Done Done
Articles that are as completed as I will ever get them.
Adding members to the Agile Team makes you slower
The Issue: As a Stakeholder or Product Owner I want to understand if constantly adding Agile Team members is a good idea so that I can have a valid conversation with my Product Owner and Scrum Master. My Answer: Adding members makes you slower. Initially, at least....
Who should attend Steering Committees?
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want to understand who should attend the steering committee
So that I know I have the best representation
Project Managers who have done standups
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want to understand what experience a Project Manager needs
So that I know if they are suitable as a scrum master
The challenges and risks of being an Agile BI Manager
As a BI Manager
I want to understand what risk and challenges I will encounter
So that I know what I am getting myself into
5 Factors In Agile BI
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want to understand 5 things that will promote an AgileBI approach
So that I can include them in how we do things
The Big Guess Up Front (BGUF)
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want to understand where the traditional planning documents fit in the AgilebI process
So that I know when I need to have them created
The death of the 100 page BI Strategy
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want to understand where the BI strategy fits into the AgileBI process
So that I know when I need to have it created
No Meetings
As a BI Manager or Scrum Master
I want to understand how to deal with ‘meetings’ in an AgileBI project
So that I can change the team’s negative view on collaboration
Agile Myths
As a BI Manager
I want to understand what the common Agile Myths are
So that I know how to identify them when they are referenced
Done
Articles that are as completed but need to be reviewed at some stage.
The Agile Team member should know what they are working on and why
As a AgileBI Coach
I want I want to understand how to determine if the AgileBI Team are in a healthy state
So that I can keep the sprint team engaged
Remote Scrum Masters
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner
I want some examples of things that can fail in AgileBI
So that I know what to watch out for
Information Products
As a Developer
I want to understand how to capture content reqiurements quickly
So that I can estimate their size and obtain a priority for the order to deliver
Underway
Articles that I am currently working on.
Information Products – Gather Size and Prioritise
As a Developer I want to understand how to run the Information Products workshops So that I can deliver reqiurements quickly Information Products As outlined in the Information Product post there are four major stages where the Information Product template is...
Gathering Data Requirements
As a scrum master I want I want to understand how to make retrospectives fun So that I can keep the sprint team engaged The Data Requirements Gap There are two typical challenges when we gather data requirements. First, we capture and document the requirements in a...
Standups should be open not closed
As a Stakeholder or Product Owner I want I want to understand who can attend a standup So that I can ensure we are following an Agile approach Standups One of the many key things in deliverying in an AgileBI way is the use of daily standups to...
The Danger of Pipelining and Time Slicing
As a BI Manager I want to understand the impact of pipelining the Agile teams workflow So that I know if it is an approach I wish to use Managing to complete an AgileBI build in three elapsed weeks is very very difficult. And by a build I mean from...
BEAM meets Data Vault and wham bam thank you ma’am
As a Developer I want to understand who I can leverage BEAM and Data Vault together So that I can develop faster and safer. Whether you are pipelining [[link]] your Agile delivery or you are managing to deliver a thin slice [[link]] every sprint iteration both should...
Business Rules
As a Developer I want to understand how to document business rules So that we can increase the speed of delivery Another of the more difficult capabilities in data warehousing is the definition and...
Musings, Ramblings and Structure
As a Reader of this site
I want to understand what it is about
So that I know whether I should keep reading
Time boxing effort as acceptance criteria of last resort
As a Product Owner or Developer I want I want to understand how to deal with a lack of clear acceptance criteria So that I don't delay delivery Acceptance criteria for a user story is crucial. Without it the development team and product owner...
Before the build
As a BI Manager I want to understand what risk and challenges I will encounter So that I know what I am getting myself into Ideally you can jump straight into the delivery stage in the AgileBI process, where you already have: Permission to have a dedicated...
Refined
Articles that have bullet points added, which effectively are my acceptance criteria of the content.
