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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO

SAFe training and certification are available online or through in-person training through these and other education providers: Advised Skills: Advised Skills is a consultancy and training services provider focused on Lean-agile transformation, agile strategy audit and implementation, and agile program/portfolio management.

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Agile Outsourcing Success Part 2: 5 Steps for Evaluating Agile Software Partners

Gorilla Logic

Ideally, your Agile team will have easy access to other experienced developers who can discuss options and suggest technical solutions to overcome roadblocks. Will your partner advise you whenever you need them – before, during and after your high stakes initiatives? Step 4 – Agree to a Team Composition.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

Hi, I’m your Scrum Master,” she says. Technical skills. A great team can produce technically excellent software without on-site customers, but to truly succeed, your software must also bring value to real customers, users, and your organization. It’s not as if analytical chemists and actuaries aren’t technical, after all.

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Software Development Life Cycle?—?The Ultimate Guide [2020]

Codegiant

The Waterfall Model The V Model The Iterative Model The Spiral Model The Agile Model The Scrum Methodology The XP Methodology The Rad Model The Software Prototype Model The Big Bang Model Which SDLC Model is the right for you? Requirements Analysis ?—?Once The Scrum methodology. What are the advantages and disadvantages of SDLC?

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How to Write Software Requirements Specifications: Best Practices and SRS Tools

Altexsoft

Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) is a technical document that describes future software functions and capabilities, its characteristics, design, and implementation constraints for the development team. So, writing use cases and user stories that compose your SRS, we advise sticking to the following practices. Avoid ambiguity.

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Product Development Workshop: Types, Key Aspects, and Best Practices

Altexsoft

Workshops are most effective in the early stages of the product or feature development lifecycle for chartering, planning, requirements, analysis, and design. The collected information is on the left side: pains and motivations, the AARRR funnel analysis, and the competitor analysis. So here comes a UX design workshop.