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Agile BA #1: How to Plan the Work
Turning ambition into action: how BAs transform vision, intent, and chaos into an actionable Agile roadmap.
Hey BAs, how’s everyone doing? You know you’ve nailed Agile Business Analysis work when your roadmap looks less like a wish list and more like a plan your team can actually start on Monday. Agile is about movement, but without shared direction, movement quickly turns into motion sickness. So, planning is where BAs can make their mark!
This is the first article of the series, “Agile BA: How to Do the Work” for Business Analysts who want to make a real impact in Agile teams, from the first question to the final story delivered. Today, we’re kicking things off by exploring how business analysts turn high-level vision into a workable, flexible, and valuable plan — without falling into the old traps of over-documenting or trying to predict every twist and turn.
Planning in Outcomes, Not Just Outputs
When I look back at the projects that really worked, the turning point was always the same: we stopped jumping straight to “what do we need to build?” and started asking, “why are we building this at all?” In my own BA journey, the plans that led to real value didn’t start with lists of features – they started with a…