AgileBI #17 – Flying the airplane while building it
Flying the airplane while building it AgileBI - Podcast 17 Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Jan Sheppard about the experience of building a new agile way of working while still ensuring you are delivering data and analytical value to your stakeholders. Connect...
AgileBI #16 – Plan Continuation Bias
Plan Continuation Bias AgileBI - Podcast 16 Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Tony O'Halloran about all things agile and how people prefer to stick to a plan once they have created one. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 |...
AgileBI #15 – Leading agile data at scale
Leading agile data at scale AgileBI - Podcast 15 Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Chris La Grange about leading agile data teams in large organisations. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 or on Linkedin |...
AgileBI #14 – Thoughts on the JAFAC conference
Thoughts on the JAFAC conference AgileBI - Podcast 14 Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on their highlights attending the JAFAC 2019 conference. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 See more podcast from Shane and Blair on...
AgileBI #13 – A DataOps and Data Science Journey
Join Shane as he chats to Hamish and Liam in a pub in the middle of the North Island about their journey to adopting a way of working that combines DataOps with Data Science.. Connect with us on LinkedIn | Shane | Hamish | Liam. See more podcast from Shane and Blair...
AgileBI #12 – Maturing Product Owner Capability
Maturing Product Owner Capability AgileBI - Podcast 12 Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on maturing the product owner capability. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 See more podcast from Shane and Blair on AgileBI over...
AgileBI #11 – The value of agile ceremonies
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Jo Shrigley on the value of agile ceremonies. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 or Jo on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-shrigley-7b868a16/ See more podcast from Shane and Blair on...
AgileBI #10 – Prototype to Production
Prototype to Production AgileBI - Podcast 10 Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Gerhard DeBeer on moving prototypes to production in an agile way. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 See more podcast from Shane and Blair on AgileBI over...
AgileBI #9 – Adapting for a BI Lifecycle
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Nicky Mackenzie on adapting an agile approach to fit within a BI Lifecycle. Connect with us on Twitter | Shane @shagility | Blair @affman01 or connect with Nicky on LinkedIn See more podcast from Shane and Blair on AgileBI over...
Backlogged
Articles that have a title and not much else.
AgileBI Requirements Workflow
As a BI PractitionerI want to understand what order to gatther requirementsSo that I can gather them efficientlyWhen coaching or mentoring a new AgileBI team on the AgileBI Way one of the first things they ask is what is the standard order in which to gather...
Stakeholder Onion
As a product owner I want I want to understand how to identify my stakeholders So that I know who can tell me what to do and who to tell what we are doing Other Blogs from this category
Wireframing to confirm requirements
As a developer I want I want to understand how to use wireframing to confirm requirements So that I can build the right thing Wireframing is a technique we use to confirm two things: How does the user wish to see the content presented? Have we identified...
Three Agile Testing Methods – TDD, ATDD and BDD
As a Product Owner or Developer I want I want to understand the different Agile testing methods So that I can decide which to useIn the word of Agile, there are currently three methods that can be used to improve our testing practices and to assist with enabling...
Minimum Viable Product
As a Product Owner or Developer I want I want to understand how a Minimum Viable Product relates to AgileBI So that I can deliver faster and safer One of the ways to deliver quickly is to focus on what is often termed in Agile as a “Minimum Viable Product...
Test Concerns
When talking about testing in a data project we have to first identify that the testing we need to do is similar but different to the testing we do in application development project. One of the useful way to identify these differences is to understand a number of the...
Business Rule Templates
When do BI projects that require new data we know anecdotally that once we have acquired the required data from the System of Records the majority of our time and risk is applying code that transforms and/or augments data. In my terminology I call this "doing bad...
Benevolent Dictator
As a AgileBI Guru I want to understand what a Benevolent Dictator is So that I know when one is needed The team have discussed it "to death" and are now constantly repeating the same arguements "around and around" More informaiton is neded to...
Agile Engineering
As a BI ManagerI want to understand what risk and challenges I will encounterSo that I know what I am getting myself into Reducing your delivery timeframe down to 3 weeks, means you need to find ways to automate many of the...