Success with Requirements

Volume 3 :: Number 8 :: 2009
ISSN: 1936-3583

Welcome to our Newsletter

In celebration of the upcoming Agile 2009 conference and the growing heat around all things agile, my theme for this month's issue is agile requirements and agile business analysis. And, since it's summer in the northern parts of our globe and many folks take holiday this time of year, I'll be brief. I'll share more in-depth reading on agile requirements soon. Meantime, I hope you find the resource pointers in this issue interesting and worthwhile. I think they are.

~ ellen

Ellen Gottesdiener,
President and Principal Consultant
EBG Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ebgconsulting.com
twitter: www.twitter.com/ellengott

In this issue:

Agile Business Analysis Video

Resources on Agile Requirements and Agile Business Analysis

Agile 2009 Recommended Personas

Upcoming Events

eLearning Curriculum Video Tour (and Discount)

Archive Issues

Agile Business Analysis Video

How does analysis fit into agile? Check out our quick, fun video, Agile Business Analysis, on YouTube. Let us know what you think!

Resources on Agile Requirements and Agile Business Analysis

Scott Ambler has many good writings on agile modeling. One of my favorites is his description of "Just Barely Good Enough Models and Documents."

In their presentation "The Yawning Crevasse of Doom" (video, no slides), Dan North and Martin Fowler discuss closing the communication gap between developers and customers or users. Martin describes a wonderful analogy about agile analysis - the ferryboat or bridge. Listen to their engaging presentation to learn more.

Akshay Dhavle discusses what role a business analyst plays on an agile project in his blog post. Read the stream of responses below for some interesting reader reactions.

Listen to my podcast discussion on agile requirements with Tom Cagley (part 1) about my experiences with agile requirements, collaboration, and other topics. In Part 2 we discuss work ahead agile requirements, user stories, collaboration, and more.

Agile 2009 and Recommended Personas

The program for Agile 2009 is impressive. I'm looking forward to presenting my new tutorial, "Beyond User Stories: Identifying Missing Links in Your Product Backlog."

If you are attending, be sure to check out the top sessions recommended for these two personas: Billy the Business Analyst and Padma, the Struggling Product Owner. If you'll be there, please email me so we can get together at the conference.

Upcoming Events

1. Ellen will be delivering a tutorial at Agile 2009 in Chicago the week of August 24th, 2009.

2. Mary Gorman will be presenting a tutorial at the IEEE Requirements Engineering (RE '09) conference in Atlanta the week of August 31st.

3. Ellen will be keynoting in Tokyo, Japan on September 18th at Modeling Forum '09 (IDG Japan).

4. Ellen will be conducting a one-day workshop on Agile Requirements and a presentation on agile analysis at Project Summit/Business Analyst World in Boston the week of October 19th.

5. Ellen will be presenting a keynote on Agile Analysis at the Wisconsin Business Analyst Development Day (WIBADD) in Madison, Wisconsin on October 20th.

6. Ellen and Mary will be conducting workshop sessions and symposium talks at Project World & World Congress for Business Analysts in Anaheim, California, November 16-18, 2009. You can get a discount by using priority code PWNOV09EG when registering.

7. Ellen will be delivering EBG's Public Offering of Agile Requirements: Collaborating to Define and Confirm Needs at Max Train, Cincinnati, Ohio on December 2-3, 2009.

eLearning Curriculum Video Tour (and Reader Discount)

Check out our new eLearning Curriculum video tour. At the end of this quick tour), you'll find valuable assets including a Reference Guide (BABoK, Memory Jogger).

Success with Requirements eNewsletter subscribers get a discount (10%) on our 8-course self-paced eLearning training curriculum, Foundation for Requirements Development and Management. Use code FRSWR04 when you register here. This curriculum is endorsed by the IIBA and earns 24 CDUs.

Archive Issues

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