planning

value value stream flow pull perfection

operating existing products and services more efficiently

shortening concept to cash cycle

| understand kaizen in your world!

In summary

Business analysis is a goal, not a role

Business analysis must be adaptable

Don’t be different, just do what you do differently

Enable change and value

Apply your competence and knowledge, just in a different manner

Your actions needs to assist your organisation to adapt. Continuously!

Help your organisation thrive!

AGILEANALYSIS

Help your organisation thrive!

ANALYSIS AGILITY

Thank you!

arrie@kaizaniaacademies.co.za@arrievddussen

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