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Agile and Business Analysis, 2nd Edition
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Agile and Business Analysis, 2nd Edition

by Lynda Girvan, Debra Paul
March 2024
Intermediate to advanced
294 pages
9h 18m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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7 DECOMPOSING GOALS

This chapter covers the following topics:

the relevance of goal-based analysis;

goal and functional decomposition;

understanding goal levels.

INTRODUCTION

Agile business analysts need to apply goal decomposition to ensure that the focus of an agile change project concerns the delivery of business goals. The ability to understand business goals and break them down into smaller sub-goals that can be delivered when needed is necessary for any business to thrive. However, achieving this can be problematic as large goals are often divided between the functional areas of the business and the focus on the original goal can become confused or lost. This chapter discusses how to decompose goals so that the smaller sub-goals ...

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ISBN: 9781780176192