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1 Corporate Webinar Forum June 28 th, 2017 GLOBAL CORPORATE PROGRAM 1

2 Today s Topic: Transforming business analysis in the age of Agile and DevOps Presented by: Cole Cioran - Client Services Director, Blueprint Software Gayle Ryan - Product Marketing Manager, Blueprint Software GLOBAL CORPORATE PROGRAM 2

3 Corporate Webinar Forum Summer Edition Topics July: An Introduction to DevOps for Business Analysis Professionals August: Work Smarter by Fostering a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation Thank You! GLOBAL CORPORATE PROGRAM 3

4 June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 4

5 AGENDA Gayle Ryan Product Marketing Manager, Blueprint State of the Market: Why Your Agile and DevOps Practice will Fail Forrester report: Aligning Agile and DevOps Practices with Business Value Why Your Agile and DevOps Practice Will Succeed June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 5

6 SINCE % OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES NO LONGER EXIST 38% TRANSFORMATION OF IT PROJECTS FAIL TO MEET ORIGINAL GOALS (SOURCE: PROJECT MANAGEMNT INSTITUTE, 2016) June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 6

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10 Blueprint Products Address DevOps Gaps June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 10

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12 Linking Business Value to DevOps OUR AGILE AND DEVOPS PRACTICES ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING BUSINESS VALUE DELIVERED THROUGH THE END-TO-END SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY PROCESS Agree Disagree 80% June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 12

13 Challenges in Agile and DevOps 45% Struggle to link DevOps to Business Initiatives 35% Have Difficulty meeting Regulatory and Compliance Standards 38% Lack Business Cultural Readiness 30% completely agree that they can automate or orchestrate all precoding activities June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 13

14 What are companies doing to address the challenges? Defining better business-related metrics and measuring business outcomes Modernizing legacy applications. Improving requirements definitions and management Improving Agile management and scaling June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 14

15 Forrester s Model for Service: Quality, Agility, and Value June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 15

16 Automating the complexity of the Toolchain 94% Expect notable improvement by implementing solutions that include these capabilities June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 16

17 Benefits of an Automated Value Stream Management Solution June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 17

18 Automated Business & IT Alignment Centralized Repository Automation Traceability & Impact Analysis Reuse Cross-Company Collaboration Enterprise Administration ANALYTICS PREPACKAGED CONTENT TEST MANAGEMENT INTEGRATIONS June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 18

19 Extending Automation to Complete SDLC Legacy requirements User story generation User acceptance test generation Functional testing Requirements to code reuse Regulatory requirements Traceability from plan to release Release plans to requirements June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 19

20 Automated Business & IT Alignment Drive Drive Innovation Accelerate Accelerate Modernization & Transformation Mitigate Mitigate Risk Unlock Unlock Value in Existing Agile & DevOps Tools June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 20

21 AGENDA State of the Market: Business Analysis Requirements to DevOps Success Business Analyst to Product Owner Cole Cioran Client Services Director, Blueprint June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 21

22 Requirements maturity is more important to outcomes than the development methodology - Ellis, Business Analysis Benchmark June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 22

23 The Path to Maturity Business Analysis Requirements Management Requirements as an Asset BusDevOps June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 23

24 When using a tool as a catalyst to improve other areas of requirements capability, the activity is highly productive and significantly impactful. - Ellis, Business Analysis Benchmark - June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 24

25 Building Blocks A validated repository of content is the foundation for a robust lifecycle Visual models ensure holistic content that is easier to. understand and use Repository Visual Practices Integrations ensures end to end visibility and traceability into the delivery life cycle Product Model Product based management of content reduces effort, ensures consistency, and increases efficiency Integrations Automation Automation reduces rote work and focuses efforts on high value work June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 25

26 78% of organizations are currently missing out on business opportunities by failing to successfully exploit available knowledge - June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. - Insights from KPMG s European Knowledge Management Survey 26

27 Managing Your Requirements Knowledge End to End Requirements Requirements defining complete operational processes Baseline requirements covering >95% system functionality Requirements as an Asset Baseline requirements for a system or process Projects use change management from baseline requirements Requirements Reuse Baseline requirements for some processes or systems Building project from past project artifacts Requirements used to support business operations Risk-based Requirements Management Baseline requirements tied to risk management Project Requirements Define and manage changes to operations Risk types managed as requirements June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 27

28 Between 30% and 64% of product requirements can be reused depending on your analysis approach - Requirements Reuse: The State of the Practice, Chernak, IEEE June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 28

29 Impact of Business Analysis Practices Business Analysis Approach Text-based Agile Text-based Structured Visual Requirements 30% 43% 64% Mature text-based Agile practices can benefit from some reuse of existing content The organization of text-based Structured or Waterfall content makes it easier to reuse Organizing content around visual models drives the most effective reuse of content June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 29

30 Requirements usually take as much effort to reconfirm as to recreate aninconvenienttruth June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 30

31 Requirements as an Asset Project Demand Bus Dev Ops Risk Audit Storage of baseline requirements with release dates Change management and prioritization aligned to requirements End to end visibility for operations Alignment of baseline requirements to risk management system Baselined content used for regulatory compliance, security, and legal June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 31

32 Scrum introduced one of the relatively few brilliant ideas in Agile, the Product Owner. - Bertrand Meyer, Agile! The Good, the Hype, and the Ugly June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 32

33 Business Analysis Professional as Product Owner Business Knowledge Speaks the language of the business with the same fluency as the process owner Cross Disciplinary Works effectively across the disciplines in order to ensure all perspectives are considered Business Analysis Expert visual based business analysis and requirements management skills based defined in the BABOK. Business Knowledge Soft Skills X-Skills Product BA Soft Skills Can lead, negotiate, and influence others in the organization to ensure success outcomes. Product Knowledge Deep knowledge of the specific products and trends in the product space they support June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 33

34 Who is Blueprint? June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 34

35 Blueprint s Approach to Customer Experience Ensure long term customer success through the delivery of holistic solutions for people, practices, and tools Team of product and business analysis experts who have delivered over at over 250 clients Principal consultants who are industry leaders in business analysis Customer Success program to ensure customers have a single point of contact that ensures a lifetime of business value. Online community for all customers to exchange ideas and explore different approaches to business analysis Product support team that provides the technical assistance and support to resolve problems quickly. June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 35

36 For more information about this presentation please contact: Cole Cioran Client Services Director Gayle Ryan Product Marketing Manager June 7, 2017 Blueprint Software Systems Inc. All rights reserved. 36