A demonstration and discussion of business analysis anti-patterns, particularly as they apply to and impact agile projects. These anti-patterns range from BA behavior with customers to BA behavior with their own team members

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Agile Analysis Anti-Patterns
Tarang Baxi, Chirag Doshi and Dhaval Doshi
ThoughtWorks
with inputs from Vineet Shukla, Gunjan Shukla, Atul Pathak and Divyanshu Mohan

2. Customer ‘requirement’
“I want a cow”

3. Anti-Pattern #1
Waiter Pattern
Motto:
Of course sir, anything you
like and right away!

4. Anti-Pattern #2
Windmill Pattern
Motto:
More detail = fewer pesky
questions + everyone
impressed

5. Anti-Pattern #3
Dictator Pattern
Motto:
I know what the customer
wants, so just do as I say!

6. Anti-Pattern #4
Goldsmith Pattern
Motto:
Just in case...

7. Anti-Pattern #5
Lawyer Pattern
Motto:
Change is only needed if
you did a bad job to start
with

8. Anti-Pattern #6
Professor Pattern
Motto:
The client pays money for
solutions not analysis of
problems

9. Anti-Pattern #7
Alien Pattern
Motto:
Hey if I can understand
jargon, why won't the
customer?

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