Unit 5

Question 1

The software focus

Answer 1

-Failing to take a holistic view can result in solving symptoms rather than root causes of problems
-The agile manifesto is focused on software development
-Business analysis requires a holistic view that considers people,org,process and tech

Question 2

Agile principles

Answer 2

-Values such as effective leadership,collaboration and lean thinking are relevant to business analysis
-Agile thinking can offer significant advantages in addressing straightforward problems and evolving requirements

Question 3

6 core agile values for business analysts

Answer 3

1) Collaborative working
2) Self-organizing teams
3) Continous improvement
4)Iterative development and incremental delivery
5)Planning for and building in change
6) Doing the right thing and thing right

Question 4

Collaborative working

Answer 4

-Effective communication and collaborative are essential
-The elements of communication are words,tone of voice,body language

-Understanding stakeholders
-Organizational culture
-Environmental issues

Question 5

Self-organizing teams

Answer 5

Group comprises two or more individuals who interact with one another , bringing their unique perspectives and experience to achieve a goal or objective

-Group v team
-Communication
-Cooperation
-Cohesion

-Micromanage v empowerment
-Team development
-Forming
-Storming
-Norming
-Performing
-Adjourning

Question 6

Continuous improvement

Answer 6

The ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes, with a focus on delivering improvements for the customer

Kaizen approach:Include the entire workforce in a culture of continuous improvement
-Plan, do, check, act

Six sigma DMAIC approach
-Define,measure,analyse,improve and control

Question 7

Iterative development and incremental delivery

Answer 7

-Model the context: define the scope of the improvement project

-Prioritise process areas:those that would benefit from improvement

-Model and analyse:Focus on the highest priority business process

-Identify the tasks:Particularly those that would benefit from improvement and prioritise them

-Improve the highest priority tasks:deploy these into operation when possible

-Iterate this process:when new processes are implemented, it is often possible to see where further process improvement possibilities reside.

Question 8

Planning for and building in change

Answer 8

-External environment sources
-Political,economic,socio-cultural,technological,environmental,legal

-Internal environment sources
-Processes
-Structure
-Stakeholders

Question 9

Doing the right thing and the thing right

Answer 9

-Introducing technology is not always the right solution
-Make sure that the root cause to a problem is understood
-The ‘right thing’ is likely to be a mix of people, org, process, info and tech change
-Deliver the right thing:Making sure that the root cause to a problem is understood and that the solution involves all necessary elements of the popit model

Question 10

Challenges of Agile Analysis

Answer 10

-Emphasise and prioritze software coding tasks rather than documentation tasks
-Numerous changes cannot be documented systematically
-High possibility of unexpected failures that cannot be tracked
-Lack of precise documentation leads to the reoccurence of bugs and errors
-Meetings are held frequently-costs additional time

Question 11

Role of AI in agile projects

Answer 11

-Automated testing and debugging
-Risk assessment
-Continuous integration and
-Process optimization
-Performance monitoring
-Quality assurance

Question 12

Plan

Answer 12

Plan the goal we want to deliver ,we then plan the work required to meet the desired business goal

Question 13

Do

Answer 13

Once the tasks have been identified and estimated the agile team start to do the necessary work to compile the iteration goal

Question 14

Check

Answer 14

During the iteration, the agile team constantly checks the work they are doing to see whether any adjustments are required

Question 15

Act

Answer 15

At the end of the iteration the agile team gets together and discusses what went well and what didn;t go well

Question 16

DMAIC

Answer 16

-Define the problem,understand the problem we are working to resolve
-Measure-Look at the processes to find the potential causes of the problem
-Analyse-Analyse the processes to determine defects and root causes of problems
-Improve the process by eliminating defects
-Control future perfomance by developing clear standards and procedures for the process