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Non-Functional Requirements in the Context of SOA
This article presents new concepts to formalize and apply non-functional requirements (NFR) for business processes in the context of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). Today, popular languages for modeling business processes do not support the specification of NFRs in a systematic manner. However, there is a strong demand to explicitly address such requirements when designing and deploying […]
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The Value of Business Analysis in Scrum
Hhow can a business analyst contribute in a Scrum Project? This article discusses the fact that producing a business analysis in Scrum is a goal and not a role. The possible contribution of the ScrumMaster, delivery team and Product Owner, the three Scrum roles, are described. It is often the Product owner that is held […]
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Does Formal Requirements Documentation Have a Place in Agile?
One of the first questions Business Analysts ask when confronted with an agile method is “How agile method cant incorporate our documentation.” And sometimes it is not a question, but an affirmation. This article provides good framework for integrating agile and formal documentation.
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Building the Right Scope
In this article from chapter 4 of Specification by Example, author Gojko Adzic explains how to work together with business users to come up with the right stories and that the key idea to achieve that is not to start with user stories but with business goals and derive the scope from that.
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Discovering Business Architecture Value
In business use case (BUC), an abstraction of the system use case model, business actors with specific business goals interact with other business actors. It is primarily an external view of the business model or area of interest. This article explains how business use cases can help business architects, helping them to discover quality high […]
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The Concept of the Minimum Viable Product
Does the word ‘minimum’ immediately raise your hackles? This article emphasizes that learning to prioritize, getting to production early, and subsequently delivering in small increments are key disciplines in the practices of Agile and continuous delivery. The term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) has been around, in various forms, for a long time. I’ve also heard […]
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