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Surprise them early – Using a RAP to open stakeholder eyes
Description Speaker(s)

Two of the critical success factors for any project are communication with and between the stakeholders, and stakeholder understanding of the project. Too many times, the stakeholders get nasty surprises in the middle of the project, when they find out what they are paying for, what they are getting and who is expected to do what. Using an agile approach to define the project scope and boundaries right at the start helps to ensure that all stakeholders (including the business analysts) go into the project with their eyes wide open. An agile RAP (RApid Planning) session is a useful tool to increase stakeholder understanding and communication.

 

Learning Objectives

- Project success means different things to different stakeholders.

- How an agile RAP session can greatly increase stakeholder (and BA!) understanding of what the project is and what success means.

- Stakeholders can lose if a project succeeds.

Skill Level: Advanced

 

Tony Newport

Fronde Systems Group Ltd

Tony Newport has ten years of experience as a consulting business analyst. He has provided a range of business analysis skills to many different types of projects in a wide variety of industries. Tony has seen too many situations where the stakeholders have different views and understandings of what a project is about, what will be delivered and what it will mean for them.